News “To have him back and to have him fit and excited about playing is a real win for English cricket,” Brendon McCullum says There are few positives from what has been, even by England’s recent ODI standards, a disastrous Champions Trophy campaign. But according to Brendon McCullum, there were glimmers amidst the darkness. The one that shone brightest was the performance, as well as the fitness, of fast bowler Jofra Archer. He bowled his allotted quota in each of the first two games, as well as nine of the 29.1 England needed to send down in Karachi. He did so with decent pace, picking up wickets in each game, and was the pick of the English bowlers by a distance despite South Africa’s romp to victory. “He’s been out
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Player Of The Match 169 (163) Report Ireland went toe-to-toe for most of the chase but lost the last four wickets in their last ten deliveries Brian Bennett’s 169 took Zimbabwe to 299 • Zimbabwe Cricket Zimbabwe 299 for 5 (Bennett 169, Ervine 66, Adair 2-55) beat Ireland 250 (Campher 44, Muzarabani 4-51, Ngarava 3-56) by 49 runs Brian Bennett delivered a Valentine Day’s gift to all the cricket lovers at Harare Sports Club with a sublime 169 to set up Zimbabwe’s 49-run win in the first ODI against Ireland on Friday. Promoted to opener for the first time in ODI cricket, Bennett struck 56.52% of Zimbabwe’s total to give Ireland a target of 300 to chase. Along the way, he also became the fourth-youngest to score 150-plus in a men’s ODI
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Bowler Ashleigh van Wyk took 4/17 in three overs to lead the charge in Kuala Lumpur. South African players celebrate a wicket in their U19 T20 World Cup semi-final against Australia. Picture: Isuru Sameera/Gallo Images South Africa’s U19 women’s cricket team shocked Australia in their T20 World Cup semi-final played in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Friday to qualify for the final where they will face either England or India. The South Africans went through their group phase and Super Sixes phase of the tournament unbeaten. In a tense match played on Friday, the South Africans won by five wickets with 11 balls remaning. Ashleigh van Wyk destroys lineup After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Australia could manage only 105/8 in their 20 overs. South Africa’s slow