A disciplined Barbados Tridents registered their first win of the Caribbean Premier League 2019 with an 18-run victory over St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots, who had only just achieved the second highest run-chase in T20 history in their last league match.
A Megan Schutt hat-trick, the first by an Australian woman in ODIs helped Australia to victory in the third and final women’s ODI against West Indies in Antigua on Wednesday. In the process, Australia have completed a 3-0 clean sweep in the series and taken their recent form to 15 matches undefeated, while also winning a fifth straight series.
Chris Gayle, playing for Jamaica Tallawahs, smashed his 22nd T20 hundred in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League clash with St Kitts at Basseterre adding to his illustrious and remarkable career in the format.
"Sometimes you can only be as good as the players you've actually got in the team. We're probably still looking for a number of players to make that XI as strong as it possibly can be," were England head coach Trevor Bayliss’ words on the eve of the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Oval starting on Thursday.
Australia, who retained the Ashes in fine style in Manchester by defeating England by 185 runs, have made one change to their 12-man squad for the final Test at the Oval.
India A inched closer to victory on Day 3 of the first unofficial Test against South Africa A at Trivandrum, with rain playing spoilsport for the majority of the day.
In a bid to level the series where they trail Australia 2-1 after the four Tests, England have made two changes for the final Test at the Oval.