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Kyle Coetzer's 'shock' and MBE honour in Queen's Birthday list
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 17:52
Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer has been awarded an MBE for services to cricket in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.Coetzer, 35, has played 52 ODIs and 48 T20Is alongside scoring 4404 runs in his first-class career and more than 5000 in List A cricket. He is Scotland's all-time leading run-scorer and made their first World Cup century, against Bangladesh, in 2015.He…
Jason Roy's 153 sets up clinical England win despite Shakib Al Hasan resistance
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 11:34
England 386 for 6 (Roy 153, Buttler 64, Bairstow 51) beat Bangladesh 280 (Shakib 121, Stokes 3-23) by 106 runsEngland's batting engine room purred into life in Cardiff, setting up a total that their fast bowlers ensured was well out of Bangladesh's reach. Jason Roy top-scored with 153 and England reached a record seventh consecutive total of 300 or more,…
England confident of Jos Buttler fitness despite hip injury
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 12:08
Eoin Morgan is confident that Jos Buttler will be fit to play in England's next World Cup match, against West Indies on Friday, but insists he will not be risked if there is any danger his injury could be exacerbated.Buttler did not field in the Bangladesh innings at Cardiff after sustaining a hip injury while batting. But Morgan insists that…
Shakib Al Hasan soars at No. 3 even as Bangladesh slip to defeat
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 12:34
The story goes back to the time when Chandika Hathurusingha was Bangladesh's coach. Shakib Al Hasan told him that he wanted to bat at No. 3 in ODIs after establishing himself as this spot in T20Is for Bangladesh. But Hathurusingha didn't agree. Shakib tried to convince him, but Hathurusingha would not have any of it. The conversation was tense, apparently.But…
James Neesham fashions New Zealand's third straight win
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Saturday, 08 June 2019 13:41
Play 01:25 New Zealand 173 for 3 (Williamson 79* Taylor 48, Alam 3-45) beat Afghanistan 172 (Shahidi 59, Neesham 5-31, Ferguson 4-37) by seven wicketsAs it happened While some of his team-mates were having the time of their lives in the middle in the 2015 World Cup, James Neesham watched that semi-final against South Africa from the Eden Park grass…
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