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Cricket’s whirlwind yr started as South Africa lit up a house Women’s T20 World Cup with a surprising run to the ultimate, solely to return up in opposition to the mighty Australians who crushed the house crowd’s hopes and walked away with a record-extending sixth title.

And 2023 resulted in an analogous method: India hosted the boys’s 50-over World Cup and the house favourites charted a blistering undefeated run to the ultimate on the sport’s greatest stadium in Ahmedabad however have been handed a shock six-wicket loss by five-time champions Australia.

Between the 2 tournaments, loads of information, motion and large outcomes shook the cricket world. Al Jazeera seems on the 10 greatest moments within the sport in 2023:

1. Australia repeat a three-peat of T20 titles

The ninth girls’s T20 World Cup opened with Sri Lanka’s thrilling win over hosts South Africa however the Proteas quickly bounced again and reached the ultimate after a win over mighty England.

The Australian juggernaut, led by Meg Lanning – powered by Beth Mooney’s 53-ball 74 and their skilled bowling unit’s managed efficiency – beat the hosts by 19 runs in a closely-fought closing in Cape Town.

2. Women’s Premier League takes off in India

On March 4, India launched its girls’s model of a profitable T20 franchise league amid fanfare. Top gamers from the world over have been pitted in opposition to one another in 5 groups per week after the T20 World Cup.

More than $580m was spent on buying the 5 franchises and broadcasting rights have been bought for $117m over a five-year interval.

India and Mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur lifted the inaugural trophy after her aspect beat Lanning’s Delhi by seven wickets within the closing. The league has been touted as a game-changer in girls’s cricket, very similar to its males’s model, the Indian Premier League.

3. South African legend Shabnim Ismail retires

The quickest girl in cricket known as time on her 16-year worldwide profession, which started as an newbie participant in 2007. Ismail went on to play 241 worldwide matches for South Africa and is their all-time main wicket-taker in worldwide matches with 317 scalps to her title.

Her 191 one-day worldwide (ODI) wickets are second solely to India’s Jhulan Goswami, whereas her participation in all eight T20 World Cups and 4 50-over World Cups is a testomony to her legendary standing within the sport.

Ismail cited a want to “spend more time with my family, particularly my siblings and parents as they get older” because the deciding issue however stated she is going to proceed to play league cricket.

4. India vs Pakistan takes centre stage Asia Cup

After months-long deliberations and discussions, India refused to play its 2023 Asia Cup matches in host nation Pakistan and greater than half of the fixtures have been moved to Sri Lanka.

The hotly-anticipated India-Pakistan group A match was washed out by heavy rain in Kandy, prompting fears of an analogous state of affairs of their Super Four conflict. With extra rain forecast within the capital Colombo, match organisers added a reserve day for the marquee fixture, prompting criticism from followers who termed it a financially-motivated resolution given the curiosity within the match. The reserve day did come into play and India walked away with an enormous 228-run win. They lifted the trophy a number of days later with a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka.

5. World Cup opens to empty stadium

The males’s 50-over ICC Cricket World Cup was meant to draw tens of millions of followers in cricket-mad India to the ten stadiums throughout the nation. However, a obviously empty Narendra Modi Stadium within the match’s opening match at Ahmedabad left followers shocked and set the tone for all matches not involving the host nation.

While all India matches noticed followers pack the venues in a sea of blue shirts, others have been removed from being stuffed, leaving followers to query ticket gross sales, match scheduling and advertising.

6. Afghanistan go from minnows to contenders

Afghanistan opened their World Cup marketing campaign poorly, with losses by the hands of Bangladesh and India, however picked themselves as much as beat England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands to provide themselves a shot at a semifinal spot.

Their top-order batters mixed their expertise with quiet confidence, whereas the Rashid Khan-led spin bowling despatched their opponents reeling. Despite not with the ability to qualify for the final 4, the group left India with their fame modified from minnows to world beaters.

7. Cricket will get Olympic nod

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) added cricket, amongst 5 sports activities, to the 2028 Los Angeles Games after a request by the host metropolis in October.

Cricket final appeared at an Olympic Games in 1900. The Los Angeles Games are prone to characteristic six groups – for each women and men – enjoying the T20 model of the sport.

8. Maxwell magic lights up Mumbai

Australia have been staring within the face of defeat in opposition to a rising pressure within the form of Afghanistan when Glenn Maxwell walked onto the pitch at 91-7 and hobbled off it having received the match for his aspect.

Maxwell’s 201 runs have been affected by fours and sixes hit with minimal foot motion as he struggled with cramps throughout his physique. Nevertheless, his big-hitting and a 202-run partnership with captain Pat Cummins took them over the road and broke Afghan hearts.

9. Virat Kohli scores fiftieth ODI century

When India started their World Cup marketing campaign, Virat Kohli was on 47 ODI centuries, two behind his idol Sachin Tendulkar’s document. As the match progressed and Kohli took up an anchor’s function, it grew to become evident that breaking the document for him was solely a matter of time.

Every match introduced his followers to the sting of their seats however the former India captain made them wait till his birthday on the day of the semifinal in opposition to New Zealand, with Tendulkar in attendance to mount the summit.

10. Australia stun India to raise sixth title

After a surprising 10-match unbeaten run by the group phases and the semifinal, it appeared solely a matter of time earlier than India would raise their third World Cup title at residence to thrill the practically 100,000 Indian followers in Ahmedabad.

But Australia had different plans in thoughts once they stepped onto the sphere at a surprisingly slower pitch on the closing’s venue. From stemming the move of runs to grabbing unattainable catches, the five-time champions had India in hassle by dismissing them for 240 runs.

Despite an preliminary stutter, the skilled Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne took the group in inexperienced and gold residence with seven overs and 6 wickets to spare.

The shock and agony on the faces of the Indian gamers and followers informed the story of a scarcely plausible ending to what was meant to be the crowning glory for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and firm.