Rossouw and David help Sultans maintain perfect record

Report Shadab’s 91 in vain as Islamabad United fall short of 218 target by 20 runs Multan Sultans 217 for 5 (David 71, Rossouw 67*, Wasim 1-39) beat Islamabad United 197 (Shadab 91, Khushdil 4-35, Willey 3-38) by 20 runs Shadab Khan‘s fighting 91 off 42 balls went in vain for Islamabad United, as Multan Sultans maintained their perfect start to the season by clinching a high-scoring match by 20…

February 1, 2022
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Scintillating Shakib powers Fortune Barishal to victory

Report The allrounder became only the third player to score a half-century and take three wickets in a BPL match Fortune Barishal 149 (Shakib 50, Shanto 28, Mrittunjoy 4-12) beat Chattogram Challengers 135 (Afif 39, Mujeeb 3-9, Shakib 3-23) by 14 runs How the match played outShakib Al Hasan continued his scintillating form to power Fortune Barishal to a 14-run win against Chattogram Challengers. He became only the third player…

February 1, 2022
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'Hardik Pandya with bat and ball sounds better than just a batter'

Hardik Pandya – “I’ve always been a guy who likes to take up responsibilities in whichever games I have played”   “You don’t have to be a captain to lead.” That’s the view of Hardik Pandya, who will lead the Ahmedabad franchise at IPL 2022. Pandya has captained only once at the senior level – in a tour game against Australia in 2017 – but he isn’t bothered about the…

February 1, 2022
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Dominant India face Australia challenge in pursuit of fourth successive Under-19 final

Preview Australia’s in-form top order and fast bowlers should test an unbeaten India, who knocked Australia out in 2018 and 2020 Considering Covid-19 unavailability, whichever XI has turned up for India has looked like a cohesive unit   Big Picture This is the third time in as many editions that India and Australia will be facing each other in an Under-19 World Cup knockout match. In 2018, Prithvi Shaw and…

February 1, 2022
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Hayley Matthews, Mithali Raj move up in ICC ODI rankings

News India’s Deepti Sharma also moved up one spot to occupy fourth position among allrounders Hayley Matthews hit a half-century and picked up four wickets across two ODIs against South Africa   West Indies’ Hayley Matthews has moved two places up to sixth in the ICC women’s ODI rankings for allrounders, while India’s ODI captain Mithali Raj has gone up one place to be second among batters. Matthews starred with…

February 1, 2022
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Alex Hales: England cancelling Pakistan tour last year 'made absolutely zero sense'

News “It’s a great place to come and play cricket, I absolutely feel safe,” says the PSL veteran England’s decision to cancel their white-ball tour of Pakistan last October made “zero sense”, according to Alex Hales. “That decision to cancel that tour made absolutely no sense,” Hales told Geo TV. “Especially after Pakistan came to England during Covid and helped out the ECB massively. So for them to cancel that…

February 1, 2022
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Sri Lanka complete eight-team line-up for women's T20s at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

News Australia vs India game will kick off the tournament on July 29, with the final scheduled for August 7 Sri Lanka, after winning the ICC’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) qualifier in Kuala Lumpur last week, have completed the line-up of eight teams that will take part in the women’s T20 competition at the Birmingham edition of the games later this year. The other teams in the fray are Australia, Barbados,…

February 1, 2022
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Iyer, Warner, Ashwin, Rabada and Shami among marquee set at IPL 2022 auction

News This list of 10 big-name players will kick off the two-day auction David Warner and Shreyas Iyer are among the potential captaincy candidates in the marquee set   R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Shami and David Warner. These 10 players will be part of the marquee set that will ring in the 2022 IPL mega…

February 1, 2022
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Mumtaz, Awais put Pakistan in fifth-place playoff as Ariful ton goes in vain

News West Indies ride on Bishop, Wickham hundreds to beat Zimbabwe; bowlers help UAE pip Ireland Pakistan 176 for 4 (Haseebullah 79, Shehzad 36, Rakibul 2-28) beat Bangladesh 175 (Ariful 100, Mumtaz 3-16, Awais 3-52) by six wickets Three wickets apiece for Mehran Mumtaz and Awais Ali helped Pakistan get the better of Bangladesh and seal a place in the fifth-place playoff match against Sri Lanka at the 2022 Under-19…

February 1, 2022
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