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WELLINGTON : Reigning champions England face an uphill task to qualify for the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup after West Indies handed them their second defeat in their first two matches with a seven-run victory in Dunedin on Tuesday.
Defending champions England slumped to a second loss at the Women's Cricket World Cup on Wednesday as underdogs the West Indies continued their sparkling start to the tournament.
Jonny Bairstow could barely keep the grin off his face after spending some five hours at the crease for England under a blazing Caribbean sun on the first day of the first Test against West Indies on Tuesday. In picking up where he left off two months ago in Australia, Bairstow's second century in as many Tests, an unbeaten 109 in Antigua, helped turn the match perhaps slightly in favour of the visitors at stumps. "I am very passionate about playing Test cricket. I am absolutely delighted. It has been a good start to the year and hopefully that can continue," he said.
Australia to return to Pakistan but only five days for a lifeless Rawalpindi pitch to sap much of the enthusiasm generated by the drought-breaking Test series. With just 14 wickets falling in the match, the drawn series-opener pleased few apart from the teams' top order batsmen who gleefully boosted their averages until it was called off an hour early on Tuesday. Pakistan may claim a moral victory after Rawalpindi humbled Australia's vaunted pace attack, and the draw may ultimately prove important for the hosts' chances of winning the series and gaining points in the World Test Championship.
Rafael Nadal will be the man to beat when Indian Wells kicks off this week while Naomi Osaka will look to begin her ascent back to the top of the tennis world at the tournament that launched her career. Nadal's season was cut short last year due to a foot injury but the Spaniard has come roaring out of the gates in 2022, winning January's Australian Open for a men's record 21st Grand Slam title. He followed that up by winning his fourth title in Acapulco last month and has not lost in 15 matches this season. "Rafa Nadal is now 35-years-old and he's never had a start to the season like this one," Indian Wells tournament director and former player Tommy Haas said on a recent podcast. "He's the guy to beat here, there's no doubt about it. And he obviously enjoys it here very much," Haas said of Nadal, a three-time winner of the Masters 1000 tournament.
Pakistan skipper Bismah Maroof and her daughter has been the apple of everyone's eye ever since their rendezvous with the India women's team stars post their World Cup match on March 6. Bismah's new-born daughter Fatima was again the center of attraction as her mother dedicated her first post "motherhood" half-century to her through an adorable gesture on the field. After reaching her 50, Maroof gestured towards the pavilion forming a small cradle with her hands. The crowd and the players all stood up and applauded the gesture which was done when the world was celebrating the International Women's Day.
World Cup winner Jason Leonard announced the end of his international rugby career on March 9, 2004.
MELBOURNE : Former Australia coach Michael Cheika has been appointed coach of Argentina through to the 2023 World Cup in France, Argentine media reported.