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Afghan 'Superstars' Dump Holders Sri Lanka Out Of Asian Games Cricket
After being sent in to bat, the Afghans were dismissed for just 116 in the 19th over on a Hangzhou pitch offering pace, sharp turn and fierce bounce. Seamer Nuwan Thushara bagged 4-17 with Noor ...
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Cricket World Cup: Rohit Sharma Factfile
Despite making his ODI debut in 2007, Rohit Sharma is a relative novice as captain in the format, first taking charge in 2017 and then becoming the permanent successor to Virat Kohli in 2022. In ...
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Kohli Stardom Supreme As Stage Set For Cricket World Cup Opener
If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the Cricket World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner -- home superstar batsman Virat Kohli. On the crowded ...
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Virat Kohli Stardom Supreme As Stage Set For World Cup Opener
If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the Cricket World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner -- home superstar batsman Virat Kohli. On the crowded ...
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Team India Travel 3,400Km For Washed Out World Cup Game
India's superstar cricketers endured a 3,400km (2,170 miles) cross-country journey to play a World Cup warm-up only for the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday. India were ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: England v New Zealand ODI Head to Head Record
England v New Zealand record ahead of their World Cup group game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday (Match starts 0830GMT): Overall: Matches: 94 England: 45 wins New Zealand: 44 w ...
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CWC 2023, ENG vs NZ Preview: 'Dangerous' England Face New Zealand In World Cup Opener
Defending champions England take on New Zealand in Thursday's opening match of the World Cup in a rematch of their epic showdown in the 2019 final at Lord's. Jos Buttler's men come into th ...
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Yashasvi Jaiswal Ton Leads India's Men To Asian Games Cricket Debut Win
Explosive opener Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed seven sixes in a sublime century as powerhouse India opened their maiden Asian Games campaign with a battling 23-run defeat of gutsy Nepal on Tuesday. With su ...
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Cricket World Cup: Babar Azam Factfile
Story and fact file of Babar Azam, Pakistan Captain in Cricket World Cup 2023. The world's top-ranked ODI batsman, Babar is captain across all three formats and has amassed more than 12,500 international runs, boasting ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Dasun Shanaka Factfile
Story And Factfile of Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka captain for CWC 2023. Shanaka arrived on the international scene in T20 cricket before graduating to ODIs punctuated by a brief Test career which yielded just six ...
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Cricket World Cup: Temba Bavuma Factfile
Story and fact file of South Africa ODI Cricket Captain Temba Bavuma. He made history when he became the first Black South African to score a Test hundred, against England in 2016. But he needed ...
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Cricket World Cup: Jos Buttler Factfile
One of the cleanest hitters in world cricket, Jos Buttler took over as England's white-ball captain last year following the retirement of Eoin Morgan, leading the team to the T20 World Cup title in his ...
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Cricket World Cup: Hashmatullah Shahidi factfile
Named as captain in May 2021, Hashmatullah Shahidi took over from Asghar Afghan whose second stint in the job lasted just 15 months as the Afghanistan Cricket Board indulged in the captaincy equivale ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Pat Cummins Factfile
Australian captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins made his Test debut at just 18 but his career has often stalled due to back injuries. Check out the factfile on Australia captain Pat Cummins ahead of ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan factfile
One of the game's leading all-rounders, Shakib has amassed 14,220 international runs over his 17-year career and 681 wickets with his off-spin and has captained Bangladesh in all three formats. He ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Team Sri Lanka Factfile
Sri Lanka Cricket team under the leadership of Dasun Shanakawill start their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Campaign against South Africa on 7th Oct. Cricketnmore brings to you team Sri Lanka's factfile. ...
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India Ready To Raise Curtain On Cricket World Cup
India target a third World Cup when cricket's global showpiece gets underway on Thursday with the country buoyed by a growing, international self-confidence and with a sport which unites and divides the sub-continent like no ...
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Team Bangladesh Factfile
Bangladesh Cricket team under the leadership of Shakib Al Hasan will start their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Campaign against Afghanistan on 7th Oct. Cricketnmore brings to you team Bangladesh's factfile: ...
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Williamson Fires On Return As New Zealand Beat Pakistan In CWC 2023 Warm-Up Game
Chasing 346 for victory, New Zealand lost an early wicket before Ravindra (97) and Williamson (54) put on 137 to put their team on course and they achieved the target with 6.2 overs to spare ...
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Liton, Tanzid And Mehidy Star As Bangladesh Down Sri Lanka In World Cup Warm-up
Chasing Sri Lanka's 263, Bangladesh knocked off the runs with eight overs to spare to give themselves a timely booster before the tournament which gets underway next week. ...
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Afghanistan Team Preview
Afghanistan will be looking to a spin quartet led by match-winner Rashid Khan to get results on the slow and turning wickets of India at the World Cup. Rashid is in huge demand for Twenty20 ...
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Rashid Spin Holds Key For Afghanistan At World Cup
Afghanistan Captain Rashid Khan now has 172 ODI wickets with a best return of 7-18 and a miserly average of 19.53. ...
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Sri Lanka's Rising Stars Dream Of Emulating Class Of 1996
When Sri Lanka clinched a shock 1996 World Cup triumph, Dunith Wellalage and Matheesha Pathirana were not even born, but the rising stars head to India determined to repeat the victory. ...
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Five Players To Watch At ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
AFP picks out five cricketers who will be vying to make a name for themselves in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Teja Nidamanuru, Mark Wood, Towhid Hridoy, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad ...