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Meg Lanning’s 135 not out led her Australia side to a five-wicket win over South Africa, continuing their unbeaten run at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 while ending the Proteas’. Laura Wolvaardt fell short of a century of her own but made a fine 90 as South Africa set Australia a challenging 272 to win in Wellington.  But South ...

Former champions are back in the desert, as Paula Badosa (2021) and Simona Halep (2015) headline Friday play in search of a second Tennis Paradise title.   Also in action is Southern California native Taylor Fritz, 10-time ATP Tour titlist Andrey Rublev, World No. 4 Iga Swiatek, 2021 semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov, World No. 6 Maria Sakkari and rising star Miomir Kecmanovic.

Australian pace bowler Kane Richardson underwent test for coronavirus after he arrived home from South Africa with a sore throat. The right-arm bowling star has withdrawn from Friday’s game against New Zealand and was replaced by Sean Abbott as he has been been quarantined for coronavirus. The 29-year-old apprised the team doctors on Thursday night of his sore throat, which ...

PORT ELIZABETH: Australian opening batsman David Warner has been cleared to play in the second Test against South Africa after accepting an International Cricket Council (ICC) charge of bringing the game into disrepute. However, South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who was involved in an ugly verbal spat with Warner, will challenge his lesser level one charge and has a ...

DUBAI: The Lahore Qalandars management has decided against opting for an immediate replacement of Australian batsman Chris Lynn, with hopes he may get fit in time to play the last leg of Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches. An official of PSL, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that they are still waiting on Lynn’s medical reports. “We are waiting on his ...

AUCKLAND: D‘Arcy Short anchored a high-powered Australian batting order to produce the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket to beat New Zealand by five wickets in their tri-series clash at Eden Park on Friday. Short, who started his innings with several edges and false shots that went for boundaries at the small ground, scored 76 from 44 balls ...

Former men’s handball player Hannah Mouncey is on her way to the AFL. Photo: News Corp Australia SYDNEY: The Australian Football League has agreed to let a transgender player participate in the country´s second-tier state women´s competition while the governing body considers its gender diversity policy for the national league. Hannah Mouncey, a former national men´s handball representative, last October ...

WELLINGTON: Australian Lloyd Pope´s record-breaking eight-wicket spell at the Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday has left the leg-spinner “on top of the world”, as the feat sparks comparisons to the legendary Shane Warne. Pope took eight for 35 against England to spin Australia into the semi-finals and set a new benchmark at the youth tournament, which is currently under way ...