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2nd ODI: After 50 overs of spin bowling and thrilling super over, West Indies beat Bangladesh to level series | Cricket News

2nd ODI: After 50 overs of spin bowling and thrilling super over, West Indies beat Bangladesh to level seriesWest Indies vs Bangladesh West Indies created history in one-day international cricket by bowling 50 overs of spin against Bangladesh in their second ODI on Tuesday. The visitors won the match in a super over after both teams scored 213 runs.The match featured 92 overs of spin bowling, setting a new ODI record. The previous record stood at 78 overs.West Indies made a strategic decision to drop pace bowlers Jayden Seales and Romario Shepherd from their lineup. Bangladesh chose to bat first in Mirpur, facing five West Indies spinners who bowled 10 overs each.Gudakesh Motie led the bowling attack with three wickets for 65 runs. Alick Athanaze impressed with two wickets while conceding only 14 runs, and Akeal Hosein claimed two wickets for 41 runs.Roston Chase and Khary Pierre completed their 10-over spells, giving away 44 and 43 runs respectively. The team chose not to use their sole pace option, Justin Greaves.This performance surpassed Sri Lanka’s previous record of 44 overs of spin bowling in a 1996 match. The all-spin strategy marked a significant departure from West Indies’ traditional fast-bowling heritage.Bangladesh’s bowling attack primarily relied on spin, with Mustafizur Rahman being the only pace bowler. He conceded 40 runs in his eight overs, while the remaining five bowlers were spinners.The super over victory helped West Indies level the three-match series 1-1, scoring 10 runs and winning by a narrow margin of one run.

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Women’s World Cup 2025 results: England reach semi-finals with thrilling win over India

England booked their place in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup with a thrilling four-run win over co-hosts India in Indore.

Set 289 to win, India were cruising at 234-3 with opener Smriti Mandhana well-placed on 88.

But the opener’s soft dismissal, caught down the ground off spinner Linsey Smith in the 42nd over, was the turning point as the co-hosts completely threw away their winning position.

The run-rate climbed and although Deepti Sharma’s gritty half-century kept India hopes alive, the middle order buckled under the pressure and with 14 needed from the last over, Smith held her nerve with India finishing on 284-6.

England’s 288-8 was set up by former captain Heather Knight’s masterful 86-ball century, after they started cautiously, reaching 44-0 off the powerplay but crucially kept wickets in hand.

Tammy Beaumont was again scratchy for 22 from 43 balls but Amy Jones found valuable form with her 56, before Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt set a platform with a fluent stand of 113.

Knight was the aggressor, whacking 15 fours and a six in her third one-day international century, and they put England in a brilliant position at 211-3 with just over 11 overs to go before Sciver-Brunt fell for 38.

England looked to be a few runs short, however, as they could not capitalise on the partnership with another middle-order wobble, losing three wickets for eight runs in the space of 12 balls.

Sophia Dunkley, Emma Lamb and Alice Capsey all fell cheaply to spin again, which looked like it might be costly once Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur started to cruise through the middle overs, notching a similarly flawless partnership of 125 which had a raucous crowd roaring for every run.

Mandhana’s knock was sublime and looked certain to eclipse Knight with a match-winning century but her one lapse in concentration cost India, who need to win their last two games to confirm a semi-final spot, having suffered three consecutive defeats.

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Carlos Rodón’s ill-timed clunker becomes footnote to Yankees’ thrilling ALDS Game 3 win over Blue Jays

Carlos Rodónunderstood his assignment and the stakes. What he needed to give the Yankees in a must-win Game 3 of the ALDS against the Blue Jays was what two of his teammates couldn’t deliver in Games 1 and 2 over the weekend — quality length as a starting pitcher.

But fans’ long-standing fears about Rodón’s reliability in October were once again realized on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, since he too didn’t meet the job’s demands. While the Yankees miraculously staved off elimination with a thrilling 9-6 comeback victory, Rodón was responsible for the neccesity of a huge rally, as he gave up six runs and failed to complete three innings.

“All year since we’ve played them, the miss is just not really there,” Rodón said after the win. “Just trying to force weak contact. They put some good swings. Obviously, I made some pitches that could’ve been way better. They force the issue. They make us play defense. Up and down the lineup, they have pretty good at-bats. The chase isn’t really there, and they just put the ball in play.”

The signs of trouble for Rodón appeared almost immediately. After allowing a one-out walk in the first inning, he left a soft changeup in the middle of the zone to the red-hot Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who clobbered it into the left field bullpen for a two-run blast. The superstar slugger became the first player in Blue Jays history to start the playoffs with a homer in each of the first three games.

Rodón worked around a leadoff infield single and a two-out hit-by-pitch in the second, but that inning turned out to be his easiest. The wheels fell off in the third, and his mess began with a leadoff double to Davis Schneider that was followed up by an intentional — and sensible — walk to Guerrero.

With one out, Rodón gave up a single to Dalton Varsho that brought Schneider home due to a botched Yankees relay. Then, sharp singles from Ernie Clement and Anthony Santander doubled the Blue Jays’ run total to six and extended their lead to five. Rodón’s eight-pitch bout with Santander was his last — he was pulled with one out at 67 pitches (44 strikes). He struck out only two.

For a third straight game, the Yankees didn’t see their starter record 10 outs. The combination of Luis Gil, Max Fried, and Rodón allowed 15 runs on 18 hits (four homers) for a ghastly ERA of 16.88. And by the time of Rodón’s exit, Yankees pitchers had given up a whopping 29 runs, the most allowed in any three-game stretch within a single postseason in franchise history (h/t Katie Sharp).

Of course, the Yankees were lucky that dormant bats finally woke up in the Bronx to not only bail out Rodón, but to also force a do-or-die Game 4 on Wednesday night. The bullpen deserves ample praise, too, as five relievers kept the relentless Blue Jays in check by providing 6.2 scoreless innings.

“They were incredible,” Rodón said of the bullpen. “They didn’t give up a run. They covered 21 outs and were really impressive. They shut them down and won us the same there too.”

By the numbers, Rodón’s efforts weren’t the worst among the Yankees’ three starters, but the timing of his clunker was disastrous. There was little reason — maybe even no reason — to believe the team was capable of summoning eight unanswered runs en route to stunning survival when the veteran left-hander walked off the mound.

Whether or not the Yankees overcome the series deficit to the Blue Jays and advance to the ALCS, the topic of Rodón’s struggles under the bright postseason lights is sticking around. The 32-year-old southpaw has a 9.72 ERA across 8.1 innings (two starts) this month.

Rodón seemed posed to put that narrative to bed, too. He produced the second 200-strikeout campaign of his career, while logging career-high marks in both innings (195.1) and starts (33). For extended stretches, he performed near ace level, living up to his high-price salary.

Luckily for Rodón, the postgame conversations weren’t centered on him this time. The massive weight of the season now rests on other shoulders.

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