Appiah earns women's monobob bronze medal at World Cup season finale
Toronto's Cynthia Appiah captured a bronze medal Saturday in the final World Cup monobob race of the season in Sigulda, Latvia.
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India Suffer First Defeat In Women's T20 World Cup, Lose To England By 11 Runs
Medium pacer Renuka Singh's fifer and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana's fine half-century went in vain as India lost to England by 11 runs to suffer their first defeat in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Saturday. Renuka Singh registered her best bowling figures (5/15) to help India restrict England to 151 for seven after Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bowl. Renuka did the early damage, picking up the first three wickets to peg England back and then returned to take two more towards the fag end of the innings.
South Africa vs Australia, Women's T20 World Cup Live Score Updates
SA vs AUS, Women's T20 World Cup Live Updates: Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to against South Africa in a crunch Group A encounter at the St Geroge's Park in Gqeberha. Alyssa Healy is out injured due a quad strain and is replaced by Annabel Sutherland in the playing XI. With three wins out of as many outings, Australia sit top of Group A, while South Africa, following their shock defeat to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener, are third with two points so far. Earlier in the day, England defeated India by 11 runs in a possible group-deciding game at the same venue. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Women's T20 World Cup, India vs England Highlights: India suffer their first defeat, lose to England by 11 runs
Chasing a 152-run target, Mandhana (52 off 41 balls) and Ghosh (47* off 34) added a valuable 43 runs for the fourth wicket to keep India in the hunt. Ghosh even scored 19 runs in the last over, bowled by Katherine Sciver Brunt, hitting a four and a six, but failed to take India home. As it happened: India vs EnglandIndia finished at 140 for 5 in their 20 overs, 11 runs short of the target.
Watch: Renuka Singh Takes 5-Wicket Haul, Best-Ever Figures By An Indian In Women's T20 World Cup
Medium pacer Renuka Singh registered her best bowling figures, a five-for, to help India restrict England to 151 for seven in an ICC Women's T20 World Cup match in Gqeberha, South Africa on Saturday. Renuka (5/15) did the early damage picking up the first three wickets to peg England back and then returned to take two more wickets towards the fag end of the innings. India made a perfect start after opting to bowl as Renuka induced a faint outside edge from Danni Wyatt and Richa Ghosh gleefully accepted the chance in the third delivery of the day.
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India Women vs England Women, T20 World Cup Live Score: Team India Eye Top Spot In Group B, Take On England
IND-W vs ENG-W, Women's T20 World Cup Live Updates: India square off against England in a crunch Women's T20 World Cup game at St George's Park in Gqeberha. As things stand, England sit top of Group B with two wins from two matches, while India are second, only behind on net run-rate.
Long-term broadcast deal will be in jeopardy if India-Pakistan clash doesn't happen in Asia Cup: Source
Asia Cup.The Asia Cup has been allotted to Pakistan but due to the prevailing political tensions between the neighbours, BCCI has said India will not send its team for the tournament in September and would rather want the continental event be moved to the UAE or Sri Lanka.However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has so far not agreed to the demand, leading to a stalemate.In the event of India withdrawing from the Asia Cup in Pakistan, the tournament will lose its sheen and the broadcaster could incur heavy losses with no riveting India-Pakistan clashes.