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Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana made history by achieving two iconic women’s T20I records, edging out New Zealand’s Suzie Bates. Indian Women defeated West Indies in the third and final T20I of the series to record a first home victory in the T20I series in five years. On the other hand, Pakistan beat South Africa by 80 runs in the second ODI to win their third consecutive overseas series in this format by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead. All this and more in our Sports Wrap today.

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Pakistan inflict second straight defeat on South Africa to take unassailable 2-0 lead

Pakistan beat South Africa in the second ODI by 81 runs as Kamran Ghulam with a caper knock and Shaheen Afridi with a four-wicket haul guided the visitors to their third consecutive away ODI series win , after Australia and Zimbabwe.

Indian women register first T20I series win at home in five years

Smriti Mandhana with her third consecutive fifty, Richa Ghosh with a record knock and Radha Yadav with a four-fer starred for India in what was a rather comfortable 60-run win in the third and final T20I against West Indies Women. The Indians won a first T20 series at home since 2019.

Smriti Mandhana overtakes Suzie Bates on two elite records in women’s T20Is

Smriti Mandhana now has the most fifty-plus scores in women’s T20Is as she surpassed Suzie Bates’ tally of 29 (28 fifties and one centuries) with her third consecutive half-century in the series. Mandhana also became the batter with the most boundaries in women’s T20Is, also surpassing Bates’ 505, with just one more during her 77 runs.

Richa Ghosh equals world record

Richa Ghosh smashed the fastest fifty in the women’s T20Is as she tied Sophie Devine and Phoebe Litchfield to sit at the top of the rankings.

New Zealand and Australia hope for better weather so short ODI series can finally get underway

The series opener between the New Zealand and Australian women at Basin Reserve has been canceled due to incessant rain in Wellington. The weather forecast for Saturday is a little better, calling for scattered showers with sunshine peeking through the clouds. So let’s hope the series starts and we get to see some cricket.

Adelaide Strikers take on Melbourne Stars in BBL 14 Match 6

The games are fast approaching for the Melbourne Stars and also trailing 0-2, the Marcus Stoinis-led side will be eager to open their account against the Adelaide Strikers, who themselves have just lost to the Sydney Thunder, in a high level match. -marking thriller.

Sam Konstas called, no McSweeney as Australia announce Test squad for final two matches

Australia have pulled the plug on Nathan McSweeney after just three Tests while 19-year-old Sam Konstas is likely to make his debut at the MCG on Boxing Day. Beau Webster, Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson also returned to the Test side for the last two matches.

Champions Trophy, India and Pakistan held tournaments to have neutral venue

India and Pakistan will not play at each other’s venue whenever the ICC tournaments are played in the corresponding countries, which means – ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 (India), ICC Men’s T20 World Cup ( India and Sri Lanka) and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The 2028 Cup (Pakistan), in addition to the Champions Trophy, will be played on neutral ground.

Bangladesh beat West Indies 3-0 to claim massive victory in T20I series

Bangladesh completed their first ever 3-0 whitewash against West Indies in a three-match T20I series, home or away. The visitors registered an 80-run victory in the third T20I to seal a historic series victory.

Australia names One Day Cup after Dean Jones

The Australian One-Day Cup will be called the Dean Jones Trophy while the Player of the Final will receive the Michael Bevan medal.