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Pakistan is struggling to avoid defeat against England in the Southampton Test

newseditor — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 22:57:51 +0000

Pakistan is struggling to avoid defeat against England in the Southampton Test. The game was once again affected due to rain and only 56 overs could be bowled on the fourth day. On the fourth day of the third Test Pakistan have scored 100 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in their second innings and have to score another 210 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Team captain Azhar Ali (29) and Babar Azam (4) are on the crease.

In the first innings, the host England had given a target of 583 runs, in response to which the national team was bowled out for 273 runs. England’s first victory came at 49 when Shaun Masood was dismissed for 18 off Chris Broad.

Abid Ali also returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs on a total score of 88. He was dismissed by James Anderson. English bowlers will have to face tomorrow to avoid.

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Paribas Open:Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat

newseditor — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:10:28 +0000

Indian Wells:-Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by world number 109 Taro Daniel of Japan as he was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

The 30-year-old lost 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1 in the second-round tie on his first appearance since an injury ended his Australian Open challenge in January.

Djokovic had further surgery on a persistent elbow injury in February.

“It felt like first match I ever played on the tour. Very weird. I completely lost rhythm,” said the Serb.

“I was grateful to be out on the court after surgery that quickly but at the same time I just didn’t feel good at all.”

“I was not even supposed to be here because of the surgery that was only five, six weeks ago. But I recovered very quickly, and I got myself ready.”

The defeat was just the fifth time in the past decade former world number one Djokovic has lost against a player outside the top 100 players in the world.

Daniel was victorious after two hours and 30 minutes, and benefitted from 61 unforced errors from Djokovic, who has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles.

“He obviously wasn’t in his top form,” Daniel said. “So I was able to take advantage of it.

“And even if I lost the second set, I still had faith I could pull something off in the third. I was able to stay pretty tough, so I’m pretty proud of that.

“I played the best set of the whole match and that was really good.”

Elsewhere, world number one Roger Federer booked his place in the third round with a 6-3 7-6 (8-6) victory over Argentina’s Federico Delbonis.

The match was carried over from Saturday after rain force play to end early with Federer one set up and the scores locked at 2-2 in the second.

Federer saved a set point in the second-set tie-break before easing through.

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Afghanistan’s World Cup Hopes All But Over After Hong Kong Loss

newseditor — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:25:19 +0000

Harare: Afghanistan crashed to their third straight World Cup qualifying defeat at the hands of Hong Kong on Thursday, while captain Jason Holder led the West Indies to victory over Papua New Guinea.

After losses to Scotland and Zimbabwe, new Test side Afghanistan’s hopes were hanging by a thread, but they collapsed to 195-9 in pursuit of 242 to beat Hong Kong, with rain ensuring a 30-run defeat on DLS method.

Victory for Hong Kong in either of their two remaining Group B matches against Scotland and Nepal would see Rashid Khan’s much-fancied Afghan outfit fail to even reach the Super Six stage.

Scotland became the first team to book their spot in the next round after beating Nepal by four wickets to make it three wins from three.

Another triumph for the Scots in their final group game against hosts Zimbabwe would leave them well-placed to claim one of the last two slots for next year’s World Cup in England and Wales.

An excellent unbeaten 99 from Holder led the Windies to a six-wicket win against Papua New Guinea, after the two-time World Cup champions had slipped to 58-4 while chasing 201 for a second consecutive victory in Group A.

Ireland remain top of the table on net run rate despite not playing on Thursday, while the United Arab Emirates look set to progress after a six-wicket win over the Netherlands.

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Ngidi takes six as South Africa beat India in second test

newseditor — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:46:34 +0000

PRETORIA: Debutant Lungi Ngidi took six wickets as South Africa defeated India by 135 runs for victory in the second test in Pretoria on Wednesday and also claim the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match contest.

Seamer Ngidi, 21, recorded figures of 6-39, his best in first-class cricket, as South Africa bowled India out for 151 in their second innings just before lunch, as the youngster completed match figures of 7-90.

India are the top-ranked side in test cricket according to the International Cricket Council rankings with South Africa second, though the Proteas will not be able to overhaul the sub-continent side even with a 3-0 series win.

The third test starts at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Jan. 24.

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