Brisbane Heat beat Adelaide Strikers by 14 runs in WBBL|12 at Drummoyne Oval for their first win of the season. Player of the Match Charli Knott hit 104 off 61 balls, with 12 fours and four sixes, as the Heat made 184 for 4. Laura Wolvaardt (75) and Madeline Penna (68) could not take the Strikers home.
Full schedule for England's 2026 tour of Australia: three ODIs in Perth, Adelaide and Hobart from November 13, then five T20Is from the MCG on November 21 to Canberra on December 2. Squads, captains and start times in local, UK, PKT, IST and ET.
Afghanistan beat Australia with five balls to spare in the Hong Kong Sixes 2026 Cup Final, with Imran Mir hitting 53 not out off 14. Pakistan won the Plate as Abbas Afridi smashed 73 not out with 11 sixes, and South Africa won the Bowl. Afridi was Player of the Series.
Hong Kong Sixes 2026 Day 2 results: Australia beat UAE and Afghanistan beat Scotland to reach the Cup Final, defending champions Pakistan face Oman in the Plate Final, and India finish winless. Finals day schedule in HKT, IST, PKT and ET.
Adelaide Strikers beat Melbourne Stars by 21 runs in WBBL|12 at Karen Rolton Oval. Laura Wolvaardt made 70 off 50 and Madeline Penna smashed 36 off 13 in a total of 185 for 2, then Player of the Match Amanda-Jade Wellington took 3 for 28 to stop the Stars' chase.
South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs on the final day at Newlands to win the Test series 2-1. Player of the Match Simon Harmer took 6 for 16 and 10 wickets in the match as Australia, chasing 288, were bowled out for 111. Marco Jansen was Player of the Series.
Ryan Rickelton (101) and Wiaan Mulder (115) added 154 for the sixth wicket as South Africa made 387 in their second innings at Newlands, setting Australia 288 to win the series decider on Day 5. Mitchell Starc has nine wickets in the match.
South Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 runs in Gqeberha to level the series 1-1. Temba Bavuma hit 179 and Marco Jansen took 6 wickets in the match. Travis Head's 121 could not save Australia. Cape Town decider next.
After two rain-hit days, Temba Bavuma's 179 lifted South Africa to 425/9 declared, and Marco Jansen's 5 for 33 bowled Australia out for 99. Following on, Australia are 156/4 at stumps on day 4, still 170 behind.
Australia Women have sealed the T20I series against New Zealand 2-0 after wins by 2 wickets and 40 runs at North Sydney Oval. Can they complete a 3-0 whitewash on Thursday? Results, preview and times.
