U19 World Cup Day 9 Wrap – Surprises keep coming
DAY 9 at the Under 19 World Cup saw the continuation of the Super 6s stage of the tournament, but not everything went as expected. Group 1 Rwanda cause another upset Rwanda has caused its second upset of the tournament, defeating the West Indies by four wickets. After bowling the West Indies out for just […]
Aussies dominate to clean sweep series
THE Aussie Women’s cricket team has completed a clean sweep of its One Day International series with Pakistan after defeating the tourists by 101 runs in the third match of the series. After being sent into bat, the Aussies lost Phoebe Litchfield early but that was well and truly forgotten after Meg Lanning and Beth […]
U19 World Cup Day 8 Wrap – Super 6s get underway
DAY 8 at the Under 19 World Cup saw the opening matches of the Super 6s stage of the Under 19 World Cup, with a few sides coming up short for the first time. Group 1 Australia consigns India to first tournament loss with solid win After losing their opening game of the tournament the […]
U19 World Cup Day 7 Wrap – Fourth place sides last chance to shine
DAY 7 at the Under 19 World Cup saw one last hoorah for the sides that finished in fourth place in their groups and as such will not be progressing to the next stage of the tournament. Scotland end tournament on high with a win Scotland finished off its tournament the best way it could, […]
Sydney brings the Thunder to down ‘Gades
SYDNEY Thunder rallied behind opener Matthew Gilkes to claim an eight-wicket win over Melbourne Renegades at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Thursday night. Chasing quite a low total of 143, the Thunder had no problems getting the job done in the second innings, securing the win with nine balls to spare, much to the dismay […]
U19 World Cup Day 6 Wrap – Super 6s finalised
DAY 6 at the Under 19 World Cup saw Groups B and C wrap up their matches, with the countries advancing to the Super 6s stage of the tournament decided. Group B England annihilate Rwanda After the euphoria of their first ever World Cup win, Rwanda came crashing back to earth against England, with the […]
Youth dominates to help Australia go two-up
AUSTRALIA’s younger stars shone in game two of their series against Pakistan to help the Australians go two-up in their three match series. Darcie Brown, Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Alana King all starred in the 10 wicket win, but it was not all the youth as Beth Mooney also starred with the bat in […]
U19 World Cup Day 5 Wrap – First half of next stage decided
DAY 5’s results at the Under 19 World Cup may have gone largely as people would have expected, but they were no less defining. Day 6’s results also mean half of our teams that will be progressing to the next stage of the tournament, with Bangladesh, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa and the UAE […]
Smith’s special Strike slams Sixers past Adelaide
THE ARRIVAL of Steve Smith to the Sydney Sixers had entertainment written all over it, and Tuesday night’s win over the Adelaide Strikers emphasised that, with the all-time great reaching triple figures in Coffs Harbour. Smith came out firing and racked up the first ever ton by a Sixers player in the men’s side, smacking […]
U19 World Cup Day 4 Wrap: A lot still to be decided
DAY 4 at the Under 19 World Cup saw Groups B and C play their second matches, and with one match left to play for everyone these groups’ ladder positions are far from locked in. Group B New Zealand does it easy, make it 2/2 New Zealand has made it two comfortable wins from as […]
