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India v South Africa 1st ODI Paarl
South Africa won the toss & elected to bat
SA 296-4 van der Dussen 129 no Bavuma 110 Bumrah 2-48
India 10-0 265-8 Dhawan 79 Kohli 51 Thakur 50 no Phehlukwayo 2-26 Ngidi 2-64
South Africa won by 31 runs

just seen the new fixtures and they look pretty good, for Somerset things are well spread through the season, i like that a lot of the CC games are starting on a Thursday thats how it should be, interesting seeing CC games in june and july, the 50 over is all done in a couple of weeks at the start of August, i am looking forward to April

India v South Africa 2nd ODI Paarl
India won the toss & elected to bat
India 287-6 Pant 85 Rahul 55 Thakur 40 Dhawan 29 no Ashwin 25 no
SA 288-3 (48.1 overs) Malan 91 de Kock 78 Markran 37 no van der Dussen 37 no Bavuma 35
South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa v India 3rd ODI Cape Town
India won the toss & elected to field
SA 287(49.5 overs) de Kock 124 van der Dussen 52 Krishna 2-59 Bumrah 2-53 Chahar 2-53
IND 283 (49.2 overs) Kohli 65 Dhawan 61 Chahar 54 Surayakumar 39 Phehlukwayo 3-40 Ngidi 3-58 Pretorius 2-54
South Africa won by 4 runs

England's women came within 13 runs of what would've been a record 4th innings run-chase, as the last pair played out the remaining 13 balls to hang on for a draw. Credit to Australia for a sporting declaration, when 2 points for a draw would require England to win the 3 remaining ODI's in order to win the Ashes series as Australia are the holders.
A great advert for the game, when generally women's Test Matches are often one-sided, or dull draws. Brilliant batting, bowling, & fielding, with some great catches. The match swung one way, then the other, England looked in charge, with 45 needed from 10 overs, with 7 wickets in hand, but were fortunate to draw in the end.
A world class innings from England's captain Heather Knight, with 168 not out, in an innings that totaled 297. Brunt bowled well throughout, with 5 wickets in the 1st innings, & 8 in the match. Australia's captain Lanning, batted well for 93 & deserved a century. Beth Mooney pulled off 2 amazing catches on the final day, to add to a 2nd innings 63, & showed great bravery playing with a broken jaw.

(30-01-2022 14:42 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England's women came within 13 runs of what would've been a record 4th innings run-chase, as the last pair played out the remaining 13 balls to hang on for a draw. Credit to Australia for a sporting declaration, when 2 points for a draw would require England to win the 3 remaining ODI's in order to win the Ashes series as Australia are the holders.
A great advert for the game, when generally women's Test Matches are often one-sided, or dull draws. Brilliant batting, bowling, & fielding, with some great catches. The match swung one way, then the other, England looked in charge, with 45 needed from 10 overs, with 7 wickets in hand, but were fortunate to draw in the end.
A world class innings from England's captain Heather Knight, with 168 not out, in an innings that totaled 297. Brunt bowled well throughout, with 5 wickets in the 1st innings, & 8 in the match. Australia's captain Lanning, batted well for 93 & deserved a century. Beth Mooney pulled off 2 amazing catches on the final day, to add to a 2nd innings 63, & showed great bravery playing with a broken jaw.

Maybe what is needed is the fifth day many have been advocating for a while now 'Booms' Great advert as you say, but maybe Englands lack of matches in tests meant that - after a solid start getting into their innings - they maybe went at it like a bull at the T20 gate, when natural batting would have got them there. They didn't force Meg Lanning to have to think too much beyond the orthodox, by manipulating the field, and causing her to make regular bowling changes. In fact all she did was sit - in, and wait for England to hand it to the Aussies, which they duly did. Superb catching from the Baggy Greens though it should be pointed out!

There is a thread for the women's game, and I think they more than deserve it. I would have Elyse Perry and Katherine Brunt in any 'mixed' team in a new york minute btw!!

England v Afghanistan ICC U19 World Cup Semi Final Antigua
England won the toss & Elected to bat
ENG 231-6 (47 overs) Bell 56 no Horton 53 no Thomas 50 Ahmed 2-32 Zadran 2-67
AFG 215-9 (46 overs) Noor 60 Ishaq 43 Bilal Ahmad 33 Hadi 36 no Aspinwall 2-37 Ahmed 4-40
Match reduced to 47 overs
England won by 16 runs (DLS)

Tim Bresnan announced his retirement from professional cricket yesterday, after a 20 year career.

England Under-19s will take on India tomorrow 1pm GMT in the ICC Under 19 World Cup Final. India must be strong favourites after a 96 run victory over Australia in the Semi-Final.

ICC U19 World Cup Final England v India
England won the toss & elected to bat
ENG 189 All out (44.5 overs) Rew 95 sales 34 no Thomas 27 Bawa 5-31 Kunar 4-31
IND 185-6 (47.4 overs) Sindhu 50 n0 Rasheed 50 Boyden 2-24 Aspinwall 2-42 Sales 2-52