Mon. May 25th, 2020

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Covid 19 sees English county cricket league sees overseas cricketers contracts being cut or shortened & the latest ones happen to be Surrey cutting contracts of Pakistan all rounder Shadab Khan & hard hitting Australian opener D” Arcy Short. Its no surprise, that with leagues tightening their purse strings amidst the global pandemic.

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Australia have displaced India from the top spot in ICC test rankings & also clinched the top spot in the...

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Famous cricket player,cricket writer and a wonderful commentator of yesteryear & the man, who designed the Duckworth Lewis method of calculation when rain robbed play, Tony Lewis passed away. As a commentator from England, he had a mellifluous voice. Especially, when cricket was played in the desert in Sharjah in the UAE, he was definitely present as the voice of cricket.

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Daniel Flynn of New Zealand, who had a very brief career has retired from all cricket.

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Cricket is going to be played behind closed doors due to the Corona virus pandemic ravaging the world. Today’s 1st odi was a washout between India & South Africa & the balance 2 matches are going to be played behind closed doors, meaning, there are not going to be any spectators to witness the matches. Latest news is the traditional Chappell Hadlee trophy odi series between Australia & New Zealand is also going to be played behind closed doors. England’s home test v West Indies is another threat & the T20 blast is also included.

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I think, in the fitness of things & for everyone's health, there should not be any country touring another country...

Ireland after 12 t20 matches finally managed to defeat Afghanistan in a t20 match, but only just as this exciting match went into the super over & in the last ball of that 3 runs were needed for a win & Kevin O” Brien smacked Rashid Khan for a six to bring a fairy tale end to the match. Irish bowler Young did a great job to restrict Afghanistan in the super over to just 8 runs & Rashid Khan till the 5th ball had given away only 6 runs, but the final ball was smashed for a six.

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Bangladesh won the 1st t20 by 48 runs v Zimbabwe. Bangladesh who have made it a habit to break records in every match set a new record in t20 for the opening wicket with 92 added in 10.2 overs between Liton Das 59 & Tamim Iqbal 41. That received an added impetus with Soumya Sarkar cracking an unbeaten 62 of 32 balls with 4 fours & 5 sixes to take Bangladesh to 200 for 3. Zimbabwe never looked like getting there & that was it.

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Kusal Perera finally has got into the test squad to play England at home.

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South Africa blanket the Aussies 3 nil in the odi series. Jon Jon Smuts hits 84 & Klaasen man of the series, 64 not out. Marnus Labuschagne gets his maiden odi century from the country where he was originally born. South Africa in the final odi without in in form Ngidi rested & no Rabada does it in style. South African cricket in a phase of rebuilding in this series has thrown up some very talented youngsters like Jaaneman Malan, Jon Jon Smuts, Kyle Verynne & Klaasen. All these youngsters are part of the team selected for the odi & t20 series v India, starting next week.

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Windies won the t20 series v Lanka 2 nil. Brandon King in the powerplay slammed 43 of 21 balls &...

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Zimbabwe almost won a high scoring match v Bangladesh in the 2nd odi, which went all the way down to the final over with 20 runs to get & Donald Tripano the number 8 batsman hit 2 consecutive sixes of pacer Al Amin Hossain to scare Bangladesh, but could not take his team over the finishing line with 6 runs needed off the final ball, which yielded a single. Chasing a Bangladesh total of 322 for 8 with Tamim Iqbal making 158, the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman in odi’s, Zimbabwe were down & out with the score on 225 for 7 after 42 overs, but Tripano & Mutombodzi slammed 80 runs of 45 balls to liven up the match. Bangladesh got a big scare. 3 maiden odi fifties for 3 Zimbabwe batsmen opener TS Kamunhukamwe, talented Wesley Madhevere & Donald Tripano 55 not out of 28 balls with 5 sixes & 2 fours. This was talent out in the open today.

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West Indies take on Sri Lanka in the t20 series & the Aussies take on South Africa in the 2nd...

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India on the 2nd day of 2nd test v New Zealand struck back to get a slender 7 runs lead in the 1st innings. The Hagley oval pitch, started assisting the Indian seamers, & the Kiwis started losing wickets quickly. Latham was the only one to the 50 mark with 52. India who were on verge of a big lead, their hopes were scorched by a 51 runs stand for the 9th wicket between Jamieson, who missed his maiden fifty in tests by just 1 run & Wagner. Jadeja pulled off an absolute screamer to see the back of Wagner, which left him absolutely stunned. Jadeja put up a goalkeeper dive and brought off one of the best catches, you would ever see in test matches in the outfield. Shami picked up 4 wickets. The pitch also had turn available for the spinners. India in the 2nd innings were 90 for 6 with Boult swinging out 3 Indian wickets. Pant & Vihari at crease at close of play & Jadeja have to get as many runs possible on the 3rd day for the Indians to have a fling at the Kiwis to win the 2nd test. Kohli once again, failed, this time lbw to a indipper from Grandomme for just 14 runs.

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Sri Lanka clean swept the West Indians in the odi series 3 nil with a close win by just 6...

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India batting once again found wanting in the 2nd test v New Zealand 242 all out on the 1st day. Pacer Jamieson getting his 2nd consecutive 5 wickets haul in only his 2nd test of his career. Kohli still went through the horrors on this New Zealand tour lbw to Southee for just 3. Prithvi Shaw, a rollicking fifty, Pujara a fifty & Vihari a strokeful fifty. Kiwis 63 for none at close.

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South Africa have put it across the Aussies in the 1st odi of the series with Klassen 123 not out,...

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South African captain Du Plessis in a surprise announcement opted out of captaincy for t20 matches & tests. Timing of it was a bit odd, as he was the most experienced player to lead them in the t20 world cup, especially with the team in the process of rebuilding.South Africa will now have a new captain, possibly, Quinton de Kock in all formats of the game.

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South Africa announced their squad for the t20 series v Australia at home, which sees the return of Rabada. New...

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England won the mouth watering t20 series v South Africa 2-1 with a win in the 3rd t20, where the highest score of 226 for 5 in the series was scored by England. England captain Morgan slammed 57 unbeaten runs of just 22 balls with 7 sixes to seal the match & was the man of the match & the man of the series. 10 runs was the average per over in this t20 series.

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Motera stadium in Ahmedabad in India is set to become the world's largest cricket stadium in the world when the...

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The t20 series between South Africa & England, really, a mouth watering series with the 2 teams tied on 1-1 with the final match coming up at Supersport centurion park to decide the winner. 1st t20, South African pacer, Lungi Ngidi stole the match under the nose of England with a 1 run win. England bounced back with Tom Curran conceding 12 runs of the 1st four balls, but with 3 runs to win, got 2 wickets of the last 2 balls to level the series.

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India v New Zealand xi tour game summary Click on the link to hear about it all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSlsjJBqVAk

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New Zealand exacted sweet revenge by dumping India 3 nil in the odi series after being swamped 5 nil in the t20 series. After a gap of 43 years, India was whitewashed by New Zealand. India, though would have the comfortable feeling of winning the t20 series, that matters.

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India.s KL Rahul has showed amazing consistency throughout the tour of New Zealand in every format. Shreyas Iyer has been...

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Bangladesh have won the Under 19 World cup, their first ever win in the history by beating defending champions India in the finals. India 177 all out was full credit to Bangladesh bowlers, barring Jaiswal, who top scored with 88. Bangladesh deserve full credit for their maiden win.

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Pakistan's young pace bowler, Nasim Shah became the youngest bowler in test history to take a hat trick at the...

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New Zealand won the odi series v India with a creditable win in the 2nd odi with the young tall 6 ft 8 inches pace bowler, Kyle Jamieson picking up a man of the match on his odi debut. He did well with the bat offering company to Taylor & then picked up his maiden odi wicket of Shaw & bowled a very good line & was very impressive. A bowler for the future. New Zealand batting first started off well with Guptill & Latham & then Indian bounced back wonderfully well, but Ross Taylor bided his time & took them to a fighting total, which was enough in the end. Indian batting started aggressively right from the beginning, but Iyer & Rahul were guilty of playing indiscreet strokes. Jadeja & Saini, especially surprising all with his batting added 76 runs for the 8th wicket to give hope to India, but finally, Kiwis were the victors. Saini has shown his batting skills, for sure with those 2 sixes he hit.

4 months ago Criccrazy

Pakistan were in the drivers seat on 342 for 3 with a lead of 109 runs over Bangladesh on day...

Live cricket update New Zealand 98 for 1 in the 18th over in reply to India’s huge 347 for 4 in the first odi of the series.Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer scored his maiden odi ton & Rahul scored 88 not out with 5 glorious sixes & 3 fours facing only 64 balls. He demonstrates his flexibility by batting at number 5 & coming with a special knock. His consistency has to be admired all the way. Shaw & Agarwal made their odi debuts making 20 & 32 respectively. Tom Blundell made his odi debut for the Kiwis.

4 months ago Criccrazy
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India entered the finals of Under 19 World cup for the 3rd consecutive time after hammering Pakistan in the semi finals with a 10 wicket victory. Pakistan’s target of 172 was hunted down by the Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal, 105 not out, & Saxena 59 with absolute ease in 35.2 overs. Pakistan had no answer to the Indian batting. India will now await the victors of the New Zealand v Bangladesh in the other semi final.

4 months ago Criccrazy

World cup champions England were humbled by South Africa in the first one dayer of the series. England made 258...

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Zimbabwe are 354 runs ahead with the first innings lead v Sri Lanka on the 4th day of 2nd test. It will be interesting to see when Zimbabwe declare the innings & set a total to chase for the Lankans. Zimbabwe were 241 for 7 at the close with Taylor playing a good hand with a aggresive 67 with 8 fours & a six. Sean Williams was 47 not out.

4 months ago Criccrazy

India, who have already won the t20 series take on New Zealand in the 4th match, where India will have...

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India won the t20 series v New Zealand by winning the 3rd t20 in the super over with Rohit hitting 2 sixes of the last 2 balls, when everything seemed lost with 10 needed of the last 2. Earlier, in India,s innings, Rohit got himself into form with a rollicking innings of 65 of 40 balls with 6 fours & 3 sixes. In the chase of 179, New Zealand were led by a beautiful innings from their captain Williamson, who played with calm assurance, playing his best t20 innings, making 95 of just 48 balls with 8 fours & 6 sixes. Bumrah, who had a rare off day was collared by Williamson, leaking 45 runs of 4 overs. Williamson truly deserved a ton, but got out, sadly. With 9 runs needed of the last over to win, Shami was given the task & his first ball disappeared for a six. Task became easy, but Shami came back, bowling dot balls & with just 1 run needed with scores tied, Shami nailed it by clean bowling Taylor, leading into the super over.

4 months ago Criccrazy

Williamson & Guptill struck 18 runs of the super over of Bumrah, who surprisingly was given the task, despite a...

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On a day with frequent interruptions on the 2nd day of the 2nd test between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, Zimbabweans were bowled out for 406. Spinner Embuldeniya picking up 4 wickets. Sri Lanka in reply started on the right note with openers Karunaratne & Oshada Fernando putting on 94 runs together in front of a very disciplined Zimbabwean pace bowling from Mumba, Tripano & Nyauchi, which was good to see. Lankans lost both openers wickets for 40 odd runs, which left them at 122 for 2 with Mathews and Mendis at the crease.

4 months ago Criccrazy

In the under 19 world cup, India under 19 booked a spot in the semi finals by hitting Australia hard...

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England left the South African first innings in absolute tatters on day 2 of the final test at the Bull ring, the Wanderers ground at 88 for 6 with Wood clocking extreme speeds to pick up 3 wickets. Earlier, England who were rocked in the early stages of the 2nd day morning by pacer Nortje recovered magnificently through a breezy partnership for the 10th wicket between Wood & Broad who hit a lot of sixes between them to pivot the English total to the magical 400 runs mark. Stokes escaped a ban with the ICC being a bit liberal by only enforcing a fine on him. Its high time Stokes tries to control himself and not commit any further cases like this, as England always need him to play. Nortje picked up his maiden 5 wicket haul in tests, which was very impressive & he filled up beautifully for the absence of Rabada, serving a one match ban. De Kock 32 not out would have to get the solid company of the all rounders Philander in his swansong test & Pretorious to get South Africa out of jail on the 3rd day of the final test.

4 months ago Criccrazy

Pakistan have won the t20 series v Bangladesh by taking a 2 nil winning lead in the series by romping...

India levelled the odi series v Australia by winning the 2nd odi by 36 runs in a high scoring game on a perfect batting track in Rajkot. KL Rahul coming in at no 5 cracked 80 of just 52 balls at the end. England declared at 499 for 8 v South Africa on the 2nd day of 3rd test with Ollie Pope registering his maiden test ton, unbeaten at that & Stokes also got a ton. Mark Wood swung his bat like a rapier to score 42 in only fours & sixes. 5 sixes & 2 fours. Rajshahi Royals picked up their first ever Bangladesh Premier league title winning v Khulna Tigers & in the Under 19 world cup in South Africa, the hosts lost to Afghanistan in the curtain raiser of the tournament with the Afghan wrist spinner Ghafar causing absolute havoc with his googlies to scalp 6 wickets.

4 months ago Criccrazy

Australia predictably won the 1st test match v New Zealand by a huge margin of 296 runs with Starc getting 9 wickets in the match & West Indies having a comprehensive 8 wickets win over India in the 1st odi with Hetmyer & Hope hitting centuries & the drawn first test between Pakistan & Lanka had something to cheer about, as Pakistan opener Abid Ali became the first cricketer in the history to have scored a century on test & odi debut & Babar Azam also helped himself to a classy ton. Dhananjay De Silva for Lanka got his 6th test ton.

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