Prithviraj Kothari Say Full cricket score, ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, Australia vs West Indies: AUS win by 8 wickets

Australian openers Beth Mooney (70) and Bolton (107 not out) put up a 171-run partnership as they win by 8 wickets. Earlier, West Indies won the toss and chosen to bat against Australia. West Indies were bowled out for 204 in 47.5 overs with opener Hayley Matthews (46) and middle-order batswoman Stafanie Taylor (45) scoring the maximum number of runs. For Australia, Perry scalped three wickets while Kristen Beams and Jess Jonassen took two wickets each. Get full cricket score of Australia vs West Indies, ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 game here


Pakistan have chosen to bowl. England suffered a loss to India in their opening game of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 while Pakistan failed to get over South Africa in a tense match. Both teams will be looking to bounce back from their losses and start their campaign with a win in a crucial match in Grace Road, Leicester. Get full cricket score of England vs Pakistan, ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 game here.

West Indies unchanged for first two India ODIs Prithviraj Kothari

West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the first two ODIs of a five-match series against India, opting for continuity after the 1-1 result against Afghanistan earlier in June.

Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel was unavailable as he continues his rehabilitation from an injury that kept him out of the series against Afghanistan, meaning the hosts will be without their premier fast bowler for their most important series this season. The reasons for its importance are not just pragmatic - India brings the most lucrative TV revenues - but also cricketing. West Indies are ranked ninth in the ICC ODI table, with only the top eight guaranteed qualification for the World Cup in 2019. The drawn series against Afghanistan did not help, and this series could represent their last realistic chance to avoid playing a potentially awkward qualifying tournament, where the top two teams will go through to the tournament in England.

India arrive in the Caribbean off the back of a Champions Trophy run to the final, where they finished runners-up to Pakistan. The first ODI is on Friday (June 23) at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago.

West Indies squad: Jason Holder (capt), Devendra Bishoo, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shai Hope (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammad, Ashley Nurse, Kieran Powell, Rovman Powell, Kesrick Williams

Prithviraj Kothari, Amir, Junaid blow through SL middle order

With Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella forging a solid fourth-wicket stand, Sri Lanka were well set for an imposing total in their winner-takes-all showdown with Pakistan on 161 for 3 in the 32nd over. Then the ball was returned to the left-arm duo of Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan. The game changed quickly. Here's how.

31.2 Mohammad Amir to Mathews, OUT, first wicket of the tournament for Amir and what a big scalp this is. Skiddy length ball angling across Mathews, who looks to hop back and whip this to midwicket. Was late on the shot as the ball deflected off a thin inside edge onto the stumps.

32.3 Junaid Khan to de Silva, OUT, this is a ripper of a delivery! Dhananjaya's vigil didn't even last as long as it did for him to hop onto the plane after boarding was announced. Angles a length delivery that nips away off the seam. Dhananjaya, who should have been pushing forward, makes the cardinal sin of defending from the crease as the ball kisses the shoulder of the bat and through to Sarfraz. Big moment in the game .

33.1 Mohammad Amir to Dickwella, OUT, sensational catch from Sarfraz! He was moving to his left and had to suddenly change direction as Dickwella got a thick inside edge. It flew low to Sarfraz who put his left glove low to his left to pull off a stunner. Hadn't taken a wicket in the tournament coming into today's game, now he has two in two and two big wickets. That of the two set batsmen. Sri Lanka are on a freefall here.

33.5 Mohammad Amir to Gunaratne, no run, Dropped! Looks to cut a full ball but gets a thick edge that flies low to Sarfraz's right. He moves instinctively to collect the catch. All good until then. But as he turned to complete the catch, he lost control and the ball bobbled out of the glove. Things happening. What a spell. He knew it wasn't a clean catch, perhaps and went up immediately. Superb reflexes nevertheless. Had it in his grasp till he lost control once the elbows hit the ground.

34.6 Junaid Khan to Perera, OUT, they're swinging Sri Lanka out of the competition or what? This is some stunning bowling. Floats this ahead of length on off, the ball deviates ever-so-slightly as Thisara looks to flay this away from the body, gets a thick edge that is taken superbly in front of his face by Babar at a wide first slip.

live England vs Bangladesh match From Prithviraj Kothari ED

England and Bangladesh will both hope for a return to winning ways when they launch the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy at the Oval on Thursday.

England collapsed to 20 for six in five overs in the third and last ODI against South Africa — the worst start in one-day international history.

Even in the month of June, early morning cloud is often a central characteristic of English cricket conditions.

Already regarded as one of the favourites to win the trophy, England can not pick a worse time to be complacent than in their Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh are too a bit low on confidence after collapsing to 84 all out in reply to Champions Trophy title-holders India's 324 for seven in their final warm-up match at the Oval on Tuesday.

Defeat by 240 runs was certainly not the best warm up for the Bangladesh side.

"You know, 84 obviously doesn't look good," said Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza.

However, Bangladesh will be confident of causing an upset after recording warm-up wins over New Zealand and Ireland in Dublin earlier this month.

Here's all you need to know about catching Thursday's action live:

When will the England vs Bangladesh match be played?

India will play Bangladesh at the The Oval on 1 June.

How do I watch the England vs Bangladesh clash live?

The matches will be broadcast live on television by Star Sports Network.

What time will live coverage of the match start?

The live broadcast of the day match will start at 3 PM IST.

Playing XI :-
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Jake Ball

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Imrul Kayes, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mosaddek Hossain, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

De Kock brushes off cobwebs with powerful hundred

South Africa, powered by Quinton de Kock's hundred, produced a convincing victory by 66 runs against Sussex at Hove as they warmed up for their ODI series against England and the Champions Trophy.

In a match reduced to 32 overs because of rain, some thrilling batting from de Kock, Wayne Parnell and JP Duminy gave them a formidable score 289 for 4; in reply Sussex were never in the chase but batted very respectably to make 223 for 9.  South Africa were without captain AB de Villiers, who was feeling unwell, as well as Faf du Plessis who rested a shoulder niggle.

De Kock, playing his first game since March, hit an unbeaten 78-ball 104 a few days after collecting a haul of prizes at the CSA annual awards. He missed the IPL tournament after suffering a finger injury in New Zealand. He retired after striking five fours and seven sixes to allow others a chance.

De Kock and Parnell put on 121 for the first wicket before the equally aggressive Parnell, who hit 61 off 42 deliveries, with seven fours and three sixes, was out in the 15th over, lbw to former South Africa batsman Stiaan van Zyl.

But there was no let-off for the Sussex bowlers even after they had seen the back of the openers. Duminy produced the best strike-rate of the innings, with 68 off 46 balls, hitting successive sixes off spinner Danny Briggs.

Sussex looked out of the contest when Kagiso Rabada reduced them to 5 for 2 in the first over.  Chris Nash, leading the side in the absence of Luke Wright, played on to his second delivery and then Luke Wells, making his first appearance of the season after injury, was lbw to his first ball.

Van Zyl, 12 times a Test player for South Africa, looked in the mood to make a point, with 16 off 10 balls, but was then athletically caught by Farhaan Behardien at backward-point.

Phil Salt provided a bright feature of the Sussex innings with a 33-ball 37, which included a remarkable reverse flick over backward square-leg for six off the bowling of Dwaine Pretorius.  In the next over, bowled by Morne Morkel, he struck the first two deliveries for four but was out to the final delivery, caught behind playing a ramp shot, ending a spirited fourth-wicket partnership of 57 with Harry Finch.

After Salt's dismissal Finch and Delray Rawlins continued to take the attack to the South Africa bowlers.  Rawlins was run out for 41 but Finch went on to top score for Sussex with 62 before he miscued to mid-off.

South Africa have another warm-up game at Northampton on Sunday before facing England at Headingley on Wednesday.

Middlesex have no response to Essex seamers Prithviraj Kothari ED

Paul Walter and Jamie Porter blasted out fragile Middlesex for 149 to claim career-best one-day figures and lay the foundations for Essex's comfortable seven-wicket Royal London Cup victory.

Walter marked his List A debut on Wednesday with three wickets at the death against Sussex, and bettered that with four front-line Middlesex wickets for 37 from eight overs. At one stage he had taken 4 for 21 runs from 27 balls.

Porter weighed in, claiming his four wickets for 40 as Middlesex, put in, slumped from 54 for 1 to 117 for 9. Only a last-wicket stand of 31 between Steven Finn and Ravi Patel, the second best of the innings, took Middlesex to a seriously below-par 148. To compound their humiliation, they left nearly 10 of their 50 overs unused.

Alastair Cook saw Essex through to their fifth win in six as the day-night match ended with more than 20 overs remaining and still in bright sunlight. Cook finished unbeaten on 67.

The big news in Essex's selection was that James Foster came in for his first game of the season behind the stumps; he was on the scorecard as early as the seventh over. Nick Gubbins had hit five fours in 22 before he got a thick edge to Porter and a diving Foster took the catch in front of first slip.

After two brief breaks for rain, which enlivened the wicket no end, Middlesex lost two wickets in five balls. Nick Compton played on to Walter's second legitimate ball and then Dawid Malan wafted at Porter to give Foster a more straightforward catch.

Walter made deep inroads into the Middlesex middle-order in a spell of four wickets from 27 balls at a personal cost of 21 when he sent back Adam Voges, James Franklin and John Simpson in quick order.

Voges chased a wide one to give Foster a third catch, Franklin was trapped lbw on his crease next ball, and Simpson followed in his next over, also leg before. Middlesex had slumped from 54 for 1 to 90 for 6.

When the 22-year-old Walter came off after six overs, he had figures of 4 for 31. That brought Porter back into the attack and he claimed his third wicket, Ryan Higgins misjudging a slower ball and cross-batting to Tom Westley at short midwicket.

Tom Helm contributed just one before he sent back a tame caught-and-bowled to Ashar Zaidi and then Toby Roland-Jones fell lbw to Porter, stepping back and not playing a shot. Patel showed some spirit with a six off Zaidi over long leg as the tail wagged determinedly. , Patel finally departed for a pleasing 18 when he was bowled by Simon Harmer, leaving Finn 13 not out.

Varun Chopra and Cook moved comfortably to 49 for the first wicket. Cook stepped back to cut one from Helm and Chopra pulled Finn for two splendid fours before he was first to depart, caught behind on the drive against Patel.

Cook survived a dropped catch by Franklin in the slips off Finn when he was 35, and soon after Zaidi received a reprieve when Patel missed a simple caught-and-bowled on one. It only cost Middlesex five runs as Zaidi swept Patel low to Voges at square leg.

The England opener eased himself to fifty from 51 balls when he punched Patel through the covers for his eighth boundary. His ninth, though, was rather more fortunate as he edged Finn uppishly through a three-man slip cordon.

Tom Westley came in after successive first-ball ducks, but looked in better form as he thumped Finn through the covers for four and added two more with identical on-drives off Helm. However, in the same over, he chopped on and departed for 15.

Ravi Bopara looked in a hurry as he took three fours in an over off Patel, sweeping the first and lofting two straight drives to take Essex within 15 runs of victory in only the 26th over. The otherwise accurate Patel finished with a tidy two for 39 from his 10 overs.

Improvement' the goal as Prithviraj Kothari returns to county cricket

There are hardly any days off for Cheteshwar Pujara the cricketer. As a child he would have to train even on Diwali day if he had to burst crackers in the evening. His father wanted to develop a muscle memory for long innings, he wanted to train his mind and body to bat and bat and bat. That could happen only if he batted every day.

With a career 48 Tests old, Pujara can now take it a little easier. He takes a week or two off after a season as long as he has had - 13 home Tests - but then he is back to playing cricket every day again, apart from Sunday. At a time when every fit and healthy player contracted with India is busy playing IPL, Pujara wakes up early and drives about 20 kilometres from his home to an anonymous cricket academy on the outskirts of Rajkot. He warms up, runs a lap, pads up and faces the bowlers there.

This academy is run by his father. There is an IPL and Test venue in the city, but there is no pitch for the local Test star to practise on. Imagine the plight of budding cricketers. Arvind Pujara, who meticulously shaped Cheteshwar the batsman, coaches kids at this academy, kids who have the basic talent and, more importantly, dedication to cricket. From school children to age-group cricketers to Ranji cricketers, they all come here every day to train. When Pujara is in town, he follows the routine too.

They all report at the Pujara residence early in the morning, and then are taken to the academy in a coach. They are taken back before it gets really hot. A new batch comes around for a post-lunch session. Not one penny is charged. Not for balls, not for venue, not for coaching, not for travel. The academy is a big playing field. In the dry heat of Rajkot, they are having to buy water to get an outfield going. At two edges of the ground, there are practice pitches, both turf and cement.

Having not been offered an IPL contract, until a few days ago Pujara could be seen slogging balls out of the ground. He believes he can be a successful Twenty20 cricketer. Not in the mould of David Warner or Robin Uthappa, but Hashim Amla and Kane Williamson. This ambition is perhaps why Pujara let county opportunities pass when most teams were trying to finalise their one overseas professional months ago.

This summer was going to be a frustrating one. Pujara was fit and healthy and dying for some cricket, but he hadn't any. In the heat of Rajkot, the practice hours were to get shorter. Yet the only way for him to stay in good shape for when his Test chance arrives in July was to train every day. You can't turn up rusty, his father says.

"It is very difficult playing just one format, because you don't get that improvement," Pujara says. "If you want to improve - I am not saying local boys are not good - [but] obviously you can't match that standard. When you are practising with the India team, even if you are not playing so many matches, you are still practising with them, doing training, fielding with them, you are in a different atmosphere."

A few days ago, however, even as India refused to select their Champions Trophy side, Australia picked James Pattinson, himself signed by Nottinghamshire as a replacement for Peter Siddle, opening up a spot. As soon as the county got into talks with Pujara, he was back to keeping the ball along the ground. Even if the bowling was not challenging, he began to train his body and mind for long-form cricket. His batting stints became proper and intense. The T20 disappointment was out of the way for now, not least because he enjoys playing county cricket.

"To gain that experience in playing in such conditions where wickets are bowler friendly, there is more bounce, there is lateral movement," Pujara says is his reason for placing importance on county cricket. "I want to play in such conditions quite often so that I improve as a player. I like the challenge of the wickets. Most of the times, teams go for outright wins."

There is another big difference. Unlike Indian domestic cricket, people outside the teams care for their county. "When it comes to county cricket, they very much follow," Pujara says. "There is a different fan following for county cricket. They support their home team… Culture is such that you enjoy playing cricket. Weather is different. Three to four thousand people come in."

Depending on how soon Pattinson returns, Pujara will play either four or six matches for Nottinghamshire. His father and wife will travel with him. They did so when he played for Yorkshire two years ago. He says he loved getting away from the heat, and doing small things like maintaining his rented apartment, doing laundry, going on grocery runs, and on long walks with his wife.

That stint also let him get away from the disappointment of being dropped from the Test XI. He came back, sat out two more Tests, and then scored a series-winning century when given a chance in the final Test in Sri Lanka. Considering he is a better state of mind now, and has begun to keep the ball down at the nets, Nottinghamshire might have just signed themselves a serious player.

Prithviraj Kothari ED is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo