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Shreyas Iyer shares recovery update in grateful social media post

The winner of the Australia vs India second semi-final will face the first-time finalists South Africa in the 2025 Women’s World Cup final. 

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Austin's death stunned Australia and the world cricket community, sparking an outpouring of grief and ushering in stronger protocols around concussion and better safety equipment.

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Healy's 294 runs in four innings, also the fourth best overall, have come at an average of 98 with two hundreds and a best of 142. If Healy doesn't play, Georgia Voll is expected to fill up the place, as the 22-year-old has done in the previous two matches for Australia.

Women's World Cup 2025: Will Healy play? Australia dealing with uncertainty over skipper's availability for semi-final vs India

With Pratika Rawal out due to an ankle injury, Shafali Varma has been roped in as a late replacement and is likely to get a nod in the Playing XI on Thursday.

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This is the first time Wolvaardt has scored a hundred in Women's World Cup. Her score of 169 is only behind India batter Harmanpreet Kaur's 171 not out in Women's World Cup semis. Overall, Wolvaardt's 169 is third highest individual score in Women's World Cup knockout games behind Harman and Alyssa Healy's 170 in 2022 final.

SA-W skipper Laura Wolvaardt tears record books during sensational 169 vs ENG-W

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IND vs AUS, 1st T20I: Persistent rain washed out the first of five matches in Canberra on Wednesday (Oct 29). The next match of the series will be played on Friday (Oct 31) at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). India were 97/1 in 9.4 overs when the rain stopped play.

IND vs AUS: Rain washes out first T20I in Canberra

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The 39 not out against Australia is SKY's second best individual score since his 75 in October 2024 against Bangladesh. The batter was at his fluent best in Canberra with ball coming nicely onto the bat. SKY hit two sixes to reach 39 - which took his tally to 150 in all T20Is.

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Since last playing a dead-rubber during this year's Asia Cup, Arshdeep hasn't found a place in India's white-ball teams despite being their highest wicket-taker in the T20Is.

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England's aggressive batting often led to needless dismissals against the run of play, with no partnership lasting longer than six overs or more than 38 runs.

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Indian all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is ruled out of the first three games due to a left quadriceps injury sustained during the second ODI in Adelaide.

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After Shami’s eight-wicket haul helped Bengal beat Gujarat in a recent Ranji outing, Shukla hailed him as a ‘self-made certificate’ of excellence and discipline.

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India and Australia will square off in the five-match T20I series starting on Wednesday in Canberra.

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Cummins has been ruled out of the first Test against Ben Stokes' England in Perth from November 21, with hopes that he will be ready for the second day-night contest in Brisbane on December 4.

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Babar, in his first T20I in 2025, came to bat at number three in Rawalpindi - the first ball he faced was a wide down the leg side. The batter, however, could face only one ball before he tried to go over the field off Corbin Bosch and was caught rather tamely.

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SA are chasing their first World Cup title, having fallen short in the latter stages of previous tournaments. They were beaten by England in the semi-finals of the last two ODI World Cups in 2017 and 2022, and although they reached the final of the last two T20 World Cups (2023 and 2024).

Women's World Cup 2025: South Africa look to break kryptonite England in first semi-final

Iyer had suffered a "blunt injury to his abdomen" and had a spleen laceration while successfully taking a catch in the Sydney ODI. He was immediately taken off the ground and did not take part in the rest of the match which India won by nine wickets.

Shreyas Iyer injury update: India ODI vice-captain 'stable and under observation' in Sydney hospital

Shami was overlooked for England Test tour and was not considered for recent two-Test home series against West Indies as well. After not being picked up for India A squad matches ahead of the upcoming home Test series against South Africa, Shami had hit out at BCCI for snub.

Shami drops 'not a comeback match for me' remark with Ranji Trophy five-for after India Test snub

His last match in Australia was a Test in Sydney in January earlier this year during which he suffered a stress fracture in his back. The injury kept him out for long before he made a comeback in IPL 2025.

As Bumrah gears up for first match in Australia since suffering back injury in BGT, Pathan calls him 'most skillful bowler' of India ever

India have never lost a T20I series in Australia. In fact, Australia have just won only one T20I against India, when they won two-match series 2-0 back in 2018/19 in India. 

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