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Sports Top 10: West Indies women’s team has secured their place for the semi-finals with a 6-wicket win against the England team in their last group match in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being played in UAE. In this match played in the stadium of Dubai, England women’s team batted first and scored 141 runs, whereas the West Indies team achieved this target in just 18 overs. On the first day of the second match of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and England at the Multan ground, an excellent century was seen from the bat of Pakistani team’s debutant batsman Kamran Ghulam. At the end of the day’s play, Pakistan team had scored 259 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.
All four semi-final teams in Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 decided
The caravan of Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has reached its final stop. This time a total of 10 teams participated in the tournament. All the teams tried hard to reach the semi-finals, but in the end the victory went to four teams, who entered the semi-finals. Australia and New Zealand have qualified for the semi-finals from Group A, while West Indies and South Africa have qualified from Group B. The first semi-final match will be played between Australia and South Africa on October 17 in Dubai. The second semi-final will be held between West Indies and New Zealand on October 18 at Sharjah Stadium.
New Zealand team got a big shock before the test series against India
The three-Test series between India and New Zealand is to start from October 16. The first match between the two teams will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. But even before this the New Zealand team has suffered a major setback. Kiwi team’s fast bowler Ben Sears has been ruled out of the entire Test series against India due to injury. Ben Sears experienced pain in his left knee during the Test series against Sri Lanka. After this he was scanned. Scans reveal a tear in his meniscus. This delayed his coming to India. Then after medical advice, it has been decided to drop him from the series.
Rohit Sharma gave a big update regarding the fitness of Mohammed Shami.
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has now given a big update through his statement regarding the fitness of fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Rohit told that Mohammed Shami had swelling in his knees, due to which he had to go back. Rohit said that Shami had to start again. Mohammed Shami is currently in NCA with doctors and physio. Rohit also said that we do not want to take Shami to Australia if he is not completely fit. Along with this, Rohit also said about Shami that to be honest, it is difficult to take a decision on him for the Australia series.
Bangladesh Cricket Board suspended coach Chandika Hathurusinghe
Bangladesh team recently toured India. Where a series of two Test and three T20 matches was played between the two teams. During this series, Bangladesh team could not get a single win. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken a big decision and along with suspending Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, he has also been dismissed immediately after that. Phil Simmons has now been appointed as the team’s interim new head coach, replacing Chandika Hathurusinghe.
Kamran Ghulam played a century in his debut test match
On the first day of the second match of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and England at the Multan ground, Kamran Ghulam, who was playing the debut match for the Pakistani team, scored a century. Kamran Ghulam has got a chance to play in this test in place of Babar Azam. Kamran Ghulam is the sixth batsman in world cricket to score a century while making his Test debut at number four. Earlier in the year 2000, Aminul Ismal of Bangladesh had also done this. Kamran returned to the pavilion after playing an inning of 118 runs in the first day’s play.
Gabby Lewis becomes the new captain of Ireland women’s team
Ireland women’s team, which could not qualify for the Women’s T20 World Cup this time, has now announced to change the captain of its team. Ireland has removed its most senior player Laura Delaney as captain. Ireland has appointed Gabby Lewis as the new captain of its team in place of Laura Delaney. Laura Delaney has captained Ireland in 207 matches. He has been the captain for the last eight years. Taking the decision to remove such a big player from the captaincy was not an easy task even for Ireland Cricket.
Kamran Ghulam gave statement in place of Babar after scoring a century
The Pakistani team has not had a good start in the second test match against England. When Pakistani team captain Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq could not play big innings. After this, Sam Ayub and debutant Kamran Ghulam made a big partnership. Ghulam played a patient inning of 118 runs off 224 balls and became the 13th Pakistani batsman to score a century on debut Test. Kamran Ghulam, in response to a question about Babar Azam after the first day’s play, said that yes, there was pressure to play in his (Babar’s) place but I think my desire to succeed eliminated that pressure.
New Zealand team will play a series of 2 T20 and three ODI matches against Sri Lanka
The New Zealand team, which reached India to play a three-Test series, will visit Sri Lanka immediately after the end of this tour, where it will have to play a series of 2 T20 and three ODI matches. The entire schedule of this tour has been announced in which a 2-match T20 series will be played from 9th November and after that the ODI series will start from 13th November in which the last match will be played till 19th November.
Full schedule of Ashes 2025-26 announced
The Australian cricket team has to play a 5-match Ashes Test series against England at home in the fourth edition of the World Test Championship, for which the complete schedule has been announced by Cricket Australia. The first Test match of the series will be played between the two teams at the new stadium Optus in Perth from 21 to 25 November. The second match of this series will be played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane from 4 to 8 December, which will be a pink ball test match. This is the first time in the history of the Ashes since 1982-83 that the first Test match is being played in Perth, hosted by Australia.
Dunith Vellalaghe showed amazing performance in T20 International debut match.
The West Indies team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka, where it is currently playing a three-match T20 series against the host team. While the West Indies team won the first match of this series by 5 wickets, the host Sri Lanka unilaterally won the second match by 73 runs, leveling the series at 1-1. In the second match, the wonders of Sri Lankan team’s 21-year-old left arm spinner Dunith Vellage, who was playing his debut match in T20 International, were seen. Vellalaghe took three wickets while conceding only 9 runs in his 4 overs and also played an important role in restricting the West Indies team to a score of just 89.
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