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2nd Test: Hasan Ali Takes 5 As Pakistan Bowls Out Zimbabwe For 132, Follow-On Enforced
Pakistan enforced the follow on after bowling hosts Zimbabwe out for 132 on the third day of the second and final Test at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Pakistan, seeking ...
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Centuries by Abid Ali and Azhar Ali put Pakistan in a strong position on the first day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Friday. Abid ...
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ZIM vs PAK: Pakistan Ready To Hand Test Debut To 36-Year-Old Seamer Tabish Khan
Pakistan could hand a surprise Test debut to 36-year-old seamer Tabish Khan in the second Test against Zimbabwe starting on Friday. Tabish has been a consistent performer at the domestic ...
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IPL 2021: English Grounds Consider Role As Indian Premier League Stand-In Hosts
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South Africa To Tour West Indies For 2 Tests, 5T20Is In June
South Africa will tour the West Indies next month at the start of an intensive build-up to the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for India in October, the national ...
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Aussie IPL Cricketers Flee India For Maldives But Top Kiwis Remain
Australian cricketers fled Covid-ravaged India for the Maldives Thursday, but New Zealand's top stars are stuck in Delhi until May 11, the earliest they can secure exemptions to enter England ...
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CA Narrows Maldives Or Sri Lanka To Evacuate Australian Players In IPL
Cricket authorities in Australia and New Zealand rushed to evacuate star players from Covid-hit India on Wednesday after the lucrative Indian Premier League was abandoned. Cricket Australia said plans ...
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Former Australian Spinner Stuart MacGill 'Kidnapped', 'Assaulted'
Australian police on Wednesday arrested four men in connection with the armed kidnapping of former Test bowler Stuart MacGill. The men were detained in a pre-dawn raid in Sydney, following ...
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Australian PM Walks Back, Says Prison Time 'Highly Unlikely' For Escaping Covid Hit India
Australia's prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands on Tuesday, as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape Covid-wracked India. ...
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2nd Test: Jayawickrama's 11 Debut Wickets Seal Sri Lanka Win Over Bangladesh
Sri Lanka spinner Praveen Jayawickrama enjoyed a dream debut as he claimed 11 wickets to seal a 209-run victory over Bangladesh in the second Test at Pallekele on Monday. Chasing ...
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South Africa's Parnell Denied As Yorkshire Win By One Run Against Northamptonshire
South Africa's Wayne Parnell starred with bat and ball but was unable to prevent Northamptonshire suffering a dramatic one-run defeat at Yorkshire in the English County Championship on Sunday. The ...
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Somerset's Jack Brooks Becomes County Cricket's First Covid Substitute
Somerset's Jack Brooks became English county cricket's first Covid-19 substitute when he replaced Lewis Gregory on the third day of a Championship match against Middlesex at Taunton on Saturda ...
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South Africa To Bid For 2027 Cricket World Cup
Cricket South Africa will bid to host the 2027 men’s Cricket World Cup, acting president Rihan Richards said on Friday. Richards made the announcement at a press conference at which ...
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SL vs BAN: Taskin Ahmed Shines But Fails To Slow Sri Lanka Run Fest
Bangladesh paceman Taskin Ahmed took three wickets for 119 on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka Friday as the hosts piled up 469 runs for six at ...
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1st Test: Pakistan Batsmen Grind On Against Zimbabwe, Score 162/1 At Lunch
Imran Butt led the way for Pakistan with a dogged 71 not out but it was slow going on the second morning of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday ...
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ZIM vs PAK: Pakistan Dominate After Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi Skittle Zimbabwe
Pakistan dominated the opening day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on the back of some destructive pace bowling by Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi in Harare on Thursday. ...
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1st Test: Hasan Ali Takes Two As Zimbabwe Struggles At 59/4 At Lunch
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali struck twice in the morning session as Zimbabwe were left reeling on 59-4 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test in Harare ...
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Richardson, Zampa Reach Australia After Beating Flight Ban To Flee Covid-Hit India
Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa arrived back home Thursday after withdrawing from the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2021 and fleeing the Covid-stricken country, circumventing a ban on flights by traveling ...
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