From the Cricket World
5 short reads across Cricket World: Invincible Australia crowned Women's T20WC champions. Austra • Former Afghanistan pace bowler Shapoor Zadran dies aged 38. …
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• Invincible Australia crowned Women's T20WC champions. Australia defeated England by seven wickets in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 final at Lord's before a record crowd, winning their record seventh title. Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield starred in the chase after the bowlers restricted England.
• Former Afghanistan pace bowler Shapoor Zadran dies aged 38. The Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed the death of former fast bowler Shapoor Zadran, who sealed Afghanistan's first World Cup victory and played a key role in the team's early international rise; tributes poured in from across the cricketing world.
• Babar replaces Masood as Pakistan's Test captain. Babar Azam has been reinstated as Pakistan's Test captain for the upcoming tours of the West Indies and England, replacing Shan Masood.
• Notts squeeze home against Lancashire to stay top - T20 Blast round-up. Nottinghamshire edged a close victory over Lancashire in the T20 Blast to maintain their position at the top of the group.
• Surrey beat Blaze to go top as Yorkshire get first win. Surrey moved to the top of the women's T20 Blast standings with a win over Blaze, while Yorkshire secured their first victory.