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IOL News
14 hours ago
- Sport
- IOL News
Tazmin Brits continues to shine for Proteas Women in West Indies
Tazmin Brits took South Africa home to their first win in the first match of their T20 Series against West Indies after the likes of captain Laura Wolvaardt were bowled out early. | BackpagePix Proteas Women opening batter Tazmin Brits put up another dominant display of batting on Friday night to help her team beat the West Indies by 50 runs in the first T20 of the series. Despite the slow wicket, Brits took command of the innings with her 98 not out, infused with 9x4 and 4x6. The South Africans lost two big, early wickets that put them on the back foot. Captain Laura Wolvaardt and veteran all rounder Marizanne Kapp fell easily before Nadine de Klerk could step in. Considered as one of the "dawgs" in the team for her hitting capabilities, De Klerk proved to be a good partner to tag along with Brits' momentum. Together, Brits and de Klerk put up a massive 71-run partnership. But West Indian bowler Jahazar Claxton was on fire and got her third wicket of the day after removing De Klerk for 21 runs. Chloe Tryon was unfortunately run out on 16 runs before she could do some real damage with the bat. Annerie Dercksen also fell cheaply, losing her wicket for five runs at the tail end. Brits continued to steamroll her way through the innings amid the fall of wickets, and went on to put up the highest Proteas women score against the West Indies. The 34-year-old led her team to a comfortable score of 183/6 in their 20 overs, asking a bit too much from the hosts. The Proteas bowling contingent did not let the West Indies top order get going, and were at 10/2 by the end of the third over. Kapp put that experience to good use, striking early blows for the Proteas and finished with figures of 2/27 runs of three overs. Ayabonga Khaka (1/19) and Nonkululeko Mlaba (1/18) kept the run rate slow with their spells and held the hosts to 49/5 inside eight overs, and putting immense pressure on their tail end. Janillea Glasgow was the only West Indian to respond aggressively toward the Proteas bowlers with her impressive half century knock of 53 not out. But Glasgow found no support from the other end to help stabilize their innings. By the end of 20 overs, the hosts could only manage to put up 133 runs on the board, giving the Proteas the comfortable 50-run victory in the first match of the series.
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- Sport
- SBS Australia
"We're playing for more than just a team": Indigenous women's cricket team shines in PNG
The Australian Indigenous Women's Cricket Team remains undefeated in the PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational, proudly showcasing not only their sporting skills but cultural pride on the international stage in Papua New Guinea. Led by Kaurareg captain Christina Coulson, the squad is halfway through a T20 series in Port Moresby, facing off against teams from PNG, Vanuatu and Samoa. Despite the unfamiliar pitch conditions, the side has adapted quickly and with confidence, securing wins against all three opponents in their opening matches. 'We're not just representing Australia – we're representing our culture,' Coulson said. 'Every time we step onto the field, we carry that with us.' While Coulson has previously led the team in high-profile matches at the MCG, this tour marks a new chapter in her leadership journey. 'It's an absolute privilege,' she said. 'I'm still learning, but I've got some incredible players beside me who I can lean on.' The squad features several contracted players from across the country, including Ella Hayward (Victoria), Mikayla Hinkley (WA/Perth Scorchers), Anika Learoyd (NSW/Sydney Thunder), and Emma Manix-Geeves (Tasmania/Hobart Hurricanes). Learoyd made her debut earlier in the series, while young Western Australian talent Elsie Simpson is on her first tour with the team. Coulson noted the importance of connection off the field as much as on it. 'Sharing our stories and learning from each other helps us play better together,' she said. 'It's something we prioritise as a group.' That connection goes beyond cricket. Allrounder Clodagh Ryall and her siblings created artwork that will be gifted to other teams during a cultural exchange later in the week. Assistant coach Hannah Darlington, who captained the team during last year's tour of Vanuatu, has returned in a mentoring role. Many of the players also starred in this year's National Indigenous Cricket Championships, an important platform for rising talent. The current tour, supported by PacificAus Sports, is not only about competition but visibility. Coulson highlighted how crucial it is for young First Nations kids to see Blak athletes on a world stage. 'You can't be what you can't see,' she said. 'This tour shows there's a pathway, and that cricket is a space where we belong.' The team will face each of their three opponents again in the coming days, continuing their strong run with PNG on Thursday, followed by Samoa on Friday and Vanuatu on Saturday.
The Independent
10-06-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
England complete T20 series clean sweep to continue Harry Brook's winning start
Harry Brook made it six of the best as England's white-ball captain, wrapping up a second series sweep over the West Indies with a 37-run win Southampton. Having whitewashed the tourists 3-0 in the ODIs, Brook's men did it again in the T20 leg to cap a triumphant start for the new limited-overs skipper. The tone was set with a breakneck opening partnership of 120 in just 8.5 overs between Jamie Smith (60) and Ben Duckett (84), paving the way for a towering total of 248 for three – equalling the record score on English soil. The tourists never got to grips with a chase of that magnitude but still made 211 for eight, Rovman Powell's unbeaten 79 coming too late to make a difference. With the series already secure, England had nothing to lose and their top-order pair batted with abandon in a powerplay that brought 83 wicketless runs. Duckett was a bundle of energy at the crease, skipping around and stepping inside the line to cue up a vast array of strokes. The bowlers struggled to find a safe area to bowl and captain Shai Hope could not plug enough gaps in the field as Duckett reversed his hands, stepped outside off to open up square leg and carved anything short over the in-field. When Alzarri Joseph tried to sharpen him up with a first-ball bouncer, he casually swatted it for six. Smith's tactics were more streamlined but no less effective, with an emphasis on big, bludgeoned shots down the ground. Duckett won the half-century sprint, bringing it up off just 20 balls, but Smith was just a couple behind. He hurried to his first T20 fifty for England with three sixes in four balls off an outmatched Romario Shepherd, with one particularly dazzling blow on the up over extra cover. His attack ended after 26 brutal balls when he leaned back and hit Gudakesh Motie to Shimron Hetmyer on the boundary, for once lacking distance. Smith was only given his chance at the top of the order due to Phil Salt's paternity leave, but the role already feels like his to lose. The reward for removing him was the arrival of the series top run-scorer, Jos Buttler, who announced himself by rocking back and hammering Joseph over the crowd and into the concourse in front of the fast-food vans. Buttler perished after skying a wide ball from Sherfane Rutherford and Duckett saw a first century evade him when he lost his leg stump to Akeal Hosein, but the runs kept flowing. Brook hit 35no, including eight off the last two balls to level Australia's record score at the same ground in 2013, while Jacob Bethell produced another electric cameo worth 36no from only 16 balls. That included three mighty sixes in succession off Motie and a wonderfully inventive reverse flick to deep third. It looked a tall order for an brow-beaten West Indies and so it proved, Luke Wood and Liam Dawson taking care of the openers Evin Lewis and Johnson Charles in single figures. Hetmyer smashed three sixes as he burned brightly and briefly, attempting a fourth off Bethell's left-arm spin but finding the fielder. Hope went down fighting with 45 before being bounced out by Brydon Carse and Powell took a hefty chunk out of the winning margin, but the chase never quite caught fire. Rutherford and Shepherd mustered one run between them as Adil Rashid spun out both, with Wood returning to pick up two more late wickets at the death.
The Sun
06-06-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘I could actually do this' – England cricket star reveals he seriously considered AMPUTATING injured toe
BRYDON CARSE was so worried about his toe injury that he considered AMPUTATION. Durham fast bowler Carse revealed: 'At one stage, I was going to bed thinking, 'I could actually do this - I could get rid of my second toe.' 2 2 'But the medical staff said I need the toe for my balance so it was quickly ruled out. 'I'm going to have to keep it a little longer.' The impact of Carse's bowling has caused problems with his left foot for several years but it became so bad last winter that he pulled out of the Champions Trophy and the IPL. He is back now and playing in the white-ball matches against West Indies. The T20 series starts this evening on his home ground at Chester-le-Street. He will also be a key man in the Test series against India. Carse, 29, added: 'My feet are not the most ideal thing. 'Everyone has an opinion on my second toe. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS 'In the winter, it ended up being quite a severe wound and I got a couple of infections. 'I've changed a few things - I have a narrower boot and new insoles. England cricket stars forced to arrive to West Indies Test match on lime bikes amid 'shambles' at The Oval 'They're working well at the moment.' Ben Stokes ' late father Ged famously had his middle finger removed to the knuckle to prolong his rugby league career. Stokes waves his finger in the air every time he scores a century. Meanwhile, Phil Salt has been granted paternity leave to miss the three T20 matches even though he returned to India immediately after the birth for Sunday's IPL final. He is replaced by Jamie Smith, Player of the Match in the final win of England's 50-over clean sweep.
The Independent
29-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Heather Knight ruled out of summer in huge blow for England ahead of World Cup
Former England captain Heather Knight will miss the remainder of the summer after suffering a severe hamstring injury in a huge blow for Charlotte Edwards ' side. Knight suffered the problem while compiling a half century as England completed a 3-0 sweep of the T20 international series against the West Indies at Chelmsford on Monday. Subsequent scans have revealed a 'significant tendon injury' that will sideline the 34-year-old for June, July and August, though it is hoped she will be fit for the Cricket World Cup, which begins at the end of September. Alice Capsey has been called up to England's one-day international squad ahead of three more white-ball encounters with the West Indies that begin in Derby on Friday. Knight lost the captaincy after a disastrous 16-0 Ashes whitewash in the winter but underlined her importance with two excellent knocks from No 4 in the T20 series. An unbeaten 43 in the successful chase at Canterbury was followed by her 66 not out in Chelmsford, with the former skipper leaving a significant hole in the middle order. "Her innings was pretty special to get us up to that total, being a competitive and winning score in the end," said captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, of Knight's knock. "That just shows her class and experience." England take on India later in the summer, while Knight will also miss The Hundred having captained the London Spirit to the title last year. Surrey all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards and Lancashire opener Emma Lamb are among those who could press for a place alongside Capsey after being included in the ODI squad.
