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 The England Cricket Team produced a ruthless performance as they defeated Australia easily played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Saturday. England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off for Eoin Morgan as Chris Woakes bowled a peach getting the wicket of Warner. Chris Jordan dismissed Steve Smith with a simple catch to Woakes leaving Australia in trouble. Woakes got rid of dangerous Maxwell. Jordan and Woakes did not allow the Aussies batters to score runs easily. At the end of the first six overs, Australia looked in trouble at 21 for 3. Adil Rashid struck immediately in his first over getting rid of Marcus Stoinis to leave Australia struggling big time. Matthew Wade and Australian captain Finch steadied the ship putting pressure on England bowlers. Livingstone got rid of Wade caught by Roy. Wade and Finch added 30 runs for the 5 th wicket. Aston Agar joined in with captain Finch putting pressure back on England bowlers...

 Thanks to brilliance by David Miller, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka in a low-scoring thriller played at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah on Saturday. South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to field first. It was a cautious start by Kusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka. Norjte struck for South Africa getting the wicket of Perera trying to hit a big shot. Asalanaka played with intent putting pressure on opposition bowlers. At the end of the first six overs, Sri Lanka scored 38 for 1. After the field restrictions, Asalanaka and Nissanka kept the momentum going for Sri Lanka. A brilliant throw and gather by Quinton de Kock resulted in a run-out of Asalanaka. Asalanaka and Nissanka added 41 runs for the 2 nd wicket. In the next over, Shamsi got the wicket of Bhanuka Rajapaksa caught and bowled to leave Sri Lanka struggling. Nissanka played according to the situation keeping the strike rotating and hitting occasional boundaries. Shamsi struck again to dismiss Av...

 Pakistan registered their 3 rd successive win of Super 12 stage defeating Afghanistan in a thrilling contest played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Friday. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start as Imad Wasim dismissed dangerous Zazai. Shaheen Shah Afridi got the wicket of Mohammad Shahzad to leave Afghanistan in trouble at 13 for 2. Gurbaz and Asghar Afghan put some pressure on Pakistani bowlers before Rauf dismissed Afghan with a simple return catch. Hasan Ali got the wicket of Gurbaz to leave Afghanistan struggling at 39 for 4. At the end of the first six overs, Afghanistan made 49 for 4. Pakistani bowlers did not allow Afghan batters to score runs easily and picked wickets at regular intervals. Karim Janat and Najibullah Zadran also fell in quick succession leaving Afghanistan at 76 for 6. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi and Gulbuddin Naib steadied the ship keeping the scoreboard ticking. Naib made t...

 The defending Champions West Indies put their efforts to defeat Bangladesh in a thrilling contest played at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah on Friday. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to field first. Mehedi Hasan and Taskin Ahmed did not allow West Indies openers Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis to score runs easily with tight lines and lengths. Shakib AL Hasan missed a golden run-out chance to dismiss Gayle. Soon after, Lewis was dismissed taking leading edge to Rahim. Mehedi Hasan castled Chris Gayle stumps to leave West Indies in some trouble. West Indies scored 29 for 2 at the end of the first six overs. After the field restrictions, Hetymer also fell caught by Soumya Sarkar leaving West Indies struggling. Mehedi Hasan dropped a simple return catch to get rid of Roston Chase. Kieron Pollard looked out of sorts and decided to retire hurt. Andre Russell was run-out at the non-striker end hitting the boot of Taskin Ahmed. Nicolas Pooran came to the crease a...

 It was a good day as 3 Indian shuttlers performed well at the Super 750 French Open tournament played in Paris, France on Thursday. In the men’s singles, Lakshya Sen defeated Loh KY of Singapore in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen who showed attacking skills winning it by 21-17, 21-13 to move into the quarterfinals. He will take on Heo K-H of South Korea. Sourabh Verma went down in two straight games to Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. The Indian did not give a fight losing it by 12-21, 9-21 to be knocked out. His brother Sameer Verma played brilliantly in the first game-winning it by 21-16. He then lost the 2 nd game by 12-21 before retiring due to an injury. Sameer was taking on SH Rhustavtivto of Indonesia. In the women’s singles, PV Sindhu defeated Line Christophen of Denmark in two straight games. The first game was a close-fought one before Sindhu won it 21-19. It was a dominating display of badminton in the second game-winning it by 21-9 to move in...

 The Australian Cricket Team produced a dominating display of cricket as they defeated Sri Lanka easily played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Thursday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for Australia as Cummins struck early getting rid of Pathum Nissanka caught by Warner. Kusal Perera and Asalanaka looked in sublime touch putting pressure on the Aussies bowling line-up with boundaries keeping the momentum going on for Sri Lanka. At the end of the first six overs, Sri Lanka raced away to 53 for 1. After the field restrictions, Perera and Asalanaka maintained the momentum for Sri Lanka. Zampa provided a much-needed breakthrough dismissing dangerous Asalanaka. It was an impressive partnership between these two batters as they put on 63 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Australian bowlers rattled the middle order picking wickets at regular intervals. Mitchell Starc bowled a brilliant yorker to dismiss Perera. Zampa got ...

 The Indian shuttlers had a good opening day of Super 1000 French Open 2021 played in Paris, France on Wednesday. Kidambi Srikanth played his heart out before losing to World number 1 Kento Momota in thrilling three games. It was a great start by the Indian taking an early 4-0 lead initially before Momota leveled the score. Srikanth then took an 8-5 lead before the Japanese took a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, Momota took points in succession as Indian fought back strongly to level the scores at 18-18. The World number 1 won the first game at 21-18. It was a see-saw battle in the second game as both players took alternate points. At the mid-game interval, Momota took an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, Momota showed class and had two match points before Srikanth took four points in succession to game into the decider. In the deciding game, both players showed their intent as Srikanth took a 9-6 lead. At the mid-game interval, Momota took a slender 11-10 l...

 Thanks to a brilliant effort with both bat and ball, England registered their second successive win defeating Bangladesh played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to bat first. Liton Das started the innings brightly with 2 lovely boundaries off Moeen Ali in the opening over. Moeen Ali struck dismissing Das and Naim Islam in his 2 nd over to dent Bangladesh's chances. England bowlers kept it tight not allowing Bangladesh batters to score runs easily. A brilliant diving catch by Adil Rashid ended the innings for Shakib AL Hasan. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh posted 27 for 3. After the field restrictions, the experienced duo of Mahmudullah and Rahim steadied the ship for Bangladesh taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Liam Livingstone got rid of Rahim via a review for LBW. The umpire gave it not out, the decision was overturned to out. Rahim and Mahmudullah added 37 r...

 Pakistan made two wins out of two with a comprehensive win over New Zealand with an impressive all-around effort played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Tuesday. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first. It was a decent start by New Zealand openers as Daryl Mitchell put pressure on Pak opening bowlers. On other hand, Martin Guptill looked out of sorts. Haris Rauf struck in his first over getting rid of dangerous Guptill with a brilliant yorker as Kiwis openers added 36 runs. At the end of the first six overs, New Zealand scored 42 for 1. Soon after the field restrictions, Pakistani bowlers did not allow Kiwis batters to score runs easily. Imad Wasim got rid of Mitchell caught by Fakhar Zaman. Due to disciplined bowling effort by Pakistani bowlers, Williamson struggled with his timing. Kiwi captain Williamson was given out, on review, it was overturned to not out as it hit the bat.  Neesham also fell cheaply caught by Zaman at deep midwicke...

 The South Africa team showed their mettle as they defeated defending Champions West Indies in a one-sided affair played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Tuesday. South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to field first. It could have been an ideal start for Africa as Markrarm missed a golden run-out chance off the very first ball. Lewis and Simmons played very slowly in the first three overs scoring just 6 runs. After the initial cautious start, Lewis blasted away Markram for 18 runs keeping the momentum going. On other hand, Simmons struggled to time the ball. Lewis showed intent in hitting boundaries and keeping the momentum going for West Indies. At the end of the first six overs, West Indies scored 43 for 0. After the field restrictions, Lewis took the attack to Shamsi keeping pressure on South African bowlers. Simmons looked out of sorts as Klassen missed a catch chance. Lewis upped the ante and completed his fifty off just 32 balls. The left-han...

 Afghanistan started the World Cup journey on a winning note crushing Scotland by a big margin played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. Mohammad Nabi won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a great batting performance as Mohammad Shahzad and Zazai put on 54 runs for the opening wicket laying a strong foundation. Najibullah Zadran and Gurbaz created enough pressure on Scotland bowlers keeping the scoreboard adding on 87 runs for the 3 rd wicket. At the end of 20 overs, Afghanistan posted 190 for 4 in 20 overs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman bowled the opening over of the innings as Munsey played reverse sweeps. After that, Rahman created a major impact dismissing Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer and then got the wicket of Calcum McLeod to leave them under immense pressure. Mujeeb got better with his bowling dismissing Richard Berrington, top scorer Munsey. He produced another beauty to dismiss Mark Watt ending his 4 overs giving away just 20 runs and picking 5 wickets. Mujeeb and Rashi...

 Afghanistan started their 2021 World Cup journey on a resounding note defeating Scotland by a massive margin played at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah on Monday. Afghanistan's newly appointed captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision paid off as Mohammad Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai provided a cracking start with boundaries keeping the Scotland bowlers under pressure. Before the end of field restrictions, Zazai was dismissed for a quickfire 22 giving Afghan a great start. Shahzad and Zazai added 54 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the first six overs, Afghanistan scored 55 for 1. Gurbaz came to the crease and put Scotland bowlers under immense pressure with attacking strokes. Zazai's attacking innings came to an end providing an easy catch to Greaves. Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran continued the Afghanistan onslaught taking the attack. Leask bowled only one over giving away 18 runs. Zadran and Gurbaz kept the pressure on Scotland bo...

 Pakistan finally registered their first win in World Cup history with a thumping win over arch-rivals India played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first. Shaheen Shah Afridi broke the backbone of the Indian batting line-up getting wickets of Rohit Sharma and then KL Rahul with beauties. Surya Kumar Yadav looked in decent touch keeping momentum for India while Kohli looked a little cautious. Mohammad Rizwan took a lovely catch to dismiss Surya Kumar Yadav leaving India in some trouble. At the end of the first six overs, India made just 36 for 3. Pant played Pakistani spinners brilliantly taking on Shahabad Khan and then took on Hasan Ali with boundaries. On the other hand, Kohli kept rotating the strike with singles and hitting occasional big shots. The leg spinner Khan grabbed the important wicket of Pant as he took a tough return catch. Pant and Kohli added 53 runs for the 4 th wicket. Kohli upp...

 Sri Lanka started the ICC World Cup Super League stage on a winning note defeating Bangladesh in high scoring thriller played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Sunday. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to field first. Liton Das and Naim Islam gave Bangladesh a decent start putting pressure on the Lankan opening bowling pair. Both showed intent in keeping the scoreboard ticking. Das perished trying to utilize the field restrictions caught by Shanaka at mid-off. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh posted 41 for 1. After the field restrictions, Shakib AL Hasan showed intent hitting 2 boundaries before being castled by Chamika Karunaratne. The experienced Rahim along with Naim Islam took the attack on Lankan bowlers keeping the scoreboard ticking. With the pressure on the batters, Rahim kept hitting big shots as well as Naim. Naim reached his fifty off 44 balls maintaining momentum for Bangladesh. Binuara Fernando got the breakthrough with a ...

 Australia sealed a thrilling win over South Africa in a low-scoring thriller played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to field first. Temba Bavuma began the match with 2 brilliant boundaries off Mitchell Starc’s over. Soon after, Glenn Maxwell castled Bavuma’s stump. Josh Hazlewood was bought into the attack and produced a peach to get rid of Rassie Van der Dussen. De Kock fell hitting pad onto stumps to leave South Africa struggling big time. At the end of the first six overs, South Africa scored 29 for 3. After the field restrictions, Klassen and Markram tried to steady the ship for South Africa with boundaries keeping the scoreboard ticking. Cummins struck getting rid of Klassen taking leading edge to Smith at backward point to leave South Africa in trouble at 46 for 4. David Miller and Markram kept the scoreboard ticking with singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Adam Zampa struck twic...

 The England Cricket Team started their World Cup journey on a winning note as they crushed defending Champions West Indies in the 2 nd match of Super 12 stage played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Saturday. England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. Chris Woakes got the early breakthrough for England dismissing Lewis with a good catch by Moeen Ali. It was a disciplined bowling effort as their bowlers kept on asking questions with disciplined lines and lengths. Moeen Ali got the wicket of Lendl Simmons to leave West Indies in some trouble. Shimron Hetymer and Chris Gayle steadied the ship for defending Champions somewhat before Ali struck again to dismiss Hetymer. Before the stroke of the first six overs, Tymal Mills dismissed Chris Gayle to leave West Indies in massive trouble at 31 for 4. The England bowlers kept on picking wickets at regular intervals making life tough for the opponent batters. There was no resistance by the West Indies m...

 Playing their first T20 World Cup, Namibia became the fourth team to qualify for the Super 12 stage after defeating Ireland in a thriller played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Friday. Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie won the toss and decided to bat first. Stirling and Kevin O Brien put the Namibian bowlers under pressure hitting boundaries against the new ball. Stirling was severely taking on the pacers and Scholtz. At the end of the first six overs, Ireland openers scored 55 for 0. Scholtz got the breakthrough getting rid of dangerous Paul Stirling with a lovely catch at long-on by Eaton. Stirling and O Brien added 62 runs for the opening wicket. The Namibian bowlers did not allow Ireland batters to score runs easily with disciplined bowling. O Brien was caught at deep square. Andy Balbirnie and Gareth Delany were not able to rotate the strike. Namibia did not take a review for LBW as Balbirnie was found plumb in front. With the scoreboard not increasing, Delany was b...

 The Indian challenge ended as both PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma lost in the quarterfinals of Super 1000 Denmark Open 2021 played at Odense Park, Denmark on Friday. Sameer Verma had to retire hurt after the first game against Indonesian Tommy Suigarto. It was a good performance by Sameer who showed great skills with smashes and drops shots making life tough for the opponent. Suigarto showed intent winning the first game easily at 21-17 before Sameer withdraw from the match due to an injury. The Indian had a decent outing winning against Indian in the first round and then stunned the world number 3, Anders Antonsen, in two straight games to move into the quarterfinals. PV Sindhu also did not perform to expectations as she lost to An Se Young of South Korea in two straight games. The Indian looked out of sorts with An taking advantage. The Indian shuttlers played in the Sudirman Cup and then the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup. It was not an impressive performance as PV Sindhu ...

 Scotland achieved a huge milestone as they finished top of Group B in the qualifying round played at Al Amerat Stadium, Muscat. They performed brilliantly winning all three matches defeating Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, and Oman. Scotland created a major upset as they defeated a strong Bangladesh side in their opening match. After being reduced to 53 for 6, Chris Greaves and Mark Watt rescued putting on 51 runs for the 7 th wicket. Thanks to useful contributions from the lower order, Scotland posted 140 for 9 in 20 overs. Scottish bowlers troubled the Bangladeshi batters and did not allow them to score runs easily. Chris Greaves was the pick of bowlers for Scotland with 2 important wickets. With 24 runs required off the last over, Sharif held his nerves to help them win the match by 6 runs. Thanks to a superb knock by experienced Richard Berrington and Matthew Cross partnership, Scotland posted 165 for 9 in 20 overs. Scotland bowlers kept it tight reducing PNG to 35 for 5 ...

 It was a mixed bag day for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma made it into the quarterfinals stage at Super 1000 Denmark Open played at Odense Park, Denmark on Thursday. In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth gave a tough fight to World number 1 Kento Momota losing in two straight games. The first game saw the Indian playing attacking strokes and putting the Japanese under pressure. Both players fought for each point but, Momota held his nerves to win the first game. The second game was a one-sided affair as the World number 1 looked in great touch and did not allow Indian a chance to win it easily at 21-9. Lakshya Sen found it tough against Olympic Champion Victor Axselen in two straight games. Sen was not able to create pressure on the tall Danish player and lost it by 15-21, 7-21 to be knocked out. Sameer Verma stunned the 3 rd seeded Denmark player Anders Antonsen in a dominating display. Verma showed great skills and won the first game at 21-14. The sec...

 Scotland finished at the top of Group A with a dominating win over hosts Oman in the final game played at Al Amerat Stadium, Muscat on Thursday. Oman captain Zeeshan Masqood won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the hosts as they lost an early wicket of Jatinder Singh via run out. Sharif got the wicket of Prajapati to leave Oman struggling at 13 for 2. Scotland bowlers did not allow Oman batters to score runs easily. At the end of the first six overs, Oman scored 37 for 2. Aqib Ilyas looked in decent touch putting the Scotland bowlers under some pressure. Leask dismissed the dangerous Aqib. Aqib and Nadeem added 38 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Scotland bowlers did not allow Oman batters to score runs easily grabbing wickets at regular intervals. Apart from Zeeshan Masqood’s knock, the rest of the batting line-up failed to deliver. Scotland bowled out Oman for 122 in 20 overs. In reply to 123 runs to win, Munsey and Kyle Coetzer showed intent righ...

 Bangladesh became the 2 nd team to qualify for the Super 12 stage after a resounding win over debutants Papua New Guinea in an important match played at Al Amerat Stadium, Muscat on Thursday. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start as Mohammad Naim flicked straight into the hands of Bau at deep midwicket. Shakib AL Hasan came to the crease and took a few balls to settle before putting pressure on the PNG bowlers. Liton Das showed intent in keeping the scoreboard ticking along with Shakib. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh scored 45 for 1. A superb diving catch by Bau ended the innings for Liton Das. Das and Shakib AL Hasan added 50 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Shakib put pressure on PNG spinners while Rahim hit straight into the hands of Hiri to leave Bangladesh struggling. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah came with positive intent right from word go while Shakib kept the scoreboard ticking. Charles Amini took a ...

 Sri Lanka was at its best as they defeated Ireland by a big margin to register their second successive win played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off as Joshua Little and Paul Stirling 38 rattled Sri Lankan top order getting wickets of Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, and Avishka Fernando to leave them in big trouble at 8 for 3. Hasaranga played with intent right from word go making life tough for Ireland bowlers. Nissanka also kept the momentum going on for the Lankans. At the end of the first six overs, Sri Lanka scored 41 for 3. After the field restrictions, Hasaranga and Nissanka kept the pressure on with brilliant strokes against Ireland bowlers. Hasaranga showed his intent against pacers and spinners completing his fifty off 38 balls. Nissanka and Hasaranga hit boundaries at will putting pressure back on the Ireland team. Adair struck for Ireland gett...

 Thanks to a brilliant batting performance by David Wiese, Namibia kept their hopes alive of reaching the Super 12 stage with an amazing win over the Netherlands in the 7 th match of ICC World T20 qualifiers played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and decided to field first. Stephen Myburg coming to open the innings along with Max O Dowd started the innings keeping scoreboard ticking by hitting boundaries and taking singles. Myburg and O Dowd looked in fine touch before Frylink dismissed Myburgh trying to hit a tennis shot giving a simple catch to Baard. The Netherlands openers added 42 runs for the opening wicket. At the end of the first six overs, Namibia scored 45 for 1. Roelf van der Merwe's promotion at number 3 did not work as he was dismissed cheaply with a simple catch to Scholtz at third man. Colin Ackermann came to the crease and struggled initially while O Dowd kept on ticking runs. Namibian ...

 The Bangla Tigers fought back strongly to win their first match of the tournament against hosts Oman played at Al Amerat Stadium, Muscat on Tuesday. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the visitors as they lost wickets of Liton Das and Mahedi Hasan cheaply. Das was given not out and on review, it was overturned to out. Kallemullah took a brilliant return catch to dismiss Mahedi Hasan to leave Bangladesh struggling. Oman bowlers kept it tight not allowing Bangladesh to score runs easily. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh scored just 29 for 2. After the field restrictions, Mohammad Naim and experienced Shakib AL Hasan kept the pressure on Oman bowlers. Oman fielding was not great as they dropped few chances. Shakib showed intent right from word go making life tough for the hosts. Naim kept his calm reaching fifty off 43 balls. A brilliant direct hit by Aqib ended superb innings by Shakib. Shakib and Naim...