HARARE: West Indies batsman Rovman Powell said his side are focused on winning all their World Cup qualifying games, after his century led them to victory over Ireland on Saturday. Powell´s maiden one-day international ton dragged the Windies from a difficult position to beat Ireland in Harare and reach the Super Six stage of qualifying. “We didn´t come here for ...
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Afghanistan’s World Cup Hopes All But Over After Hong Kong Loss
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 ...
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First T20 international, Harare: Ireland 101-7 (20 overs): Waldron 34, I Joyce 17; Marange 2-9 Zimbabwe 105-4 (19.2 overs): Ndiraya 32, Mugeri 31*; Murray 2-19 Zimbabwe won by six wickets Zimbabwe earned a six-wicket win over Ireland in Harare in the opening game in their five-match T20 series. Ireland captain Mary Waldron hit 34 with Isobel Joyce contributing 17 ...
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