Escaping Afghanistan: Inside Operation Soccer Balls
The mission to rescue the national Afghan girls’ football team from the Taliban. from: BBC News
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T20 World Cup: India take three wickets in three balls against Scotland
from: BBC News Watch as India take three wickets in consecutive deliveries against Scotland, courtesy of two from Mohammed Shami and a run out at the T20 World Cup.
Musket balls unearthed in digs at Culloden Battlefield
National Trust for Scotland archaeologists led the new excavations at the 275-year-old battlefield.
T20 World Cup – South Africa v West Indies: Evin Lewis scores 56 runs off 35 balls
Watch as Evin Lewis hits a brilliant 56 off 35 balls, including six sixes, for the West Indies against South Africa at the T20 World Cup.
T20 World Cup: Carlos Brathwaite’s four sixes off four balls – in his own words
Carlos Brathwaite talks BBC Sport through the thrilling climax to the 2016 World T20 Cup – and the over that made him a West Indies legend. from: BBC News
‘We might dunk balls in buckets of water during practice’
England players are considering practising with wet balls to replicate the dew they will face at the T20 World Cup, says seamer David Willey. from: BBC News
Ireland’s Campher takes four wickets in four balls in T20 World Cup
Ireland seam bowler Curtis Campher takes four wickets in four balls against the Netherlands in their Group A T20 World Cup match. from: BBC News
T20 World Cup: Ireland’s Curtis Campher take four wickets in four balls against Netherlands
Watch as Ireland’s Curtis Campher takes four wickets in a row against the Netherlands in their T20 World Cup match in Abu Dhabi.
Southern Vipers win with two balls to spare to retain Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
from: BBC News Southern Vipers win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the second successive year beating Northern Diamonds.
Time balls: The rise and fall of a timekeeping icon
As Hull reintroduces its glittering time ball, a look at the history of these unusual time keepers. from: BBC News
England v India: Best shots of Shardul Thakur’s brilliant 57 in 36 balls
Shardul Thakur smashes a brilliant 57 in 36 balls to take the fight back to England before India are eventually bowled out for 191 on the first day of the fourth Test at The Oval.
Livingstone powers Phoenix into men’s Hundred final with brilliant 92 off 40 balls
from: BBC News Liam Livingstone’s devastating hitting powers Birmingham Phoenix straight into the men’s Hundred final with a crushing eight-wicket win over Northern Superchargers.
Verma hits 76 off 42 balls as Phoenix break records and avoid early exit by beating Fire
from: BBC News India’s teenage superstar Shafali Verma crunches a rapid half-century as Birmingham Phoenix keep their slim hopes alive with an empathic victory over Welsh Fire in the women’s Hundred.