January 7, 2018
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Bangladesh have made five changes to their ODI squad for the first two matches of the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, including the addition of Mustafizur Rahman. Taskin Ahmed and Soumya Sarkar have been dropped from the ODI squad that played in South Africa. The other players dropped are Liton Das, Mominul Haque and Shafiul Islam, while those added ...
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January 7, 2018
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Dale Steyn could be sidelined for up to six weeks after injuring a heel in the first test between South Africa and India at Newlands on Saturday. Steyn‚ who was playing his first test since November 2016‚ when he fractured a shoulder while bowling at the WACA‚ left the field midway through the last over before tea on the second ...
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January 6, 2018
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa built a sizeable lead after reaching 65 for two against India at the close on day two of the first test at Newlands on Saturday but must finish the match without pace bowler Dale Steyn who suffered another injury setback. Hashim Amla (four not out) and nightwatchman Kagiso Rabada (two not out) will seek ...
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January 6, 2018
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Australia’s batsmen made England toil on the third day of the final Ashes Test in Sydney. Usman Khawaja extended his overnight 91 into 171, while Shaun Marsh compiled an unbeaten 98 as England managed only two wickets all day. Steve Smith missed out on a century, falling for 83, while Mitchell Marsh had hurried to 63 not out when the ...
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January 6, 2018
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WELLINGTON: Kane Williamson scored a century and Tim Southee captured three wickets in a devastating spell to guide New Zealand to victory over Pakistan in a rain-shortened One Day International on Saturday. New Zealand won the match by 61 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game series while ending Pakistan´s nine-match winning streak in ...
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January 5, 2018
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CAPE TOWN :India’s progress was checked late on Day 1 of the first test in South Africa on Friday, with the tourists 28-3 at stumps and 258 runs behind on a tough batting surface. India lost both openers and captain Virat Kohli as it tried to limit the damage in the 11 overs faced before the close. Top-ranked India had ...
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January 5, 2018
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday ousted Thisara Perera as one-day captain and said it would announce a replacement next week. Perera took on the job in late November, succeeding Upul Tharanga, who was sacked after a series of losses. Sri Lanka Cricket said it would name a successor after consulting new coach Chandika Hathurusingha, who has pledged to get tough ...
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January 5, 2018
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NEW DELHI: Batting star Virat Kohli will pick up the Indian Premier League´s largest-ever salary — $2.7 million — in this year´s tournament, with a host of big foreign names including Australian captain Steve Smith also cashing in. Kohli will stay with Royal Challengers Bangalore alongside South Africa´s AB de Villiers, who will earn $1.7 million in the cash-rich event ...
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January 5, 2018
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Australia captain Steve Smith continued to be England´s Ashes nemesis on Friday as he passed 6,000 test runs in an unbeaten knock of 44 to help his team to 193 for two at close of play on the second day of the fifth test. The world´s top ranked batsman and Usman Khawaja batted through the final session in a 107-run ...
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January 5, 2018
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Wellington:Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has his eyes set on continuing the team’s winning run in the five-match ODI series against New Zealand starting Saturday. The winners of Champions Trophy 2017 are heading into the series with a winning streak of nine consecutive games, and Sarfraz is hopeful his team will continue the momentum. “After Champions Trophy our players were boosted ...
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