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John Mooney Appointed Delhi Capitals Fielding Coach for IPL 2026

John Mooney Appointed Delhi Capitals Fielding Coach for IPL 2026

The former Ireland all-rounder John Mooney has been appointed as the new fielding coach of the Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2026 season. He is the first person from Ireland to be part of the IPL franchise’s coaching staff. He will be joining Hemang Badani’s coaching setup and will be closely working with the DC 2026 squad for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League. The DC’s support staff consists of Munaf Patel (Bowling coach) and Ian Bell (assistant coach). Mooney will be taking over from Gnaneswara Rao and Anton Roux, who served as the fielding coach, bringing in a rich experience in coaching. He has also served as a fielding coach for Afghanistan from 2018 to 2019. He has also worked with the West Indies men’s team in 2019 and was a temporary coach for the Ireland women’s team earlier last year. Adding some Irish steel to the Dilli defence 🛡️ Welcome, John Mooney! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/P3KEndk1mj — Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 19, 2026 During his playing career between 2006 and 2015, John …

Beth Mooney, King Fire Scorchers Into WBBL 2025 Finals

Beth Mooney, King Fire Scorchers Into WBBL 2025 Finals

A solid knock from Beth Mooney and Alana King’s bowling brilliance has secured Perth Scorchers a berth in the Finals at Sydney. After Mooney’s 76-run knock set up the Scorchers to 183 runs in their innings, Alana King’s spell helped Sophie Devine’s side to secure an 11-run victory in the Challenger of the WBBL 2025 at Sydney. Batting first, Katie Mack and Beth Mooney made a solid start scoring 66 runs for the first wicket. With Mack’s dismissal for 40 runs, Devine lost her wicket for 7 runs. Despite other batters lost their wickets at regular intervals, Beth Mooney made a solid knock smashing her fifty and continued her onfield slaughter. Beth Mooney went on to score 76 runs before losing her wicket to Maitlan Brown. Perth Scorchers went on to score 183 runs in their 20 over innings. Ash Gardner bagged three wickets while, Maitlan Brown and Amelia Kerr bagged two wickets each. Lauren Cheattle completed her spell with 1 wicket. Chasing 184 run target, Sophie Dunkley and Ellyse Perry made a decent start …

Beth Mooney Blitz Powers First Win for Perth Scorchers

Beth Mooney Blitz Powers First Win for Perth Scorchers

The wk-batter Beth Mooney smashed the first century of the WBBL 2025 season, guiding the Perth Scorchers to a 23-run victory against Brisbane Heat. Perth Scorchers secured their first win of the tournament and made a major movement in the WBBL 2025 points table. After being invited to bat first, Perth Scorchers’ Beth Mooney and Katie Mack opened the innings while Sianna Ginger opened the bowling attack. With a decent start from the openers, the duo went on to post 89 runs for the first wicket. Jess Jonassen gave the crucial breakthrough, dismissing Katie Mack for 31 runs. In the meantime, Beth Mooney went on to smash fifty and continued the onslaught, troubling Brisbane Heat bowlers. After Mack, Paige Scholfield joined Mooney, and the latter went on to smash a century in the 19th over before being dismissed by Lucy Hamilton. Hamilton bagged her second wicket, dismissing Paige Scholfield for 22 runs. With Devine and Freya Kemp at the crease, Perth Scorchers for 172 runs in their 20-over innings. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟑 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 …

Beth Mooney Smashes 96* As Gujarat Giants Thrash UP Warriorz By 81 Runs In WPL

Beth Mooney Smashes 96* As Gujarat Giants Thrash UP Warriorz By 81 Runs In WPL

Beth Mooney smashed an unbeaten 96 as an all-round Gujarat Giants thrashed UP Warriorz by 81 runs in a one-sided Women’s Premier League match in Lucknow on Monday. Mooney missed out what could have been the first century for any player this WPL season but her 59-ball unbeaten knock with 17 fours powered Gujarat Giants to a formidable 186/5, against which the hosts crumbled without any resistance. Chasing a target of 187, UPW could only make 105 from 17.1 overs as the Giants climbed up from the fifth spot to the second in the points table. UPW, who were placed third before the game, are now fifth. UP Warriorz slipped to 36/5 in the eighth over following a disastrous start and none of their batters could put up any resistance against the Giants’ bowlers, who wrecked havoc on an under-pressure batting line-up. Deandra Dottin (2/14) began with two wickets in the opening over, dismissing Kiran Navgire (0) and Georgia Voll (0), while Kashvee Gautam (3/11), Meghna Singh (1/21), Tanuja Kanwar (3/17) and Ashleigh …

Beth Mooney Hits her First Fifty of WPL 2025 at Kotambi

Beth Mooney Hits her First Fifty of WPL 2025 at Kotambi

The 31-year-old Beth Mooney has brought up her fourth WPL fifty and first of the 2025 season during the opener clash against Royal Challengers Women on February 14. As per the WPL 2025 schedule Gujarat is set to play in the first match of the season against defending Champions RCB women. With the solid start, Mooney was batting aggressively and went on to score 56 runs before being dismissed by Prema Rawat. Mooney reached the milestone in just 37 balls. After the dismissal of South African cricketer Laura Wolvaardt and Hemalatha for 6 and 4, Mooney joined Gardner for a 44-run partnership for the third wicket. However she was dismissed on the 12th over of the innings while Gujarat lost the third wicket for 85 runs. Prior to the match, Beth Mooney played nine matches in WPL and scored 285 runs with an average of 40.71 and her high score 85 comes against RCB. A quick-fire FIFTY from Beth Mooney off 37 deliveries 👏👏 After 10 overs, @Giant_Cricket are 68/2. Live – https://t.co/5E1LoAlPBt #TATAWPL | #GGvRCB …

Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Live Score, WPL 2025: Beth Mooney Departs After Equalling Meg Lanning’s WPL Record; GG In Control vs RCB

Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Live Score, WPL 2025: Beth Mooney Departs After Equalling Meg Lanning’s WPL Record; GG In Control vs RCB

WPL 2025 LIVE Updates: Here are the playing XIs – Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: Smriti Mandhana(c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Raghvi Bist, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Prema Rawat, Joshitha V J, Renuka Thakur Singh Gujarat Giants Women: Laura Wolvaardt, Beth Mooney(w), Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra, Kashvee Gautam Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Beth Mooney Named as ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2025

Beth Mooney Named as ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2025

Australia’s wicketkeeper Beth Mooney has been named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2025 while Jomel Warrican has clinched the award in Men’s category. Australia stormed to Ashes victory over England, ICC women’s Player of the Month, she displayed some firepower across ODI and T20I encounters. A subdued start to the series was overturned with a half-century in the third in Hobart. Stuttering to 59 for four, Mooney resisted a resurgent England with 50 from balls, setting the platform for the home side to post 308 from thier 50 overs and secure the ODI sweep. Mooney consolidated her position as the top ranked batter striking 213 runs at a blistering strike rate of 146.89. Well done to Australia batter Beth Mooney and West Indian spinner Jomel Warrican for winning the ICC Player of the Month Awards for January. Beth was pivotal in her team’s Ashes win and Jomel took 19 wickets in two Test matches at an average of just 9.00. pic.twitter.com/pKnukBvcto — Jay Shah (@JayShah) February 11, 2025 Beth Mooney overcomes …

WPL 2025: Ash Gardner replaces Beth Mooney as Gujarat Giants captain | Cricket News

WPL 2025: Ash Gardner replaces Beth Mooney as Gujarat Giants captain | Cricket News

Gujarat Giants on Wednesday appointed Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as the team captain for the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season. Gardner takes over from her compatriot Beth Mooney who led the side in the first two seasons of the WPL. In both editions, Gujarat finished bottom of the five-team league, winning only two games apiece in 2023 and 2024. Gardner is a two-time Belinda Clark Award winner and she played a significant role in Australia’s 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal success. She was the Player of the Tournament at the T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023. Over the last two seasons in the WPL, she has scored 324 runs and bagged 17 wickets for Gujarat. Story continues below this ad “It is an absolute honour for me to be named the captain of Gujarat Giants. I have loved being a part of this team and I am excited to lead this fantastic group in the upcoming season. We have a great mix of young and experienced players and plenty of Indian …

Women’s Ashes: Beth Mooney becomes first Australian woman to record centuries in all formats | Cricket News

Women’s Ashes: Beth Mooney becomes first Australian woman to record centuries in all formats | Cricket News

Beth Mooney on Friday became the first Australian woman to record hundreds in all formats during the Women’s Ashes Test against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Resuming from her overnight score of 98, wicket-keeper Mooney brought up her century in 155 balls as Australia piled on a mammoth 440 in reply to England’s 170. Mooney is only the fourth woman to score a hundred in all formats after England’s Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, and South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt. The 31-year-old Mooney has piled on 2553 runs in 82 ODIs, averaging over 47 besides 3215 runs in T20Is at 41.21 with a high score of 117 not out. It’s a Beth Mooney Test match century! She becomes the first Australian woman to score a hundred in all three formats of the game 🙌#Ashes pic.twitter.com/VLlIgluWHp — 7Cricket (@7Cricket) February 1, 2025 Mooney is also the fourth Australian to achieve the landmark after Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell and David Warner. Mooney also joined her teammate Annabel Sutherland as the only women Test century honour board …

Sleeping Giants Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt awaken as Gujarat flex batting muscle at top of the order | Cricket News

In an appraisal of a disastrous first half of this season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for the Gujarat Giants, captain Beth Mooney was blunt. “Scoring a few more runs will be pretty helpful (in the future), probably from the skipper and then flowing through the rest of the team,” she said after a fourth successive defeat. As the league moved to New Delhi for, and her side’s chances of going past the group stage hung in the balance, Mooney, alongside opening partner Laura Wolvaardt, batted as if they had taken that self-criticism to heart. The duo toyed with the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling attack and put on a 140-run partnership, as the Giants rammed their way to a 19-run win to open their account this year on Wednesday. She missed out on a well-deserved 💯 but Captain Beth Mooney led from the front with an excellent opening act! Check out her knock here 🎥🔽 #TATAWPL | #GGvRCB — Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 6, 2024 Mooney and Wolvaardt are so complementary in …