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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.

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Defending champions Melbourne Renegades beat city rivals Stars by four wickets to move second in the Women's Big Bash table.

Chasing 142, they lost England's Davina Perrin in the second over, before captain Sophie Molineux (32 off 32) and Courtney Webb (37 off 36) shared 58 for the second wicket to put Renegades in a strong position.

Molineux was stumped off Marizanne Kapp from the final ball of the 10th over, before England's Alice Capsey (10) fell 13 balls later.

Webb was then trapped lbw by Australia's Kim Garth to leave Renegades 92-4 and needing 50 from 34 balls.

Georgia Wareham hit 19 from 14 balls and West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin smashed 13 from six balls but both were dismissed.

However, Tess Flintoff got Renegades over the line with seven balls to spare with an unbeaten 17 from nine balls.

Earlier, Stars posted 141-7 with Rhys McKenna making 32 and Annabel Sutherland 29. Dottin was the pick of the Renegades' bowlers with 3-20.

In Sunday's other game Perth Scorchers beat Adelaide Strikers by nine runs in a rain-affected game.

Strikers were bowled out for 112, with Scorchers captain Sophie Devine claiming 3-12 from three overs.

Beth Mooney was dismissed for a first-ball duck in Scorchers' chase but they were 55-2 after 9.1 overs when the rain arrived and that was enough to secure the win on the DLS method.

They are fourth in the table with two wins and two defeats, while Strikers sit fifth.

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Sixteen-year-old Caoimhe Bray took a hat-trick as Sydney Sixers beat city rivals Thunder by 24 runs in the Women's Big Bash.

Bray, who became the tournament's youngest player last season, removed Australia's Phoebe Litchfield at the end of the seventh over, before getting Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu and Laura Harris with the first two balls of the ninth.

It is the seventh hat-trick in the history of the WBBL, and the first since 2021.

Chasing 143, Thunder recovered from 49-7 to finish on 118-8, with Lucy Finn top-scoring with 49 not out off 34 balls.

Earlier, Sixers posted 143-9 with England's Sophia Dunkley top-scoring with 43 off 35 balls and Alyssa Healy 26 off 15 balls.

Sixers move second in the table, while Thunder are seventh after three defeats in three games.

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India legend Ravindra Jadeja has been involved in a blockbuster trade that will see him return to Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

The 36-year-old, who will turn 37 before the tournament next year, started his IPL career at the Royals and has scored 3,260 runs and taken 170 wickets in 254 matches.

He leaves Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to return to the Royals for 14 Indian crore (approx £1.2m), while India wicketkeeper Sanju Samson moves the other way at his existing league fee of 18 crore (approx £1.54m).

Samson, 31, has played for the Royals in 11 of his 13 IPL seasons and CSK will be his third franchise.

England all-rounder Sam Curran has also moved with Jadeja for 2.4 crore (approx £205,000). The Royals will be his third IPL franchise after different spells at CSK and Punjab Kings since 2019.

India quick Mohammed Shami has been traded to Lucknow Super Giants from Sunrisers Hyderabad for 10 crore (approx £855,000), while batter Nitish Rana has joined Delhi Capitals from Rajasthan Royals for 4.2 crore (approx £375,000).

Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun has moved from Mumbai Indians to Lucknow Super Giants for 30 lakh, while leg-spinner Mayank Markande has joined Mumbai from Kolkata Knight Riders.

South Africa all-rounder Donovan Ferreira also returns to the Royals from the Capitals for 1 crore (approx £85,000).

Those moves complete the trades after India's Shardul Thakur and West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford joined Mumbai earlier in the week.

The 10 sides had until 15 November to inform the league of trades and their retentions for the 2026 season.

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England's Danni Wyatt-Hodge continued her impressive start as Hobart Hurricanes extended their perfect run with a 16-run win over Brisbane Heat in a rain-affected Women's Big Bash game.

Wyatt-Hodge made 44 off 26 balls at the top of the order as Hurricanes posted 114-1 in their 12 overs.

The right-hander, who now has 179 runs in three innings, shared 109 for the first wicket with Lizelle Lee (59 not out off 45).

In reply, Heat, who have lost all three of their matches, finished 108-9, chasing a revised 125.

They were going well at 68-2 after seven overs but lost Jess Jonassen, Chinelle Henry, Nadine de Klerk and Georgia Redmayne in the next three overs to fall behind the rate.

Nicola Carey, Heather Graham and Molly Strano all took two wickets as Hurricanes go three from three with their 16-run win on DLS.

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