Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was awful in the three-day tour match against Australia A. He took only two wickets for 157 runs off 40 overs. Despite his lacklustre show in the practice game, South Africa are likely to play him in the opening Test at Brisbane. Assistant coach, Russell Domingo described that with Jacques Kallis in […]
Nov 5 2012 | Posted in
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Cricket South Africa has excluded Jacques Kallis from the squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against England in order to give him some rest before the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. The 36-year-old has played in 321 matches, scoring over-11000 runs at a brilliant average of 45.26. The big man is in sublime form […]
Jul 26 2012 | Posted in
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Matthew Wade launched up his first ever test century in the first-innings of the third test between Australia and West Indies to push the visitors up to 328 after being reduced to 169/7. The wicket keeper batsman made 106 runs from 46 balls which included 10 fours and 3 sixes. The Aussie top order failed […]
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An all round performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders left Deccan Chargers winless at the bottom of the table as KKR climbed up to third spot with four wins after seven games. Chargers are yet to register a point in this season’s IPL and have played five games in all so far. Knight Riders won […]
Apr 23 2012 | Posted in
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Kings XI Punjab suffered their fourth defeat of the season as they were trounced at home by the Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets. Chris Gayle scored a rapid fire 87 to continue his good form and propel Bangalore to the seventh place on the table. Winning the toss and chosing to field first, Punjab […]
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Kings XI Punjab registered their first win of this season’s IPL after defeating the in-form Sahara Pune Warriors by seven wickets. Both sides met on Thursday, April 12, at the PCA Stadium with the home side emerging as comfortable winners. Punjab won the toss and chose to field first restricting the Warriors to 115 in […]
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West Indies made a match of 192 runs but eventually succumbed to Aussie quality as the hosts lost the first of the Three-match test series by three wickets. Ryan Harris was declared the Man of the Match for his superb all-round performance. Having declared their first-innings at 449/9 West Indies failed to dislodge the last […]
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 25th test century guided West Indies past 400 in their first innings of the first test match against Australia at the Kensington Oval. The home side eventually declared their innings at 449/9 with Chanderpaul staying not-out on 103 and Devendra Bishoo on 18. Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite opened the innings for the […]
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Harbhajan Singh’s Mumbai Indians cruised past Mahinder Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in the first game of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Mumbai restricted the defending champions to 112 in 19.5 overs. Only Suresh Raina managed to score 36 of 26 balls while the […]
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The Australians failed to cope up with the attacking bowling of the West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI as they declared their innings at 214/9 after the home team were all out for 201 in their first innings, Only Peter Forrest and Michael Clarke showed some resistance in the Aussie innings with Forrest staying unbeaten […]
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West Indies Cricket Board President XI were all out for 201 on the first day against the touring Australians. The home side won the toss and chose to bat first with Keiron Powell, Dwayne Smith and Jason Holder scoring notable runs for the Islanders. Powell made 42 before being cleaned up by Harris. Smith amassed […]
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Shoaib Malik’s Sialkot Stallions cruised past Karachi Dolphins in the final of the Faysal Bank T20 on Sunday, April 1, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Having won the toss and electing to bat first, Dolphins made 167/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Khalid Latif stayed not-out with 81 off 59 balls that included seven fours […]
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