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England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets at Women’s World Cup
GUWAHATI: After bowling out the Proteas for a paltry 69 in just 20.4 overs, England’s openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones made light work of the chase, cantering home in 14.1 overs.
Electing to bowl first, England rolled the dice early by tossing the new ball to spin, a move captains often shy away from in the power play. But left-arm tweaker Linsey Smith turned out to be the ace up their sleeve, exploiting a tacky surface that had South Africa groping in the dark.
“To get that start was very special. I only found out yesterday that I was opening the bowling and I was excited for the challenge. The conditions suited me well,” said Smith.
It was just Smith’s fifth ODI, but the 30-year-old is no stranger to international cricket, having been part of England’s T20 side since 2018. Now a permanent fixture in the 50-over team, her willingness to bowl in the danger zone of the power play could be a trump card for England going forward in this campaign.
Smith struck in each of her first three overs and was unlucky not to bag a fourth when a stumping chance off Sinalo Jafta went begging. Jafta clung on grimly for 22, the lone South African to reach double figures in a sorry tale of collapse.
It was the Proteas’ third lowest total in ODIs and their worst against England.
The chase was little more than a formality, though Jones survived a let-off on 31 when Masabata Klaas spilled a return catch. She finished unbeaten on 40 with Beaumont on 21 not out.
“Not the way we wanted to start the tournament. We’ve shown resilience in the past and we’ll bounce back,” South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt insisted as her batters were left searching for answers.
England’s dominance was such that Heather Knight, marking her 150th ODI appearance was not required to bat or bowl as her team-mates were so dominant against South Africa. She became only the second player from England to feature in 150 women’s ODIs.
The emphatic win vaulted England to the top of the points table with all eight teams now having played one game each.
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How one ‘Stranger Things’ favourite scored Malcolm finale cameo role?
Fans of Malcolm in the Middle might have to do a double take at a major cameo in the finale of the show’s four-part revival.
While discussing Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, all episodes of which are now available to stream on Hulu, creator Linwood Boomer revealed how “big fan” Finn Wolfhard‘s cameo happened.
“His agent called us and said, ‘Can Finn visit the set?’ We go, ‘Shit, yeah,’” recalled Boomer.
“He loves the show, he’s such a big fan of the show, and we’re like, ‘Well, there’s a part we haven’t cast yet. Does he wanna do that? I mean, it’s a small part.’ And he said, ‘F— yeah, he wants to do it.’ And we were like, ‘F— yeah, we want you to come, that’d be awesome.’”
In Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, Frankie Muniz reprises his once-angsty teenage character, who is now a father of his own.
When his parents Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) demand his presence at their anniversary party, Malcolm is forced to stop avoiding his dysfunctional family while attempting to protect his daughter Leah (Keeley Karsten) from their chaotic dynamic.
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Jenna Ortega makes surprise revelation about role she lost
Imagine Jenna Ortega in Hereditary. Creepy, right? Also… almost real.
The Wednesday star just dropped a surprising confession while chatting with Kid Cudi on his podcast – she auditioned for Ari Aster’s now-iconic horror film when she was just 12.
“I think I auditioned for Hereditary, which obviously wouldn’t have made any sense, especially for, like, my disposition as a kid, so I understood,” she said.
She did not even have the full script – just a couple of mysterious pages.
“I didn’t know what I was looking at… it was like two pages of just ominous words that as a 12-year-old went over the head,” she explained. Still, something clicked: “I feel like this is an important movie.”
She was not wrong.
The role eventually went to Milly Shapiro, while Toni Collette led the film – and horror history was made.
Watching it later in theaters, Ortega had a full-circle moment: “This is the one that I said was going to be in.”
Rejection, though? Never her villain origin story. “I never really question it… what’s meant to be mine will come to me.”
In fact, she almost quit acting altogether – until YOU happened. On set, one experience, and suddenly: “Yeah, there’s no way I could let this go.”
Fast forward, she’s now booked, busy… and finally learning how to cook.
Hollywood almost lost her. Imagine that horror story.
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Demi Lovato with husband Jutes suffer heartbreak on first anniversary
Love is strong… but tour schedules? Brutal.
Demi Lovato and husband Jordan Lutes (aka Jutes) are about to hit a relationship milestone – their first wedding anniversary – and unfortunately, they will be celebrating it miles apart.
Jutes, gearing up for his European tour in May and North American run in August, admitted the timing could not be worse.
“It’s one of those things where we get sad when we talk about it,” he shared. “So we’re like, ‘We won’t think about it yet.’ It’s gonna be tough, there’s no way around that.”
Romantic? Yes. Ideal? Not even close.
Still, he is not letting distance win. “We’re just gonna pretend,” he joked. “As soon as tour is over and we’re together, we’re gonna celebrate and that’ll be awesome. It’s part of the job and we’ll just have to FaceTime a ton and figure it out. We’ll get through it.”
Between shows, Jutes is riding high on his new single Disassociate and prepping what he calls his “biggest” tour yet – funded largely by fans.
“People coming to the show is by far the most important thing to me,” he said. “Nothing is going to replace showing up and a bunch of fans being there singing your songs.”
And Demi? Still his biggest fan.
“She believes in me more than I believe in myself,” he said. “We love to see each other win—seeing her win makes me feel better than seeing myself win.”
As for marriage rumours being “hard”? Jutes is no buying it: “Should we pretend to fight or something?”
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