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ODI World Cup digest: India hand out a drubbing in front of 100,000 plus; two teams lose captains
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Saturday, 14 October 2023 17:05
The Men's 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground.--Top Story: Bumrah and spin do the trick as India hand Pakistan another World Cup beatingIndia 192 for…
Chamika Karunaratne replaces injured Dasun Shanaka in Sri Lanka squad
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Saturday, 14 October 2023 10:53
Sri Lanka's team management confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Kusal Mendis will lead in Shanaka's stead, as he has served as the team's vice-captain for the past few months, and in fact led them in one of Sri Lanka's warm-up matches, which Shanaka had missed. Team manager Mahinda Halangoda also said that despite Shanaka exiting the squad, he will remain with…
Kerr sisters and Devine put New Zealand 1-0 ahead in T20I series against South Africa
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Saturday, 14 October 2023 11:03
New Zealand 174 for 2 (A Kerr 70*, Devine 61*) beat South Africa 172 for 4 (Wolvaardt 53, Luus 45, J Kerr 2-41) by eight wicketsAfter three abandoned fixtures, South Africa and New Zealand finally met in the 4th T20I in Benoni, where an unbeaten 135-run partnership between Amelia Kerr (70*) and Sophie Devine (61*) sealed the win for the…
Mickey Arthur: Pakistan were 'a little timid' with the bat
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Saturday, 14 October 2023 11:26
"I think they've [India] got all bases covered and I'm looking forward to meeting them in the final again."But he was frank in his assessment of where Pakistan fell short in Ahmedabad: timid with the bat, and possibly a little intimidated by the occasion that made them retreat "into their shells just a little bit". He didn't want to lay…
Mickey Arthur: 'It didn't seem like an ICC event, it seemed like a BCCI event'
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Saturday, 14 October 2023 12:18
How many people were in the crowd on Saturday in Ahmedabad was not made public, but you wouldn't have struggled to count the number of green shirts in the stands. That number possibly stood at three, all Pakistani-Americans from the United States.The crowd could've been anywhere between 115,000 to 125,000, so it was a sea of blue that welcomed both…
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