The 2nd T20I match of England vs Australia was played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff where England won the match by defeating Australia by three wickets, and with this victory the series has also reached a 1-1 draw. The biggest contribution to England's victory was made by middle order batsman Liam Livingstone who played an innings of 87 runs.



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England captain Philip Salt won the toss and invited the visiting Australian team to bat first. Batting first, the Kangaroo team scored 193 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Travis Head's excellent form continued in this match as well, he scored 31 runs in just 14 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.



Jake Fraser-McGurk, who was playing only his third match, also played an important role in taking the scoreboard forward. Fraser scored a half-century in just 31 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Wicketkeeper batsman Josh Inglis scored 42 runs in 26 balls while batting-allrounder Aaron Hardie scored 20 runs in just nine balls.



While chasing the target, England lost their wickets in the form of Will Jacks and Jordan Cox for just 34 runs. Sean Abbott took the wickets of both the batsmen in the same over. After the dismissal of both, there was a partnership of 45 runs between Philip Salt and Liam Livingstone. After the dismissal of Salt (39), the Australian team made a comeback in the game for some time but Liam Livingstone soon turned the match in England's favour.



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://admin.icccricketschedule.com/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-14-031151-1024x662.jpg" alt="England Levels T20 Series 1-1 Against Australia with Liam Livingstone's Heroic 87-Run Knock in Cardiff" class="wp-image-147118" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Liam Livingstone | Pic: SportsCafe.in</figcaption></figure>



Liam Livingstone displayed great skill and scored 87 runs in just 47 balls with the help of six fours and five sixes. Jacob Bethell supported Livingstone very well, Bethell, playing his first international match, scored 44 runs in just 24 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes and leveled the England vs Australia series 1-1.



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Down below check the batting scorecard of Australia and England



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="australia-batting-scorecard">Australia Batting Scorecard</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th>Batting</th><th>Run</th><th>Ball</th><th>4s</th><th>6s</th><th>SR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Matthew Short&nbsp;</td><td>28</td><td>24</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>116.66</td></tr><tr><td>Travis Head (c)</td><td>31</td><td>14</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>221.42</td></tr><tr><td>Jake Fraser-McGurk&nbsp;</td><td>50</td><td>31</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>161.29</td></tr><tr><td>Josh Inglis ?</td><td>42</td><td>26</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>161.53</td></tr><tr><td>Marcus Stoinis&nbsp;</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>40.00</td></tr><tr><td>Tim David&nbsp;</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>33.33</td></tr><tr><td>Cameron Green&nbsp;</td><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>162.50</td></tr><tr><td>Aaron Hardie&nbsp;</td><td>20</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>222.22</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">CREDIT: <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-in-england-2024-1385674/england-vs-australia-2nd-t20i-1385698/full-scorecard">ESPN</a></figcaption></figure>



Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Travis Head, 4.2 ov), 2-87 (Matthew Short, 8.5 ov), 3-119 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 12.4 ov), 4-131 (Marcus Stoinis, 14.3 ov), 5-157 (Tim David, 16.6 ov), 6-157 (Josh Inglis, 17.1 ov)



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="england-batting-scorecard">England Batting Scorecard</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th>Batting</th><th>Run</th><th>Ball</th><th>4s</th><th>6s</th><th>SR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Phil Salt (c)?</td><td>39</td><td>23</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>169.56</td></tr><tr><td>Will Jacks&nbsp;</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>120.00</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan Cox&nbsp;</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr><td>Liam Livingstone&nbsp;</td><td>87</td><td>47</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>185.10</td></tr><tr><td>Jacob Bethell&nbsp;</td><td>44</td><td>24</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>183.33</td></tr><tr><td>Sam Curran&nbsp;</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>Jamie Overton&nbsp;</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr><td>Brydon Carse&nbsp;</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr><td>Adil Rashid&nbsp;</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>100.00</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">CREDIT: <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-in-england-2024-1385674/england-vs-australia-2nd-t20i-1385698/full-scorecard">ESPN</a></figcaption></figure>



Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Will Jacks, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (Jordan Cox, 3.3 ov), 3-79 (Phil Salt, 8.2 ov), 4-169 (Jacob Bethell, 16.1 ov), 5-171 (Sam Curran, 16.4 ov), 6-193 (Liam Livingstone, 18.4 ov), 7-193 (Brydon Carse, 18.5 ov)



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="england-vs-australia-playing-11">England vs Australia Playing 11</h2>



England: Philip Salt (c &amp; wk), Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Saqib Mahmood and Reece Tople



Australia: Travis Head (c), Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly and Adam Zampa

England Levels T20 Series 1-1 Against Australia with Liam Livingstone's Heroic 87-Run Knock in Cardiff

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England?s Cricket Governing Body, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced England?s 16-member squad for the team's upcoming Test-Series tour of New Zealand on Tuesday, 29th of October.



The Kiwis and the Three Lions will be battling it out against each other in a three-match Test-Series in the months of November &amp; December.



The squad of the Ben Stokes-led team features an exciting new addition in the form of 21-year-old wonderkid Jacob Bethell, a talented Batting All-rounder hailing from Warwickshire. Bethell has been handed his debut five-day format call-up after making his debut in One Day International and T20 International earlier this year.



Bethell, who is well-known for his aggressive intent with the bat and skilled left-arm spin bowling, gained the attention of the English selectors versus Australia and now he's set to make his debut in the longest format of the game as well.



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="https://admin.icccricketschedule.com/uploads/2024/10/1000560300-963x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-149097" style="width:488px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jacob Bethell had an outstanding series versus Australia with both bat and ball | Image: ECB / Getty Images</figcaption></figure>



The 21-year-old is currently with England?s limited overs team in the Caribbean islands and he will join the Test team for the tour of the Black Caps after completing his white-ball duties alongside the duo of Jordan Cox and Rehan Ahmed. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith will be absent from the tour of New Zealand due to his paternity leave responsibilities.



Since Jamie will be busy in welcoming his first kid in to this world, Cox will be taking his place in the team and will be making his maiden Test appearance as the wicketkeeper-batsman of the Ben Stokes-led team in the forthcoming three-match Test Series versus the 2021 WTC winners, starting from 28th of November onwards in the Hagley Oval Stadium of Christchurch.



Apart from this, no other changes have been made in England?s Test-Squad and it's similar to their squad versus Pakistan.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">England's squad for the Three-match Test-Series versus New Zealand</h2>



<h6 class="wp-block-heading">Ben Stokes (Captain), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Jacob Bethell, Zak Crawley, Jordan Cox (WK), Brydon Carse, Ollie Pope (Vice-Captain), Jack Leach, Olly Stone, Matthew Pots, Ben Duckett and Joe Root.</h6>



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England announce their Test squad for the New Zealand series, allrounder Jacob Bethell receives maiden call-up

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The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy has not been at its very best, as several of the most dependable players in the format from different sides have been either ruled out due to injury or owing to personal reasons. 
The Indian side was the first team to face the blow of the injury hammer, as Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to an injury he faced during the final BGT match at Sydney. India’s ICC star bowler misses his debut Champions Trophy owing to injury.
On the other hand, the home side had to part ways with their most in-form batter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saim_Ayub" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saim Ayub</a>, when he faced a gruesome injury during the tour of Pakistan to South Africa. 
The Aussies have faced the biggest blow with all three frontline pacers ruled out of the Champions Trophy, as the Men in Yellow have not won a single CT match in the last two editions in 2013 and 2017. Pat Cummins, the skipper, and Josh Hazlewood have been ruled out of the Champions Trophy squad owing to injury, while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Starc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitchell Starc</a> has decided to opt out owing to personal reasons. 
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South Africa and New Zealand have now sustained a double blow in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, as Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee, Bea Sears, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockie_Ferguson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lockie Ferguson</a> have also been ruled out, respectively. 
<h2 dir="ltr">Top 11 players ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy:</h2>
<h3 dir="ltr">1. Pat Cummins - Australia </h3>
<img class="img-additional" src="https://admin.icccricketschedule.com/uploads/images/202502/image_430x256_67b44a086ed52.jpg" alt="Pat Cummins has been replaced as Aussie skipper for CT" width="759" height="472">
The Aussie skipper being ruled out of the Champions Trophy was a huge blow; the Aussies had to succumb ahead of the Champions Trophy. Steve Smith has been appointed as skipper of the Aussie side in Cummins' absence. 
Sean Abbott has replaced Mitchell Starc in the Aussie squad. 
<h3 dir="ltr">2. Josh Hazlewood—Australia</h3>
The star pacer from the Australian squad sustained an injury during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024, and he is set to miss the Champions Trophy as well. 
Spencer Johnson has replaced Hazlewood in the Australian squad, which makes their squad very inexperienced. 
<h3 dir="ltr">3. Jasprit Bumrah—India </h3>
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Great Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been India’s best bowler in ICC tournaments, be it alongside Shami or Arshdeep Singh. Harshit Rana, the rising superstar pacer, has replaced Bumrah in India’s squad for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. 
<h3 dir="ltr">4. Mitchell Starc—Australia</h3>
The best-ever pacer to have starred for Australia in ICC tournaments, Mitchell Starc, decided to opt out of the Champions Trophy owing to personal reasons; possibly his wife is also on a break, which suggests his family link. 
Starc has been replaced by Ben Dwarshuis, the Sydney Sixers pacer in the CT 2025. 
<h3 dir="ltr">5. Lockie Ferguson—New Zealand</h3>
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The recent exclusion from the Blackcaps side, Lockie Ferguson, has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy, as Kyle Jamieson has been included in the Champions Trophy. 
<h3 dir="ltr">6. Gerald Coetzee—South Africa</h3>
Coetzee has been ruled out of the South African ICC Champions Trophy squad, as the star pacer might be replaced by Kwena Maphaka, the youngster who has made a widespread name in the world of cricket. 
<h3 dir="ltr">7. Ben Sears—New Zealand </h3>
Ben Sears has been included in the Kiwi squad for the Champions Trophy for quite some time, as he has been replaced by Jacob Duffy for the New Zealand squad in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. 
<h3 dir="ltr">8. Jacob Bethell—England </h3>
English rising talent Jacob Bethell made it to an ICC event within a year of his debut; however, unfortunately for the youngster, he missed the chance to appear for England in the Champions Trophy. 
<h3 dir="ltr">9. Saim Ayub - Pakistan </h3>
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Promising Pakistan youngster, Saim Ayub has been the star batter across formats for Pakistan, especially he has been the star of the ODI format, excelling with the bat and also picking occasional wickets with the ball. Experienced campaigner Fakhar Zaman, the last Champions Trophy final’s man of the match, has replaced the youngster in the Pakistan squad. 
<h3 dir="ltr">10. Anrich Nortje - South Africa </h3>
Crbin Bosch, the all-rounder who recently made a startling debut in Test cricket, has also made the cut for the ICC Champions Trophy squad, as he replaces Anrich Nortje in South Africa’s 15-member squad. 
<h3 dir="ltr">11. Allah Ghazanfar—Afghanistan </h3>
Promising 18-year-old youngster Allah Ghazanfar has left his mark on international cricket too early for his age. Ghazanfar has been a standout performer in a team of legendary spinners like Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmed, and Mohammed Nabi. 
The spinner at this tender age missed his opportunity to be the youngest-ever debutant for Afghanistan in an ICC event. Nangyala Kharoti replaced Ghazanfar in the main Afghan squad. 
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Top Players to be ruled out from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy

8 fast bowlers are among the 11 players ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy; a spinner and two batting all-rounders are also in the list of exclusions

Top 11 Players Ruled Out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy; Cummins, Bumrah, Starc, and Lockie Ferguson are among the big names ruled out

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The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), one of the sides with the largest fanbases in the history of the IPL, marked a surprising IPL auction by picking the majority of English players, though they didn’t opt to retain a single player from their previous editions. 
Having gone into the auction with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virat_Kohli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virat Kohli</a>, Rajat Patidar, the newly assigned skipper for RCB in IPL 2025, and Yash Dayal as the only retained players, they included Englishmen like Phil Salt, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Livingstone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liam Livingstone</a>, and Jacob Bethell in the side. 
Bethell, the young Englishman who was about to make his IPL debut with RCB this season, was ruled out owing to an injury he faced during the first ODI against India earlier this series. Bethell was largely doubtful of the IPL 2025; however, now he has been reported to be back and available for RCB in his first season. 
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<h2 dir="ltr">RCB’s best possible Playing 11 under skipper Rajat Patidar </h2>
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Virat Kohli will once again feature as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Challengers_Bengaluru" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RCB</a>’s star cricketer since he will lead their batting from the front, featuring at the top of the order.
The four possible overseas players who might feature in the playing 11 would include the likes of Phil Salt, the wicket-keeper batsman who was startled by his dominating performance for KKR last season. 
While Liam Livingstone and Tim David will be considered in the 11 alongside Jacob Bethell since Josh Hazlewood, the Australian speedster, was not considered owing to his supposed unavailability owing to injury. 
RCB Probable Playing 11: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar [C], Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, and Rasikh Dar.
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RCB all-rounder Jacob Bethell is likely to be back for IPL 2025

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have some good news ahead of IPL 2025; English all-rounder Jacob Bethell might be back

Good News for RCB ahead of IPL 2025 - Star English all-rounder confirms return from injury

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The IPL has witnessed explosive batting performances, with some players maintaining exceptional strike rates. Their fearless approach, power-hitting skills, and game-changing abilities make them invaluable assets in the fast-paced T20 format.

TOP 5 Players With Highest Strike Rate In IPL History

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Argentina vs Brazil Highlights : Argentina Crushes Brazil 4-1 in Dominant FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier Showdown

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The 5th T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan is on March 26 at Sky Stadium, Wellington. New Zealand leads 3-1 after a dominant win in the 4th match, powered by Bracewell’s quickfire 46* and Duffy’s 4-wicket haul. The pitch favors batting first, with pacers getting more help. Weather is mostly clear with slight rain chances. Top Dream11 picks include Seifert, Allen, Bracewell, and Duffy, with Salman Ali Agha and Bracewell as captaincy options

PAK vs NZ 5th T20 Dream 11 Prediction: Best player picks, captaincy choices and match details

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Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller. Skipper Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 97 powered PBKS to a massive total, while GT’s valiant chase fell short at 232.

Shreyas Iyer's Winning Start for Punjab Kings! Check Updated IPL 2025 Points Table After GT vs PBKS, 5th Match

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NZ vs PAK: The fifth T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan will be played on 26 March at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, which has hosted 22 T20Is—10 won batting first, 12 chasing. The average first-innings score is 153, but high totals like NZ’s 219/6 and successful chases like Australia’s 216 show it can be a batting-friendly ground. Key performers here include Martin Guptill (453 runs) and Ish Sodhi (17 wickets). With chasing slightly favored and spinners often influential, the match could hinge on whether Pakistan’s batters or New Zealand’s home advantage proves decisive.

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