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Former South African Umpire Rudi Koertzen Dies In A Car Crash

The South African team will wear black armbands on Wednesday in honour of Rudi Koertzen when they face England at Lord's in London in a Test match. ...

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Lisa Keightley To Stand Down As England Women's Cricket Coach

Lisa Keightley is to leave her role as coach of the England women's team at the end of the home season, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday. An ECB statement said the ...

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Australian Women's Script History By Defeating India & Winning Gold In CWG 2022

Australia beat India by nine runs in a Twenty20 thriller at Edgbaston as they won the first women's cricket gold medal in Commonwealth Games history. ...

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Raza's Unbeaten Ton Helps Zimbabwe Clinch ODI Series Against Bangladesh

Zimbabwe staged a great run chase to beat Bangladesh by five wickets on Sunday and take a winning 2-0 lead in a three-match ODI series. ...

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Mahmudullah & Tamim Iqbal Guide Bangladesh To 290/9 In 2nd ODI Against Zimbabwe

Mahmudullah Riyad and Tamim Iqbal hit half-centuries as Bangladesh scored 290-9 against Zimbabwe on Sunday in the second of a three-match one-day international series. Coming in at 127 for three in th ...

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Bangladesh Opener Liton Das Ruled Out Of Zimbabwe Tour Due To Hamstring Injury

Liton Das made 81 in the 1st ODI before he retired hurt with the injury and underwent a scan which revealed a muscle strain. ...

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New Zealand Beat Netherlands By 16 Runs To Win The First T20I

New Zealand and the Netherland will meet again at the same venue on Friday for the second and final match. ...

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Hendricks Fifty Helps South Africa Beat Ireland By 21 Runs In First T20I

Hendricks, who hit three half-centuries in the Proteas' recent 2-1 series win over England, top-scored with 74 in a total of 211-5. ...

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Obed McCoy's Six-Wicket Haul Helps West Indies Beat India In The Second T20I

After registering record-breaking six-wicket haul, Obed McCoy helped West Indies beat India in the second T20I and level the five-match series. ...

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'King Of Swing' James Anderson Shows No Sign Of Stopping Even At The Age Of 40

James Anderson has played 172 Tests and taken 657 wickets, the third-highest individual tally after late Shane Warne and Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan. ...

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Raza, Madhevere Star As Zimbabwe Beat Bangladesh In 1st T20I

Batsmen Sikandar Raza and Wessly Madhevere starred as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 17 runs in Harare on Saturday in the first of a three-match Twenty20 international series. Zimbabwe posted 205-3 and r ...

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Four People Wounded In Grenade Blast At Afghan Cricket Match

A grenade blast during a match at Afghanistan's main cricket stadium wounded four spectators and briefly halted the game on Friday, officials and police said. The explosion happened at a match bet ...

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2nd T20I: Rilee Rossouw And Tabraiz Shamsi Star As South Africa Level Series Against England

Rilee Rossouw's unbeaten 96 laid the foundation for South Africa's commanding 58-run win in the second Twenty20 international against England in Cardiff on Thursday as the Proteas bounced back ...

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De Silva's Century Sets Pakistan Monumental Chase In 2nd Test Against Sri Lanka

Dhananjaya de Silva struck a century as Sri Lanka handed Pakistan a mammoth victory target of 508 before bad weather hit the hosts' chances of wickets in the second Test on Wednesday. Pakistan wer ...

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De Silva's Fifty Takes Sri Lanka Into A Commanding Position Over Pakistan

Pakistan's highest chase in Sri Lanka came in 2015, when they made a target of 377 in Pallekele. The tourists chased down a Galle record of 342 in this series' opener. ...

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Karunaratne, De Silva Take Sri Lanka's Lead Past 300 Against Pakistan At Stumps On Day 3

Sri Lanka reached 176-5 against Pakistan when bad light stopped play early on day three, with stumps called in Galle after more than half an hour's wait for conditions to improve. ...

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Pakistan Strike With Crucial Wickets Against Sri Lanka In Second Test

Pakistan's bowlers hurt Sri Lanka with key strikes including the wicket of Angelo Mathews in his 100th Test as the tourists tried to wrestle back the initiative on day three of the second Test on ...

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Pakistan Bowlers Restricts Sri Lanka To 378 In The Second Test

Pakistan bowled out Sri Lanka for 378 after bowler Naseem Shah and leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed three wickets each on day two of the second Test. ...

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Rain Trumps De Kock's Unbeaten 92; England-South Africa ODI Series Ends In A 1-1 Draw

South Africa were 159-2 in the 28th over, with De Kock having struck 92 off just 76 balls, including 13 fours, when rain stopped play for the second time in the match at Headingley. ...

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Fifties From Chandimal & Oshada Put Sri Lanka On Track To 400 In 2nd Test Against Pakistan

Dinesh Chandimal and Oshada Fernando hit half-centuries to drive Sri Lanka's total before Pakistan hit back with wickets to share the opening day honours in the second Test on Sunday. Chandimal, w ...

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New Bangladesh Captain Nurul Hasan Pledges 'Fearless' Cricket

Bangladesh's new Twenty20 skipper Nurul Hasan said Sunday he would push his team to play "fearless cricket" to improve its lagging performance in the game's shortest format. Bangladesh this we ...

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Scotland Cricket Board Resigns Over Racism Report

The board of the Scottish cricket federation resigned en masse on Sunday following accusations of institutional racism in a damning independent review which is due to be published on Monday. "The Boar ...

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Mathews & Chandimal Lead Sri Lanka's Revival Against Pakistan In 2nd Test

Former captain Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka rebuild in his landmark 100th Test on Sunday after the hosts lost three wickets against Pakistan in the second match. Mathews (36) and Dinesh Chandimal ( ...

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England Hammered South Africa By 118 Runs In 2nd ODI

The returning Reece Topley sparked a dramatic collapse as England hammered South Africa by 118 runs in the second one-day international at Old Trafford on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1 ...

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