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2nd T20I: Hazlewood stars as Australia beat Sri Lanka in Super Over thriller
Sri Lanka, who lost the opening T20I match on Friday, decided to bowl first after electing to bat first. They managed to restrict Australia to 164/6 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to a knock of 48 by Josh Inglis with Dushmantha Chameera (2/30) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2/33) leading the bowling efforts for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka made a match of it as they rode on a 53-ball 73 by Pathum Nissanka and 19-ball 34 by skipper Dasun Shanaka helping them reach 164/8 in 20 overs.
ICC Women's World Cup: New Zealand to aim for glory again after 22 years
As the preparations for the mega event continue in full swing, the omens are good for the White Ferns as, over the years, they have drastically improved they infrastructure and now boast of 70,000 registered players, a 12 per cent increase in the number of female participants playing the game fro
PKL 8: Patna Pirates, Dabang Delhi aim to seal Top-2 positions
Patna Pirates will lock horns with bottom-placed Telugu Titans. The first clash of the night's tripleheader will be between two teams that have endured contrasting campaigns. Patna have the most-balanced squad with a great attack and defence while the injury-plagued Titans have struggled in both these departments.
IPL Mega Auction: Mumbai Indians spend big on buying Tim David, Jofra Archer
Despite the fact that Archer is unlikely to play in the upcoming IPL season due to his recovery from elbow injury, it didn't stop Mumbai and Rajasthan in trying to buy him with all guns blazing. Hyderabad even joined in the bid as well but Mumbai were persistent in getting Archer at any cost and got him for INR 8 crore despite the pacer not playing any competitive cricket in the last ten months.
IPL Mega Auction: Hazlewood's best T20I figures on eve of auction could have titled scale in his favour
Delhi were engaged in a see-saw battle with Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to acquire the Australian quick, before Royal Challengeres Bangalore entered the fray and picked him for INR 7.75 crore, the highest amount secured by an Australian cricketer on Day 1 of the Mega Auction. While Hazlewood nearly quadrupled his previous IPL earnings at Virat Kohli's Bangalore, Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins and left-handed opener David Warner saw hefty cuts to their IPL value.
Real Madrid held in Villarreal; Atletico beat Getafe in thriller
The draw, coupled with Sevilla's 2-0 win at home to Elche, allowed Sevilla to clip two points off Madrid's lead, although Real Madrid will be moderately content to have taken a point from an entertaining game on Saturday night, in one of the toughest away trips they have between now and the end of the season.
IPL Mega Auction: MI lament not getting a marquee player; to go all out on Sunday
"The auction got off to a sedate start for us with no signings from the Marquee Players List. We did go for (South Africa's) Quinton de Kock and (New Zealand's) Trent Boult but were outbid. Our first buy came with (wicketkeeper-batter) Ishan Kishan becoming our most expensive buy from the auction at INR 15.25 cr," said Mumbai Indians on their website.
Sterling's hat-trick moves Man City nine clear as Man Utd again let lead slip
Sterling put his side ahead in the 31st minute and Phil Foden netted early in the second half to put Pep Guardiola's side out of reach of a rival that worked hard, but suffered from a gulf in class. Sterling then rounded off the win with goals in the 71st and 90th minutes to pressure Liverpool ahead of their visit to Burnley on Sunday, Xinhua reports. Manchester United missed a chance to move into fourth place after being held 1-1 at home to Southampton.
Newly-promoted Bochum upset Bundesliga giants Bayern
The German record champions started brightly and opened the scoring on Saturday night with just nine minutes gone, as Robert Lewandowski slotted home after Kingsley Coman's good build-up work.Bayern's lead didn't last long as Antwi-Adjei latched onto Holtmann's square pass before drilling the equaliser past goalkeeper Sven Ulreich five minutes later.
ISL 2021-22: Liston shines as ATK Mohun Bagan move to second spot with 3-1 win over NEUFC
Suhair Vadakkepeedika (17th minute) gave NEUFC the lead early on before Joni Kauko (22nd) drew level only for Liston (45th) to make it 2-1 just before halftime. Liston was all over NEUFC in the second half as he fed Manvir Singh (52nd) for the team's third goal before making way for Kiyan Nassiri in the 66th minute to cap off another brilliant night.
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