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World Cup 2023: New Zealand on top of points table as they thrash Afghanistan
To register their fourth consecutive victory in the ongoing ODI World Cup, New Zealand thrashed Afghanistan by (149) runs on Wednesday at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Asked to bat, New Zealand were bolstered by the three half-centuries coming in from Will Young (54), Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71). These big innings helped New Zealand get to a challenging total of (288) after losing (6) wickets from (50) overs. In their chase of the total, Afghanistan lost their openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (11) and Ibrahim Zadran (14) early on, although, there were little efforts from Rahmat Shah who scored (36) runs but he failed to carry on as Afghanistan continued to losing wickets at regular intervals. For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson took three wickets each while Trent Boult took two wickets followed by Matt Henry and Rachin Ravindra returning with one wicket each to bowl out Afghanistan for (139) in (34.4) overs.
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IPL 2025 mega auction won’t be a distraction: Pat Cummins
Australian skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday admitted that there will be pressure on home side heading into the first Test match of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, starting on November 22 (Friday) in Perth. Australia will be out to break their losing streak to reclaim the BGT title, which has eluded them since 2014-15.
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AUS vs IND 1st Test: All you need to know
Both India and Australia have gone through rigorous training in the build-up to the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting on Friday (November 22) in Perth. This time for the first time since 1991-92, the series will have five Test matches. In the first match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma will register his absence as his family welc...
“Bowlers are tactically quite smart”: Jasprit Bumrah backs bowlers for leadership
With regular skipper Rohit Sharma missing the first Test, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is set to lead India in the first Test match of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, starting in Perth on Friday (November 22). Since the 2014-15 season, Australia have been unable to overcome India, who have come out victorious in the past four BGT assignme...
“He's got an Australian mentality”: Brett Lee praises Kohli as 1st BGT Test nears
Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee has expressed confidence that India's star batsman Virat Kohli will rise to the occasion in the upcoming Test series against Australia, despite a recent lean patch in his form. Lee acknowledged that Kohli's performance in recent months might not have been as consistent as in the past, but he firmly believes the Indi...
Injury puts England’s Paige Scholfield out of South Africa tour
An injury sustained during training has put Paige Scholfield out of England’s tour of South Africa. She has now been withdrawn from England's T20 squad and will now return to UK to begin her rehabilitation.
"Paige Scholfield has been withdrawn from the England Women IT20 squad to tour South Africa after suffering an ankle in...
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