Tough day for Irish sevens in Hong Kong
Ireland's teams had a day to forget at the World Rugby Hong Kong Sevens with three losses from three games.
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Will Young Hits 86 As New Zealand Dent Sri Lanka's World Cup Hopes
Will Young hit 86 not out as hosts New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Friday's third one-day international, ending the visitors' hopes of qualifying directly for the World Cup this year. New Zealand replied with 159 for four after bowling Sri Lanka out for 157 in Hamilton. The Black Caps won the ODI series 2-0, having also won both of the two Test matches. A three-match Twenty20 series between the teams starts Sunday. The home win saw New Zealand top the Super League table in qualifying for the ODI World Cup in India this year.
New Zealand end Sri Lanka's hopes of direct qualification for Cricket World Cup
Will Young hit 86 not out as hosts New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Friday's third one-day international in Hamilton, ending the visitors' hopes of qualifying directly for the World Cup this year.
Sri Lanka's hopes of direct World Cup qualification end in loss to NZ
New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third and final one-day international on Friday to win the series 2-0 and end the Asian side's chances of directly qualifying for this year's World Cup in India.
Late drama as Blitzboks sneak win over Ireland in driving Hong Kong rain
The Blitzboks held on for a 14-7 win over Ireland in their Pool D opener at the Hong Kong Sevens on Friday.
Ellen Molloy not giving up on World Cup dream
Wexford Youths striker Ellen Molloy has not given up hope of making a sensational return to the Republic of Ireland squad for the World Cup.
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI Live Score Updates: Henry, Mitchell Rattle Lankan Batting Unit
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI Live Updates: Daryl Mitchell and Matt Henry refused to let Sri Lankan batters settle, bagging wickets at regular intervals to put New Zealand at top in the third ODI. Pathum Nissanka is the only Lankan batter who has managed to show some quality with the bat but he too departed after scoring a half-century. Keeping an eye at securing automatic qualification for the World Cup, Sri Lanka will look to win the third ODI against New Zealand and hope for some other results to go in their favour. Their hopes took a major blow on Tuesday when heavy rain and gusting winds forced the second ODI against New Zealand to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. Having also lost the first ODI in the three-match series, Sri Lanka are now ninth in the Super League table with 82 points, six points behind West Indies. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Eyeing top four: Blitzboks 'have to step up and prepare for battle' at Hong Kong Sevens
With five different tournament winners out of the seven tournaments played so far in 2023, there's little doubt that this is one of the most competitive World Rugby Sevens Series ever.