Author: Team Spogonews

Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) Australia beat India by 54 runs in the fifth and final women’s T20I to take the five-match series 4-1 here on Tuesday. Chasing an imposing 197 to win, the Indian batters cut a sorry figure as they were bowled out for 142 with Deepti Sharma top-scoring with a 34-ball 53. Earlier, Ashleigh Gardner (66 not out) and Grace Harris (64 not out) smashed scintillating unbeaten fifties as Australia recovered from 17 for 2 to post 196 for 4, the highest total of the series. Defending the total, Heather Garham (4/8) took a hat-trick, while Gardner (2/20)…

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Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) Heather Graham became only the second woman cricketer from her country to take a T20 hat-trick as Australia crushed India by 54 runs in the final match to clinch the five-game series 4-1 here on Tuesday. Graham (4/8 from 2 overs) was the star performer with the ball for Australia as she first dismissed Devika Vaidya and Radha Yadav in the last two deliveries of the 13th over. She then returned in the final over of the innings to not only claim a hat-trick with the opening ball in the form of Renuka Singh but also…

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India Women Innings: Smriti Mandhana c Grace Harris b Darcie Brown 4 Shafali Verma c Sutherland b Gardner 13 Harleen Deol run out (Tahlia McGrath/Mooney) 24 Harmanpreet Kaur lbw b Sutherland 12 Richa Ghosh c Heather Graham b Gardner 10 Deepti Sharma c Gardner b Heather Graham 53 Devika Vaidya st Mooney b Heather Graham 11 Radha Yadav b Heather Graham 0 Anjali Sarvani c Gardner b Tahlia McGrath 4 Renuka Thakur Singh b Heather Graham 2 Rajeshwari Gayakwad not out 1 Extras: (W-7, NB-1) 8 Total: (10 wkts, 20 Overs) 142 Fall of Wickets: 4-1, 24-2, 47-3, 58-4, 70-5,…

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मुंबई, 20 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) हीथर ग्राहम टी20 क्रिकेट में हैट्रिक लेने वाली अपने देश की दूसरी महिला क्रिकेटर बन गई जिनके शानदार प्रदर्शन के दम पर आस्ट्रेलिया ने मंगलवार को भारत को पांचवें और आखिरी मैच में हराकर श्रृंखला 4 . 1 से जीत ली ।

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मुंबई, 20 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) आस्ट्रेलिया के हाथों पांचवें टी20 मैच में 54 रन से मिली हार के साथ श्रृंखला 4 . 1 से गंवाने वाली भारतीय महिला टीम की कप्तान हरमनप्रीत कौर ने कहा कि उनकी टीम ने इस हार से काफी सबक लिया है ।

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New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Skipper Martín Cháves produced the solitary goal as Rajasthan United defeated Aizawl FC 1-0 in an I-League match at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Tuesday. Cháves’ deflected strike in the 12th minute proved to be the difference between the teams at the end of a pulsating encounter that saw multiple chances created at both ends. With this result, Rajasthan snapped a three-game winless streak, while Aizawl suffer their first loss in five matches. Rajasthan dominated the proceedings and found the net in the 12th minute. Aidar Mambetaliev found Cháves in open space down the left…

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Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) India might have been handed a comprehensive 1-4 defeat in the series but the biggest takeaway for the hosts from the five-game T20 rubber has been self-belief, said women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. India lost the fifth and final women’s T20I by 54 runs here on Tuesday to end the series on a disappointing note. Sent into bat, Ashleigh Gardner (66 not out) and Grace Harris (64 not out) smashed explosive unbeaten fifties as Australia posted an imposing 196 for 4. Heather Graham then claimed a hat-trick, only the second woman cricketer from her country to…

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Karachi, Dec 21 (PTI) England red-ball coach Brendon McCullum says it would be “awesome” if leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed bags an IPL deal following his stellar Test debut and he would want the the teenager to play as much franchise cricket as possible. The 18-year-old Ahmed became the youngest to take a five wicket haul on Test debut as he claimed the impressive figures of (5/48) against Pakistan on day three in the third Test here. Ahmed, who already has a deal to play in the inaugural ILT20 in the UAE in January and February, has entered the IPL auction, to…

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Mirpur, Dec 20 (PTI) India skipper Rohit Sharma will miss the second Test against Bangladesh, starting here on Thursday, as he has not made a full recovery from a thumb injury. Rohit had flown back to India to see a specialist after injuring his left thumb while fielding in the second ODI against Bangladesh here on December 7. He is under the care of the BCCI medical team following his left thumb injury, which he sustained during the second ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka. Pacer Naveep Saini, who had made a comeback into the Test team, is also out of…

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