IPL 2016

Shardul Thakur joins Rising Pune Supergiants

March 6, 2017
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Shardul Thakur has played a solitary IPL match for Kings XI Punjab © BCCI Mumbai and Kings XI Punjab seamer Shardul Thakur has been acquired by the Rising Pune Supergiants for the tenth season of the IPL, which starts on April 5. This is Supergiants’ second trade of the season, having signed opener Mayank Agarwal from Delhi Daredevils ahead of the auction in January. Thakur’s addition bolsters Supergiants’ Indian seam…

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'It felt like playing in St Lucia' – Sammy

Play 01:15 Tonight cricket was a winner – Sammy Darren Sammy, the Peshawar Zalmi captain, was one of nine overseas players who travelled to Lahore for the PSL final despite the security threat and his reason for doing so was to “bring back the smiles” on the faces of the fans. Pakistan has hosted only one series of international cricket since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lanka team and…

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Shield return puts Cummins in Ashes frame

Play 01:39 Playing Shield cricket one of my goals for the year – Cummins Pat Cummins will officially return to contention for a place in Australia’s Ashes team for next summer when he plays his first Sheffield Shield match in almost six years, for New South Wales against South Australia at the SCG from Tuesday. Cummins made his state debut at 17 and his Test debut later that year, before…

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Shield return puts Cummins in Ashes frame

Play 01:39 Playing Shield cricket one of my goals for the year – Cummins Pat Cummins will officially return to contention for a place in Australia’s Ashes team for next summer when he plays his first Sheffield Shield match in almost six years, for New South Wales against South Australia at the SCG from Tuesday. Cummins made his state debut at 17 and his Test debut later that year, before…

March 6, 2017
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Pujara and Rahane put India on top

India 189 and 213 for 4 (Pujara 79*, Rahul 51, Rahane 40*, Hazlewood 3-57) lead Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) by 126 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:00 Binoy: Impossible to predict how the ball behaves Four years ago, in the second Test of the series in Hyderabad, Cheteshwar Pujara was part of a match-winning stand against Australia, a massive 370-run partnership with M Vijay. It…

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Battle-hardened Bangladesh threaten Sri Lanka's home run

March 6, 2017
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Match Facts March 7-11, 2017Start time: 10am local (0430GMT) The Galle strip had some live grass two days before the start of the series opener © AFP Big Picture The last time Bangladesh came to Galle, they played on perhaps the flattest pitch seen in Sri Lanka this decade – one which saw the visitors amass 638, while Mushfiqur Rahim hit his nation’s first ever international double-hundred. Four years later,…

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PCB forms tribunal in alleged PSL corruption case

March 6, 2017
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File photo – Sharjeel Khan scored 1 in the opening game of this season’s PSL © Getty Images The PCB has formed a three-man tribunal to hear the cases of Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif, the two players provisionally suspended as part of an investigation into alleged corruption during the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The pair responded to the official charges laid against them on Saturday, and denied some of…

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Morkel's experience could edge out Olivier

March 6, 2017
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Duanne Olivier may move down the pecking order with Morne Morkel fit again © Gallo Images It is dangerous to judge a Test pitch two days before the match starts, but the Dunedin surface had certainly caught the attention of the South Africans on Monday. The pitch looked “juicy” in the words of Dean Elgar, so much so that the self-confessed pie-chucker joked it “looks like I might have to…

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'It felt like playing in St Lucia' – Sammy

Play 01:15 Tonight cricket was a winner – Sammy Darren Sammy, the Peshawar Zalmi captain, was one of nine overseas players who travelled to Lahore for the PSL final despite the security threat and his reason for doing so was to “bring back the smiles” on the faces of the fans. Pakistan has hosted only one series of international cricket since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lanka team and…

March 6, 2017
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'It felt like playing in St Lucia' – Sammy

Play 01:15 Tonight cricket was a winner – Sammy Darren Sammy, the Peshawar Zalmi captain, was one of nine overseas players who travelled to Lahore for the PSL final despite the security threat and his reason for doing so was to “bring back the smiles” on the faces of the fans. Pakistan has hosted only one series of international cricket since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lanka team and…

March 6, 2017
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