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Partnerships and late-overs acceleration areas of concern for India's ODI side, admits Mithali Raj
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Friday, 12 March 2021 08:36
Since the 2017 ODI World Cup, where India finished runners-up, only twice in 14 innings have they scored 250 or more batting first. Twelve months out from the next 50-over World Cup, and in their first series since returning to international cricket after a 364-day gap, they have returned 177 and 248 when trying to set a target. The first…
Sumon Khan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Towhid Hridoy hand Bangladesh Emerging Team one-day series
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Friday, 12 March 2021 07:40
Bangladesh Emerging Team took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match one-day series against Ireland A with an eight-wicket win in the fourth game at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Pace bowler Sumon Khan took four wickets to help bowl out Ireland A for 182 inside 47 overs, which the hosts chased down with 51 balls remaining.Khan rocked…
Lizelle Lee strives for 'more consistency' in bid to be among the best in the world
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Friday, 12 March 2021 07:47
Lizelle Lee described her match-winning 132* as "one of the best innings I've played", but credited South Africa's bowlers for setting up the win that gave them a 2-1 lead in the five-match series in India."It's surreal. It still hasn't sunk in," Lee said of her 131-ball knock. "But I have to give credit to the bowlers. India were on…
IPL 2021 newsfile: Damien Wright joins Punjab Kings as bowling coach
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Friday, 12 March 2021 09:15
Damien Wright, the 45-year-old former fast bowler with the experience of coaching in Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh, has been signed up as the bowling coach of the Punjab Kings for the 2021 season of the IPL.Wright, who started his 123-game first-class career in 1997-98 for Worcestershire, played representative cricket till 2011, including for Australia A, and turned to coaching…
Mithali Raj becomes first Indian to score 10,000 runs in women's cricket
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Friday, 12 March 2021 02:20
Mithali Raj has become the first Indian batter, and only the second overall, to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket. Raj went past the mark during her innings of 36 in the third ODI against South Africa on Friday, getting there with a flicked boundary off the bowling of Anne Bosch.Raj was dismissed off the next ball, which means…
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