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Women's T20I Player Rankings: Australia's Ashleigh Gardner becomes No. 1 ranked all-rounder
Gardner, who was named Player of the Match after her effort of 66 not out off 32 balls and a haul of two for 20, has 417 points and topped the all-rounders' list for the first time after moving up three spots. She has overtaken West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (381), India's Deepti Sharma ( 387) and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine (389), who was at the top through the past year.
India climb World Test Championship standings after triumph over Bangladesh
Despite a strong rear-guard action from Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan (84), the hosts' last four wickets all fell prior to lunch on the final day as India drew first blood in the two-match Test series. Spinners Axar Patel (4/77) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/73) did the majority of the damage as they shared seven Bangladesh wickets in the second innings between them and India climbed the World Test Championship standings as a result.
Australia defeat South Africa to close in on World Test Championship final
The win sees Australia move further ahead at the top of the World Test Championship standings, while South Africa are overtaken by India and drop to third as a result of the loss, the ICC said in a statement. Australia now hold a 76.92 win percentage, with India (55.77) now ahead of South Africa (54.55) following their 188-run triumph over Bangladesh in Chattogram earlier in the day.
ICC launches maiden U-19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa
The 16 teams in the fray include Indonesia and Rwanda, who will feature in an ICC World Cup for the first time ever. Eleven full member nations gained automatic entry in this historic edition: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Australia complete West Indies sweep to close in on World Test Championship final
The World Test Championship pacesetters wrapped up the 2-0 series sweep late in the first session on the fourth day of the clash, with pacer Michael Neser completing proceedings by dismissing Marquino Mindley for a duck. It means Australia moves further ahead at the head of the World Test Championship standings, with the Aussies now boasting an impressive 75 percent win-percentage for the current period.
Knocked Out: Are India the new 'chokers' of world cricket in ICC tournaments?
Except this year, where things have gone downhill for Indian cricket, the 'Men in Blue' have played exceptional cricket in bilateral series in the last one decade or so. But, it's the ICC events and that too at the knockout stages, where the team full of 'superstars' crumbles under pressure and fails to deliver.
Australia's Labuschagne overtakes Root to take top spot in ICC Test rankings for batters
Labuschagne, who was just two points behind Root before the two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Tests completed over the past week, now enjoys a big lead at the top even as Root has slipped to fourth place -- behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam, according to ICC.
Aussie great Damien Fleming provides solution for bringing crowds back to cricket stadiums
Australia have seen record low crowds of late with the stadiums, including the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), seeing a massive dip in numbers even during the ICC T20 World Cup held recently. Several experts have blamed the poor spectator turnout to the saturated cricket schedule and Fleming feels all three formats of the game need to be given "clear space and times".
India fined 80% match fee for slow over-rate in one-wicket loss to Bangladesh in first ODI
Ranjan Madugalle of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were ruled to be four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Livingstone ruled out of Test series vs Pakistan due to knee injury
Livingstone hurt his right knee while fielding on the second day of the first Test in Rawalpindi and the 29-year-old will fly home to England on Tuesday to commence his rehabilitation, according to ICC. England are yet to name a replacement for the remainder of the three-match Test series, although selectors do have a number of options already in their squad that they may look to include for the second Test that commences in Multan on Friday.
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