Month: April 2017

Anamul stars in Gazi's fifth straight win

April 29, 2017
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Anamul Haque and Al-Amin Hossain starred for their respective teams on Saturday’s round of matches © RisingBD.com Gazi Group Cricketers registered their fifth successive win by beating Abahani, the defending champions, by 25 runs. Batting first, Gazi were propped up by a 93-run fourth wicket stand between Anamul Haque (97) and Parvez Rasool, the India allrounder, who made 91. Nadif Chowdhury, the captain, finished with a 34-ball 41 to take…

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Stokes and Gayle miss out as RCB bowl

Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Rising Pune SupergiantLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:32 Bangar: Kohli’s unorthodox style of play helps him dominate legspinners It was all so very different in Pune two months ago, remember? Virat Kohli was the home captain taking his team up a points table and Steven Smith was the visiting captain leading a team few thought would pull an upset. Then on…

April 29, 2017
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Shashikanth appointed new Karnataka coach

Former Karnataka batsmen PV Shashikanth and GK Anil Kumar have been appointed the state team’s coach and assistant coach respectively. The duo replaces the highly successful combine of J Arunkumar and Mansur Ali Khan. Shashikanth played 51 first-class games and scored 2397 runs at an average of 31.53, including four hundreds, before retiring in 1999. A former captain, Shashikanth also led a depleted Karnataka side to an Irani Cup title…

April 29, 2017
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Sunrisers' 'smart, aggressive' strategy pays off

April 29, 2017
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“We both wanted to make it big and that’s what happened. I was feeling good about myself today and knew what plan I am going to go with” – Shikhar Dhawan © BCCI In the last few games, Sunrisers Hyderabad have not scored at the rate they have wanted to at the start of the innings. Consequently, the team’s strategy was tweaked slightly ahead of the match against Kings XI…

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Leicestershire triumph after Hameed shines on debut

April 28, 2017
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Leicestershire 311 for 7 (Cosgrove 67, Delport 62, Pettini 59) beat Lancashire 314 for 8 (Hameed 88, Sykes 4-57) by three wickets (DLS method)Scorecard Haseeb Hameed made 88 on his List A debut © Getty Images Leicestershire reeled in a revised target of 309 to beat Lancashire in a thrilling Royal London Cup clash at Emirates Old Trafford by three wickets. A trio of half-centuries for Mark Cosgrove, Cameron Delport…

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Sunrisers top order brushes Kings XI away

Sunrisers Hyderabad 207 for 3 (Dhawan 77, Williamson 54, Warner 51) beat Kings XI Punjab 181 for 9 (Marsh 84, Kaul 3-36, Nehra 3-42) by 26 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:16 Bangar: Kings XI need an overseas pace spearhead Sunrisers Hyderabad showed intent from the outset to get ahead of Kings XI Punjab via quickfire fifties from their top three batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Kane Williamson. Thereon,…

April 28, 2017
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Rising Pune eye top-half retention despite Stokes' absence

Play 03:32 Bangar: Virat’s unorthodox style of play helps him dominate legspinners Match facts Rising Pune Supergiant v Royal Challengers BangalorePune, April 29, 2017Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT) Head to head This season: An inexperienced opening bowling pair of Jaydev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur strangled a batting-heavy Royal Challengers Bangalore line-up to defend 161 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The duo ended with combined figures of 8-0-60-5. Overall: In their…

April 28, 2017
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Sunrisers top order brush Kings XI away

April 28, 2017
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 207 for 3 (Dhawan 77, Williamson 54, Warner 51) beat Kings XI Punjab 181 for 9 (Marsh 84, Kaul 3-36, Nehra 3-42) by 26 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shikhar Dhawan set Sunrisers Hyderabad’s win up with a 48-ball 77 © BCCI Sunrisers Hyderabad showed intent from the outset to get ahead of Kings XI Punjab via quickfire fifties from their top-three batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Kane…

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Sunrisers top order sets up another dominant performance

April 28, 2017
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Sunrisers Hyderabad 207 for 3 (Dhawan 77, Williamson 54, Warner 51) beat Kings XI Punjab 181 for 9 (Marsh 84, Kaul 3-36, Nehra 3-42) by 26 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shikhar Dhawan set Sunrisers Hyderabad’s win up with a 48-ball 77 © BCCI Sunrisers Hyderabad showed intent from the outset to get ahead of Kings XI Punjab via quickfire fifties from their top-three batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Kane…

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Van der Merwe 165* leads stunning Somerset revival

April 28, 2017
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Somerset 291 for 6 (van der Merwe 165*, Elgar 68) beat Surrey 290 for 8 (Foakes 92, Stoneman 56) by four wicketsScorecard Roelof van der Merwe produced an astonishing hundred to rescue Somerset from 22 for 5 © Getty Images A maiden List A century by Roelof van der Merwe enabled Somerset to pull off an incredible four-wicket win over Surrey in the Royal London One-Day Cup South Group match…

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