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With this, England has denied Australia a chance at delivering a whitewash on them. Having last won the Ashes in Australia back in 2010/11, England struggled to buy themselves a win Down Under. But with the Ashes gone, the English team played for the Three Lions badge on the chest and their English pride, featuring standout performances from five-wicket haul hero Josh Tongue, Brydon Carse, who collected a four-wicket haul in the second innings and batters Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell, who played crucial knocks of 41 and 40 in the first and second innings respectively.

The day began with Awadh Ramdoots edging past Kanpur Warriors 35-34 in a tense contest that remained undecided until the final raid. Kanpur Warriors went into halftime with a 17-15 advantage after a late super raid by Sushant, but Awadh Ramdoots showed resilience in the second half. Captain Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi led the fightback, while Awadh's defence stood firm under pressure to secure a narrow but crucial win, as per a press release.

Duckett, the 31-year-old left-handed opener, achieved the milestone during England's fourth Ashes Test, a Boxing Day affair at Melbourne. In a run-chase of a modest 175 runs, Duckett crossed the 30-run mark for the first time in the series, scoring a 26-ball 34, with four boundaries and a six at a strike rate of 130.77.

The result wiped out the Warriorz' playoff hopes, while the Vipers became the first team in the ILT20 to win eight matches in the group stage.

At the end of the session, England was 77/2, with Crawley (22*) and Jacob Bethell (9*) unbeaten, and the Three Lions left with 98 runs to chase down.

During the third T20I against Sri Lanka, Deepti bowled a fine spell of 3/18 at Thiruvananthapuram which helped her break three records.