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Indian women versus England 2nd T20I: Indian women level the series with a dominating win

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 The Indian women’s team performed much better in the 2 nd T20I match against hosts England played at County Ground, Derby on Tuesday. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to field first. Deepti Sharma struck in her first over dismissing Sophia Dunkley with a superb piece of stumping by Richa Ghosh. Renuka Singh took the wicket of Dani Wyatt cheaply as Sneha Rana produced a brilliant catch to leave the hosts in trouble. Alice Capsey went unaware as Radha Yadav produced a superb fielding effort before trying to take the third run before Harmanpreet Kaur ran out to leave England in big trouble. England captain Amy Jones and Bryon Smith looked cautious against disciplined Indian bowling. At the end of the first six overs, England women ended at 29 for 3. Bryon Smith and Amy Jones kept the scoreboard ticking with lovely shots due to poor fielding display by Indian fielders. Radha Yadav produced a moment of brilliance, taking a diving catch to Bryon Smith's wi...

England versus South Africa 3rd Test 5th Day: England thrash South Africa to win series

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 The England Cricket Team ended the summer with a comprehensive win over South Africa on the 5 th day of the 3 rd Test match played at Kia Oval, London on Monday. With 33 runs required to win, Alex Lees was dismissed via review for LBW. Dean Elgar decided to review the decision after a muted appeal before the umpire changed its decision to out. Crawley and Lees added 108 runs for the opening wicket. Ollie Pope impressed with his shots along with Crawley. Crawley hit the winning runs with a lovely boundary to help England register an emphatic 9-wicket win and seal the series after going down badly in the first Test by an innings and 12 runs. England produced some magical performances after facing a humiliating defeat in the first Test. The second Test at Old Trafford, Manchester saw England bowlers skittling out South Africa for 151 runs in the first innings. Thanks to brilliant centuries by Stokes and Foakes, England declared their innings 415 for 9. Another superb bowling ...

India’s T20I squad for World Cup announced

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 The Indian selectors announced a strong squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup slated to start in Australia next month. After a disappointing Asia Cup exit in the Super 4 stage, the Indian team would be looking to perform well in the prestigious tournament. Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel make a return after making comeback after an injury. The Indian team has a strong batting line-up with the likes of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda. Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik have been included as the two wicketkeepers for the prestigious tournament. The pace bowling department looks potent with Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh retained their places after a decent performance in the Asia Cup 2022. Hardik Pandya is a genuine pace bowling option and will be key as a fifth pace bowling option. Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin and Axar Patel have been included as two spin bowling options. The Indian team missed the service...

England versus South Africa 3rd 4th Day: England on course for series win

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 The England Cricket Team continued their impressive performances as they ended the 4 th day of the 3 rd Test with just 33 runs short of a victory played at Kia Oval, London on Sunday. Starting on the overnight score of 154 for 7, England lost 3 wickets in space of 4 runs to be bowled out for 158. Kagiso Rabada grabbed the wickets of Ollie Robinson and then Jack Leach took the inside edge onto the stumps. Ben Foakes did not take singles but was eventually caught by Keegan Petersen at slips. Marco Jansen grabbed his first five-wicket haul in Test matches. In reply, Dean Elgar and Sarel Erewee began the innings off to a rocky start with lots of edges going past the bat. Erewee survived a close catch chance, but the umpire gave not out on soft signal. South African openers looked impressive putting bad deliveries away for boundaries. England burnt their 2 reviews. England captain Stokes provided a much-needed breakthrough dismissing Erewee providing an easy catch to Root at slip...

Asia Cup Finals 2022: Rajapaksa’s, Hasaranga and Madhushan leads Sri Lanka’s win

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 It was a remarkable performance as Sri Lanka produced a stunning comeback to beat Pakistan in the finals of Asia Cup 2022 played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Naseem Shah produced a peach to get rid of Kusal Mendis in the very 1 st over itself. Dhananjaya de Silva looked in decent touch showing intent right from word go. Haris Rauf got the big wicket of Pathum Nissanka with a simple catch to Babar Azam at mid-off to leave Lanka in trouble. Rauf shattered the stumps produced stunning delivery dismissing Danushka Gunathilka. At the end of the first six overs, Sri Lanka ended at 42 for 3. Iftikhar Ahmed bowled decent overs before dismissing Dhanajaya de Silva with a simple return catch. Shahdab Khan then got rid of Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka leaving Lanka in big trouble at 58 for 5. Hasaranga showed intent putting the Pakistan bowlers under pressure while Bhanuk...

England versus South Africa 3rd Test 3rd Day: Bowlers Day out

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 It was a great day for the pace bowlers of both sides as the third day of the third Test match went at a quick pace with 17 wickets falling played at Kia Oval, Oval, London on Saturday. England captain Ben Stokes had won the toss on the first day and elected to field first. It was a perfect start for hosts as Ollie Robinson went around the wicket shattering the stumps of South African captain Dean Elgar without opening his account. The veteran James Anderson dismissed Sarel Erewee to leave the visitors in trouble. Ollie Robinson and James Anderson looked threatening with every ball troubling the South African batters. Ryan Rickelton and Keegan Petersen showed some resistance against conditions helpful for fast bowlers. Robinson got rid of Petersen as he left the ball hitting the stumps. Broad produced another lovely delivery to dismiss Rickelton caught by Foakes. Robinson produced lovely deliveries to dismiss Kyle Verryne and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder to leave South Africa in t...

Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Match 5: Virat Kohli’s long awaited century

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 The Indian fans saw something special as Virat Kohli ended the 3-year drought of an international century with a sensational century in the last Super 4 match for both India and Afghanistan played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Thursday. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and decided to field first. Virat Kohli opened the innings along with KL Rahul. Kohli looked in fine touch keeping the momentum going for India not allowing Afghan bowlers to settle. The stand-in captain KL Rahul showed his class after not performing well against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. At the end of the first six overs, India made 52 for 0. Kohli kept the scoreboard ticking and completed fifty off 32 balls. On other hand, Rahul also completed a half-century from 36 balls. Fareed Ahmed got the opening breakthrough by dismissing KL Rahul with a simple catch to Najibullah Zadran at long-on. He then dismissed Surya Kumar Yadav taking the inside edge onto the stumps. Virat Kohli played the...