Curran, Overton added in England squad for remaining Australia ODIs
Cricket | June 20, 2018 16:11 ISTEngland have already clinched the series 3-1 following their thumping win by 242 runs in the third ODI against Australia.
England have already clinched the series 3-1 following their thumping win by 242 runs in the third ODI against Australia.
New Zealand women's cricket team have literally annihilated and destroyed the Irish bowlers in their own backyard as they are the first team in both women's and men's to score 400 plus runs in ODI history.
After commentating in the UK, the dashing southpaw will join his banned team-mate Steven Smith at the inaugural season of the Global T20 Canada tournament, starting June 28.
With just a week left to the departure of Sri Lankan team to West Indies, the CWI said that they are considering tweaking the schedule due to financial crisis.
Cricket Australia announced the 15-player squad on Tuesday for the five-match series, which starts June 13 at The Oval in London and is part of Australia's preparations for an attempted World Cup title defence in England in 2019.
After Alyssa Healy's century, off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner (3/40) and Ellyse Perry (2/40) picked five wickets in unison to dismiss India to 235 runs in the 45th over.
A target of 288 in women's cricket is a tall order but India's opener Punam Raut's lack of power hurt the hosts badly as she undid all the hard work done by her opening partner Smriti Mandhana (67 off 53 balls).
Iyer is seen as one of the contenders for either No. 4 or 5 position in the ODI line-up and will be competing with the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik and possibly Suresh Raina.
Captain Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 129 runs off 96 balls in India's eight-wicket win over South Africa in the sixth and final ODI in Centurion.
India captain Kohli was once again in punishing mood in Centurion as he personally anchored Proteas' biggest humiliation in a bilateral series at home in last 17 years.
Plunkett, who had already missed the final two ODIs against Australia in January, suffered a hamstring tear in Tuesday's tri-series defeat by the Black Caps.
The 34-year old said there will be a lot of pride at stake for the hosts in the sixth and final ODI against India in Centurion on Friday.
With victory in the last ODI in Port Elizabeth, India have also confirmed their No.1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings, taking over from South Africa who were sitting atop at the start of this series.
Kallis agreed with former teammate and skipper Graeme Smith that there is a lack of depth in the next batch of South African batsmen.
The foundation for India's win in the fifth ODI was set up by a match-winning knock from opener Rohit Sharma (115), who made his first significant score of the tour.
The team under Kohli achieved which none of the past Indian teams managed to achieve under the likes of Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid or Mahendra Singh Dhoni - win a full-fledged series in the Rainbow Nation.
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