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Hasaranga career-best floors UAE
A collective performance with the bat and Wanindu Hasaranga’s maiden five-wicket haul in ODI’s helped Sri Lanka make a statement as they began their World Cup Qualifiers campaign with a massive 175-run victory over the UAE. Having posted 355/6, with half-centuries from their top four, Sri Lanka bowled the UAE out for 180. Hasaranga finished with career-best figures of 6-24 with the UAE batters failing to pick the Sri Lankan spinner.
Having been asked to bat, Sri Lanka got off to a good start with Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne adding 95 for the opening wicket. Karunaratne was the quicker of the two as he struck seven fours before getting out to Aayan Khan for a 54-ball 52. Nissanka took 66 balls for his fifty before being bowled by Basil Hameed. Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama then put on 105 for the third wicket, taking only 79 deliveries for their partnership to provide a good platform for Sri Lanka.
Mendis’s outing, which included 10 fours, was ended by Ali Naseer on 78 while Samarawickrama was also run out in the 70s. Sri Lanka lost quick wickets in the death overs but Charith Asalanka’s blitz – 48 not out off 23, with five fours and two sixes – and Wanindu Hasaranga’s entertaining cameo of 23* off 12, powered Sri Lanka past the 350 mark.
UAE started off in a steady fashion in the chase before Rohan Mustafa was out caught and bowled off Lahiru Kumara. Wanindu Hasaranga then ended a promising stand between Muhammad Waseem and Vriitya Aravind, getting rid of the former, and followed it up with the wicket of Basil Hameed in the same over. Hasaranga bagged another, sending Asif Khan back, to leave the UAE at 99/4, which became 119/5 when Aravind fell to Dhananjaya de Silva. Ali Naseer tried to fight for the UAE but Hasaranga kept chipping away as he bagged a five-wicket haul for the first time in ODIs and finished it off with one more to bowl Sri Lanka to a huge victory.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 255/6 in 50 overs (Kusal Mendis 78, Sadeera Samarawickrama 73; Ali Naseer 2-44) beat UAE 180 in 39 overs (Muhammad Waseem 39, Vriitya Aravind 39; Wanindu Hasaranga 6-24) by 175 runs
(Cricbuzz)
The Rose Bowl, which has been awarded to the winner of ODI series between the women’s teams of Australia and New Zealand since 1985, has now been expanded to include T20Is as well.
New Zealand’s three match T20I tour of Australia, which begins on Sunday at the North Sydney Oval, will be the first T20I edition of the Rose Bowl. The teams will get to face off again for the trophy in March 2027 when they meet again for three ODIs, also in Australia.
For Rose Bowl series that include matches in both white-ball formats, the trophy will go to the team with the most wins overall. In case of a drawn series, the current holder will retain the trophy.
“The Rose Bowl is a prestigious trophy that holds a lot of meaning to current and past players, and it’s a series we’ve always taken a lot of pride in competing in,”Catherine Campbell, NZC’s chief cricket operations officer and a former New Zealand player, said. “With so much T20I cricket now being played, this is a brilliant opportunity to keep the Rose Bowl relevant and to build on the history between us and our Australian rivals.”
New Zealand captain Melie Kerr was excited by the broadening of opportunities to compete for the Rose Bowl.
“We’re all aware of what the Rose Bowl represents and the importance it holds in the White Ferns whakapapa [genealogy],” said Kerr. “Great players and teams have fought for it over the years and we’d love the opportunity to claim our own piece of that history.”
Australia have held the Rose Bowl continuously since wresting it back from New Zealand in 2000. Since that 3-0 win, Australia have won 18 times with one series – in 2008-09 – shared 2-2. Overall, Australia have won 26 of the 31 ODI series played for the Rose Bowl, with New Zealand winning three times and three series drawn.
North Sydney will host all three T20Is of the upcoming Rose Bowl series, on October 18, 20 and 22.
[Cricinfo]
US President Donald Trump claims the US Navy’s “effective” blockade has stopped all Iranian ships from crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy says a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil has struck a sea mine while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz through an “unauthorised” route.
The collision caused a huge explosion and a major fire on board the vessel, the IRGC said in a statement reported by semi-official Tasnim news agency.
It alleged that the tanker had turned off all tracking and radar systems, attempting to pass through the strait using deception and with US military support.
‘The Strait of Hormuz is closed’, the IRGC navy warned, adding that vessels violating Iranian regulations would face severe consequences for relying on US backing.
[Aljazeera]
Squad for the first three ODIs: Shubman Gill [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer [VC], KL Rahul [WK], Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan [WK], Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna*, Kuldeep Yadav
Squad for fourth and fifth ODIs: Shreyas Iyer [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan [WK, VC], Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra [WK], Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav
[Cricbuzz]
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