In a quarter of the women’s draw which included the eliminated Paolini and Chinese fifth seed Zheng Qinwen, American Amanda Anisimova has perhaps benefited most. The 13th seed would not face anyone ranked higher than 30th seed Linda Noskova until the semi-finals, where she could meet world number one Sabalenka – although the unseeded Naomi...
Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for this year’s ICC Women’s World Cup were ended by a two-wicket loss to Bangladesh in their latest match in the Qualifier in Lahore. After Ireland won the toss, Laura Delany hit 63 and Orla Prendergast added 41 to help Ireland to reach 235-8 from their 50 overs. A famous win...
