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Beth Mooney Powers Australia Women To 9-Wicket Win Over India Women In First T20I | Cricket News
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Beth Mooney Powers Australia Women To 9-Wicket Win Over India Women In First T20I | Cricket News

[ad_1] Opener Beth Mooney made short work of India's 173-run target with a belligerent 57-ball 89 to power the Australian women's team to a convincing nine-wicket victory in the first T20 International here on Friday. Mooney smashed 16 fours during her stay in the middle, and was helped by Tahlia McGrath's unbeaten 29-ball 40, which included four boundaries and two sixes. Australia thus took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Earlier, the experienced Deepti Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 15-ball 36 to power India to 172 for five.Sharma smashed four successive boundaries in the final over, bowled by Megan Schutt to boost India's run rate after Richa Ghosh (36 off 20 balls) and the returning Devika Vaidya (25 off 24) added 56 runs for the fifth wicket.Chasing a stiff target, the formi...
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India Women vs Australia Women, 1st T20I Live Updates: India Set 173-Run Target For Australia | Cricket News
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India Women vs Australia Women, 1st T20I Live Updates: India Set 173-Run Target For Australia | Cricket News

[ad_1] IND W vs AUS W, 1st T20I: Australia win toss and opt to field© SportzpicsIndia Women vs Australia Women, 1st T20I Live Updates: Australia captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first women's T20I at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. All-rounder Kim Garth was handed her Australia debut, having represented Ireland for nearly a decade. Medium pacer Anjali Sarvani, on the other hand, also makes her debut for India. (LIVE SCORECARD)India XI: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Devika Vaidya, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur.Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (capt and wk), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Annabel Suthe...
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Australia’s Pat Cummins Bags 200th Test Wicket As West Indies Crumble | Cricket News
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Australia’s Pat Cummins Bags 200th Test Wicket As West Indies Crumble | Cricket News

[ad_1] Australia took a grip on the first Test in Perth Friday with Pat Cummins bagging his 200th wicket as they bowled out a resolute West Indies then piled on more runs to stretch their lead to a commanding 344. The visitors were dismissed for 283 in the final session on day three after the hosts declared their first innings at 598-4 on the back of double centuries from Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. David Warner, on 17, and Labuschagne, on three, then hammered home Australia's advantage after they opted against the follow on to bat again, with Usman Khawaja the only casualty, out for five as they reached 29-1."You always bowl better when you're slightly fresher, there's really not too many instances where the follow on is realistic," said skipper Cummins in explaining the decisio...
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Alyssa Healy To Lead Australia For T20I Series vs India | Cricket News
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Alyssa Healy To Lead Australia For T20I Series vs India | Cricket News

[ad_1] Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday named a 15-member women's team for the upcoming five-match T20I series against India. Alyssa Healy will be leading the side with Meg Lanning still unavailable, while all-rounder, Tahlia McGrath has been named vice-captain for the series. Phoebe Litchfield, Kim Garth and Heather Graham are in line to make their T20I debuts, with Litchfield and Garth named in their first Australian squad.Australia's Head of Performance (Women's Cricket) and National Selector, Shawn Flegler said: "These five matches form an important part of the team's preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup in South Africa as well as providing an opportunity for some players to gain some experience in Indian conditions.""India will be a good test; they're a strong side and the t...
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Suryakumar Yadav Gets Epic Reply From Woman Cricketer On ‘Hello Wellington’ Tweet | Cricket News
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Suryakumar Yadav Gets Epic Reply From Woman Cricketer On ‘Hello Wellington’ Tweet | Cricket News

[ad_1] Suryakumar Yadav impressed everyone with his blistering form in the 2022 T20 World Cup. In six matches, the right-handed batter smashed a whopping total of 239 runs at a strike rate of 189.68. Even though Team India had a disappointing end, a 10-wicket loss to England in the semi-final, to their T20 World Cup campaign, Suryakumar emerged as one of the major positives for the Rohit Sharma-led side. As Team India bowed out of the ICC mega event, they now gear up for the upcoming three-match T20I and ODI series against New Zealand from November 18.Suryakumar took to Twitter and wrote, " Hello Wellington", which showed his excitement for the white-ball series against the Kiwis, as the first clash of the T20Is will be played in Wellington. However, the story took a hilarious turn when ...
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Alyssa Healy Appointed Vice-Captain, Likely To Lead Australia In Tour Of India | Cricket News
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Alyssa Healy Appointed Vice-Captain, Likely To Lead Australia In Tour Of India | Cricket News

[ad_1] Alyssa Healy is likely to lead Australia in the tour of India in December after the star wicketkeeper-batter was named the vice-captain of the women's team on Thursday. Healy takes over from Rachael Haynes, who retired from international cricket last month. With World Cup-winning captain Meg Lanning still on her indefinite break, Healy could be donning the skipper's cap for the team's upcoming assignments that include five T20s in India before the home series against Pakistan and the T20 World Cup in South Africa next year.Lanning had taken an indefinite break to focus on her self following Australia's successful Commonwealth Games campaign which saw them win the title in August."It's a privilege to have been offered the vice-captaincy of any Australian team, let alone one that's ...
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Women’s Cricket To Continue At Victoria Commonwealth Games 2026 | Cricket News
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Women’s Cricket To Continue At Victoria Commonwealth Games 2026 | Cricket News

[ad_1] Women's T20I Cricket will return to the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Australia, following the competition's enormous success in 2022, according to announcements made on Wednesday by the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia. The 23rd Commonwealth Games will include 20 sports, with competitions taking place in a number of Victoria state locations. A complete schedule for the multi-sport competition was unveiled, with debuts for golf, BMX, and coastal rowing.ICC General Manager Cricket, Wasim Khan, expressed excitement towards the growth of women's cricket, taking it one step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of being included in the Olympic Games."We are delighted to know that women's cricket will be part of the Commonwealth Games in Vict...
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Meg Lanning To Continue Break From Cricket, To Miss Women’s Big Bash League Season 8 | Cricket News
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Meg Lanning To Continue Break From Cricket, To Miss Women’s Big Bash League Season 8 | Cricket News

[ad_1] Melbourne Stars announced on Tuesday that their skipper Meg Lanning will continue her indefinite break from cricket and miss out on the eighth season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). "Melbourne Stars Captain Meg Lanning will continue her indefinite break from cricket and will not play for the Melbourne Stars in WBBL08," said a statement from the club. The club respects her decision and asks that her privacy continue to be respected. Earlier in August, Lanning had announced that she will take an indefinite break from cricket, citing personal reasons.Lanning had just helped her team complete a successful Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign in Birmingham, in which the Aussies captured gold after defeating India by nine runs in the final. She took a step back from the game after a busy...
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Shelley Nitschke Named Head Coach Of Australia Women’s Cricket Team | Cricket News
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Shelley Nitschke Named Head Coach Of Australia Women’s Cricket Team | Cricket News

[ad_1] Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that Shelley Nitschke has been appointed as the head coach of the Australian Women's Cricket Team for the next four years. Nitschke, 45, was named interim head coach in May following the resignation of Matthew Mott, leading Australia to gold in its historic Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham in July.One of the world's leading all-rounders, Nitschke broke into the Australian team in 2005 as a 28-year-old and went on to play 80 One-Day Internationals, 36 Twenty20's and six Test matches. In that time, she amassed over 3,000 runs and claimed more than 150 wickets with her left-arm orthodox bowling.She was named ICC Women's Cricket of the Year in 2010 and claimed four (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) consecutive Belinda Clark Awards. Nitschke retired ...
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ICC Player of Month: Sikandar Raza, Tahila Mcgrath win for August | Cricket News
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ICC Player of Month: Sikandar Raza, Tahila Mcgrath win for August | Cricket News

[ad_1] India's Jemimah Rodrigues missed out as Australia's Tahlia McGrath and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza were on Monday voted as ICC Player of the Month for August following their outstanding international performances in their respective categories. Rodrigues was nominated for the award in the women's category, which also featured Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath. However, McGrath became the latest Australian star to win the ICC Women's Player of the Month award after helping her country claim the Commonwealth gold in Birmingham.Following in the footsteps of Alyssa Healy, who claimed the award in April, McGrath amassed 114 runs at an average of 57 during the month, together with five wickets at 13.40.Amongst a series of strong displays...
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