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England World Cup winner Alex Hales hit 35 off 21 to set up Ajman Titans' 34-run victory over Vista Riders and extend their winning run to three matches in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Hales hit six fours from the top of the order and England batter Dan Lawrence added 22 off 13 balls as Titans posted 105-7 after being asked to bat.

Riders got off to a positive start but they slipped from 17-0 after 1.2 overs to 43-5 in 6.5 overs.

They were unable to recover and finished on 71-7, but they remain second despite their second defeat in five games.

Tuesday's other game saw defending champions Deccan Gladiators suffer a third consecutive loss in a 33-run defeat by Aspin Stallions.

Stallions posted 134-2 after being asked to bat, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sherfane Rutherford both making 48.

Gladiators slipped to 34-3 and 58-4 and despite 29 off 15 from captain Nicholas Pooran fell well short of their target.

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Adelaide Strikers snatched a six-wicket win off the final ball of the innings to condemn winless Brisbane Heat to a sixth consecutive defeat in the WBBL.

With 22 runs needed off the final 12 balls, Bridget Patterson and Ellie Johnston shared three boundaries in a 15-run penultimate over.

Despite the best efforts of Nadine de Klerk, who only conceded two singles off the first half of the 20th, eighth-placed Heat couldn't cling on for the win.

England batter Tammy Beaumont had earlier scored a half-century (51 off 33) as part of a 92-run opening stand with Laura Wolvaardt (51 off 33) to break the back of the Strikers' chase of 170.

In the first innings, de Klerk smacked 25 runs off just nine deliveries at the death to power Heat to 169-5 - their highest total of the season.

She put on 36 (15) for the fifth wicket with Georgia Redmayne, including four fours and one six, after former England international Lauren Winfield-Hill had led the way with 47 (36) at the top of the order.

Heat are now four points adrift at the bottom of the table while the Strikers' second win sees them leapfrog Sydney Thunder into sixth place. They are now just three points behind second-placed Melbourne Renegades.

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England batter Maia Bouchier will return to Melbourne Stars as a replacement for South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp.

Bouchier, 26, has played 26 games for the Stars, scoring 401 runs at an average of 18.22.

Kapp will be available until 1 December but will leave for international duty after Stars' game against Hobart Hurricanes.

Bouchier, who has played in all three formats for England, will be available for Stars' final two group games and the knockouts should they progress.

They are third in the table, with the top four reaching the knockouts.

"It's always great to have international talent on your list, and Maia will bring a lot of class to our batting line-up," Melbourne Stars T20 performance manager Clint McKay said.

"She's a familiar face for our group and it'll be great to have her back at the Stars."

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Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali smashed an unbeaten 29 off 10 balls to help Ajman Titans beat Royal Champs in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Chasing 110, Titans made a good start and were 55-1 after four overs with England's World Cup winner Alex Hales (21 off 10) and South Africa's Rilee Rossouw (37 off 20) putting on 39.

Hales was dismissed but Rossouw kicked on before falling to leave Titans 78-3. Moeen took over though and shared an unbroken 34 with Will Smeed to see Titans over the line with 10 balls to spare.

Champs, who are bottom and still winless, had posted 109-5 with Scotland's Brandon McMullen making 43 off 26 and Jason Roy 42 off 25.

Elsewhere, Quetta Qavalry extended their winning start to five games with a eight-run victory over Aspin Stallions.

Qavalry posted 100-7 with Khawaja Nafay making 34 not out off 17 balls and Liam Livingstone 16 off eight balls.

Stallions, who are seventh with one win, started well and were 28-1 in the fourth over but then lost regular wickets to finish on 92-8.

Sunday's final game saw Vista Riders move up to second with a five-wicket win over Northern Warriors.

Chasing 113, opener Faf du Plessis made an unbeaten 53 off 25 balls to help Riders get over the line with four balls to spare.

Warriors, who sit third, posted 112-4 with Johnson Charles making 44 off 30 balls.

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South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp hit an unbeaten 93 to lead Melbourne Stars to an 18-run win over Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League.

Kapp struck nine fours and five sixes in her 51-ball knock to help Stars recover from 44-6 to post 171-8 at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

England all-rounder Danielle Gibson added 30 off 24 to boost the Stars late on.

Last year's runners-up Heat, who are bottom having lost all five of their matches this season, could only make 153-9 in chasing 172.

Kapp, 35, claimed 2-31, while Australian spinner Sophie Day took 3-28.

Stars are now third in the eight-team league, three points off leaders Hobart Hurricanes, with three wins, one defeat and one no result from their five matches.

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Sydney Thunder were dismissed for 64 - their lowest score in the Women's Big Bash League and the third lowest in the tournament's history - in an eight-wicket thrashing by defending champions Melbourne Renegades.

Nine of the 11 Thunder batters made single-figure scores as they were all out in 17 overs, with 20 from 24 balls by England batter Heather Knight the best effort.

Australia leg-spinner Georgia Wareham took 3-12 from four overs, England spinner Alice Capsey 2-12 from three and England seamer Issy Wong 1-5 from two.

Capsey finished 24 not out and Sophie Molineux unbeaten on 29 as Renegades eased to their total in 11.1 overs for the loss of two wickets.

They sit second in the table on eight points, two behind Hobart Hurricanes. Thunder, who came into the game with back-to-back wins, are sixth.

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Quetta Qavalry extended their winning start to four games at the Abu Dhabi T10 League with a nine-wicket win over UAE Bulls.

Qavalry, who are captained by England all-rounder Liam Livingstone, chased 110 in 8.2 overs to extend their lead at the top of the table to four points.

Muhammad Waseem made 50 not out off 19 balls and Evin Lewis added an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls.

Bulls were bowled out for 109 off the final ball of their 10 overs. England opener Phil Salt and Australia's Tim David both scored 31.

Saturday's other games saw Northern Warriors beat defending champions Deccan Gladiators by six wickets and Vista Riders defend 84 to get the better of Aspin Stallions.

It puts fourth-placed Riders and fifth-placed Warriors both on four points - the same as Bulls and Gladiators in second and third.

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Perth Scorchers hung on to beat Adelaide Strikers by one run in a final-over thriller in the Women's Big Bash League.

Strikers needed 13 from the last over with one wicket left as they chased 160 and, after Megan Schutt took a single, Darcie Brown struck two fours in the next three balls to leave two to get from the last two balls.

But Brown got a leading edge attempting to hit spinner Lilly Mills into the leg side and Beth Mooney swooped from behind the stumps to take the catch.

The win lifts Scorchers up to fourth in the table. After three wins and three defeats, they have six points.

England batter Paige Scholfield earlier made 46 not out in Scorchers' 159-4 - her first major contribution of the tournament.

New Zealand's Sophie Devine also finished 49 not out.

Strikers are seventh in the standings, having won only one of their five matches.

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Sophia Dunkley's half-century helped Sydney Sixers inflict a first defeat on Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League.

England batter Dunkley hit eight fours in her 46-ball knock as she top scored in the Sixers' total of 147-9.

Ellyse Perry chipped in with 28 while Sixers skipper Ash Gardner hit 25.

Heather Graham finished the pick of the Hobart bowlers with 4-29 while England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt claimed 2-22.

Lizelle Lee and Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who made 17, got the Hurricances off to a flyer with a 43-run stand for the first wicket.

Gardner wrestled back the initiative when she had Lee trapped lbw for 28 before Sciver-Brunt was bowled by Maitlan Brown for two.

Nicola Carey's breezy 22 and Elyse Villani's unbeaten 42 off 31 balls kept the Hurriances in the hunt.

But Gardner, who bagged 4-36, closed out the game with Maitlan Brown as Hobart were bowled out for 136 - 11 runs adrift with eight balls left unbowled.

The Hurriances remain top of the WBBL table on 10 points while the Sixers climb up to third on six.

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Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali hit an unbeaten 33 from eight balls to give Ajman Titans a six-wicket win over Northern Warriors in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Chasing 119, Moeen came to the crease at 82-4 but powered his team over the line with 12 balls to spare. Derbyshire's Aneurin Donald had earlier hit 31 off 12 at the top of the order.

Warriors, who have lost two of their three games, posted 118-7 with Johnson Charles hitting 60 not out, while Zaman Khan claimed 4-19.

Friday's opening game saw Quetta Qavalry, a new side for 2025, edge to a thrilling one-run victory against Deccan Gladiators.

Qavalry, who have a 100% record, posted 112-3 with Khawaja Nafay making 39 not out and Liam Livingstone an unbeaten 20.

Gladiators slipped to 69-4 in reply and fell just short despite Marcus Stoinis' unbeaten 39 off 19 balls.

The day's final game saw UAE Bulls hold on to beat Royal Champs by four runs.

Bulls made 124-6 with England opener Phil Salt making 37 off 15 balls and Kieron Pollard 33 off 13 balls.

Champs fell to 64-5 after seven overs but were put back into the game by Aaron Jones (37* off 14) and Chris Jordan (33* off 11).

They needed 28 off the final over and, despite two fours and two sixes, fell just short to suffer a third successive defeat.

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Sydney Thunder made it back-to-back wins in the Women's Big Bash with a comfortable 41-run win over struggling Brisbane Heat.

Uncapped Australian wicketkeeper Tahlia Wilson followed 55 not out in the previous match with 79 from 55 balls in Thunder's 200-6.

England batter Heather Knight made 41 from 24 balls and captain Phoebe Litchfield 31 from 19.

England all-rounder Em Arlott then took 3-35 as Heat were dismissed for 159 in 19.1 overs.

Arlott had opener Charli Knott caught in the second over and dismissed Mikayla Wrigley and Sianna Ginger in consecutive deliveries in the 14th.

The win lifts Thunder, who lost their first three matches, up to fourth after five matches. Heat are bottom with four defeats from four.

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England spinner Sophie Ecclestone will be part of the opening marquee set at the Women's Premier League auction on 27 November.

The 26-year-old was released by UP Warriorz despite taking 36 wickets in the first three editions, and re-enters the auction at the top price bracket.

She is joined in the marquee set by India duo Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh, New Zealand pair Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr, South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt and Australia's Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning.

Other players in the top price bracket include England's Heather Knight, Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones, Australia's Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Wareham and West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin.

A total of 22 England players have entered the auction including Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Linsey Smith, Sophia Dunkley and Sarah Glenn.

There are 73 slots to fill at the auction, including 23 available to overseas players.

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt was the only England player retained for next year's tournament, with Australia's Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner among the other overseas players retained.

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England opener Phil Salt crashed 37 off 13 balls to help UAE Bulls beat Vista Riders by nine wickets in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Salt, who hit five fours and two sixes, shared 56 in 3.4 overs with Nottinghamshire's Tom Moores.

When he was dismissed, Moores went on and finished 39 not out off 16 balls as Bulls won with 27 balls to spare.

Riders posted a disappointing 75-4 from their 10 overs with South Africa's Faf du Plessis top-scoring with 26 off 15 balls.

Thursday's opening game saw Northern Warriors beat Royal Champs by eight wickets.

Chasing 134, Warriors raced to 29-0 in 1.5 overs but lost Nicholas Pooran (24 off six) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (0) in successive balls.

However Namibia's David Wiese (59* off 21) and Australia's Marcus Stoinis (40* off 22) put on an unbroken 105 to get Warriors over the line with three balls in hand.

Champs posted 133-3 with Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella top-scoring with 33, while Scotland's Brandon McMullen added 28 not out.

The day's final game saw Aspin Stallions beat Ajman Titans by 15 runs for their first win.

Stallions posted 119-6 with West Indies' Andre Fletcher hitting 56 off 24 balls with six sixes.

Titans started well, taking 29 off the first two overs, but then lost regular wickets to finish 100-8.

England's World Cup winner Alex Hales top-scored with 31 off 16 balls, while Dan Lawrence and Moeen Ali made 11 and 13 respectively.

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Former Australia captain Meg Lanning scored a brilliant century as Melbourne Stars thrashed Sydney Sixers by 111 runs in the Women's Big Bash League.

Lanning hit 135 off 74 balls - the third-highest individual score in WBBL history - as the Stars moved up to third in the table.

The visitors piled up 219-4 in 20 overs before Sixers were set a DLS-adjusted 154 to win.

However, they fell in a heap - slumping to 42 all out, with Australia seamer Kim Garth taking 4-3 off two overs, including the wicket of England's Sophia Dunkley for 5. Alyssa Healy and Ash Gardner both made ducks.

In the day's other game, Hobart Hurricanes stretched their lead at the top with their fifth win from five games.

England's Linsey Smith took 2-33 in Melbourne Renegades' 155 all out, which was boosted by Georgia Wareham's 41 off 26 balls.

Hurriances chased down their DLS-adjusted target for the loss of just four wickets, despite losing England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt for a duck.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge continued her good form with 21 off 15 while Nicola Carey stroked 39 off 29 in a statement win against second-placed Renegades.

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England all-rounder Liam Livingstone made an unbeaten 27 off 14 balls to guide Quetta Qavalry to a seven-wicket win over Ajman Titans in the Abu Dhabi T10 League and extend their perfect start.

Chasing 108 to win, Livingstone came to the crease at 26-2 but shared 43 with Muhammad Waseem (26 off nine) and an unbeaten 39 with Khawaja Nafay (25* off nine) to Qavalry over the line with 16 balls to spare.

Titans had posted 107-7 with former England all-rounder Moeen Ali smashing an unbeaten 59 off 21 balls, including six sixes.

In the second of Wednesday's games, Jason Roy's 30 was in vain as tournament debutants Royal Champs lost to Vista Riders by nine runs.

Needing 110, Champs were restricted to 100-7 with only Roy and Scotland's Brandon McMullen (25) making double figures.

Riders, who are also a new side for 2025, made 109-7 with Dwaine Pretorius and Ben McDermott both making 31. England's Liam Dawson took 1-21 for Champs.

The opening game of the day saw Northern Warriors pick up their first win this season with a thrilling four-run victory over Aspin Stallions.

Warriors posted 114-1 with Johnson Charles making 55 not out off 34 balls and Colin Munro an unbeaten 38 off 21 deliveries.

Stallions, who are also a new side, were well placed at 56-1 in the fourth over but lost regular wickets to finish 110-7.

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Phoebe Litchfield and Tahlia Wilson hit unbeaten fifties as Sydney Thunder eased to their first win of the Women's Big Bash season by chasing 151 against Perth Scorchers.

After Georgia Voll made 43, fellow opener Wilson scored an unbeaten 55 and Australia left-hander Litchfield 50 not out as the hosts, who had lost their first three matches of the competition, won with 10 balls to spare.

Scorchers had earlier been restricted to 150-7 by an all-round bowling effort despite Katie Mack's 79 from 57 balls.

Opener Mack batted until she was caught off the final ball of the innings but Shabnim Ismail, Samantha Bates, Lucy Finn, Taneale Peschel and Chamari Athapaththu all took a wicket each for Thunder.

Thunder move onto two points and are seventh in the standings. Scorchers are fourth having won two and lost three of their games.

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Tom Kohler-Cadmore smashed an unbeaten 78 off 29 balls as defending champions Deccan Gladiators beat UAE Bulls by six runs on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

The opener brought up his half-century off 20 balls and hit six fours and seven sixes as Gladiators posted 141-2 after being asked to bat.

He shared 98 for the second wicket with Namibia's David Wiese, who made 35 off 17, before Australia's Marcus Stoinis finished the innings with three successive fours.

In reply, England's Phil Salt hit the second, third and fourth ball of the Bulls' chase for six, before he was caught off West Indies' Akeal Hosein off the fifth.

Bulls were struggling at 72-5 with England's Luke Wood removing James Vince and Rovan Powell, but Australia's Tim David gave them hope.

They needed 21 off the final over but David, who faced all six balls, could only add 14.

In Tuesday's other game, Liam Livingstone captained Quetta Qavalry to a comfortable 51-run win over Northern Warriors.

Qavalry were asked to bat first and posted 133-5 with Khawaja Nafay smashing 45 not out off 12 balls. He was supported by Livingstone's 10-ball 24 and Jason Holder's 24 not out.

Warriors were always behind the rate in reply and finished 82-2 with New Zealand's Colin Munro dismissed for 44 off the final ball.

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England batter Danni Wyatt-Hodge continued her sensational form in the Women's Big Bash with 72 not out to lead Hobart Hurricanes to victory over Adelaide Strikers.

Wyatt-Hodge anchored a chase of 135, extending her lead at the top of the run-scoring charts and securing victory with two balls and four wickets remaining.

Hurricanes lost Lizelle Lee for 12, Nat Sciver-Brunt four and Nicola Carey 1 - England spinner Sophie Ecclestone conceded only 12 runs from her four overs for Strikers - but Wyatt-Hodge batted throughout, steadying a chase that had slipped to 51-3.

With eight needed from the final over, the 34-year-old lost the strike after taking a single from the first ball but, after facing a dot ball, Hurricanes number eight Hayley Silver-Holmes nicked a four over the wicketkeeper and sealed the win when a misfield on the rope allowed another boundary.

Wyatt-Hodge now has 251 runs after four innings in the tournament - 98 runs more than Meg Lanning in second place who has played one game fewer.

Hurricanes, meanwhile, are top of the standings with four wins from four.