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India Women lose one-off T20I to New Zealand by 18 runs
Bates and Devine put on 60 for the opening wicket, scoring better than a run a ball, as New Zealand posted an impressive 155/5 in their allotted 20 overs. Jess Kerr (2/20), Amelia Kerr (2/25) and Hayley Jensen (2/25) then picked up two wickets each in a strong team effort with the ball as the tourists fell well short of the required target as they staggered to 137/8 in reply.
India's Arjun Maini joins team HRT for Asian Le Mans Series
Alternating at the wheel of the car, with its striking blue and yellow livery, will be Hubert Haupt (Germany), Arjun Maini (India) and Rory Penttinen (Finland). The first race of the season gets underway on Saturday at Dubai Autodrome. The calendar for the Asian Le Mans Series comprises four races. The opening weekend in Dubai (February 12-13) sees the teams contest two four-hour races.
England announce squad for West Indies Tests; Anderson, Broad left out
Apart from Broad and Anderson -- the country's two leading wicket-takers in Test cricket, England have also left out Dom Bess, Sam Billings, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed and Dawid Malan from the squad that toured Australia for the Ashes recently.
Even though the two seamers will be turning 40 and 36 respectively this summer, the interim director of England Men's Cricket, Andrew Strauss has stressed that this isn't the end of their international careers.
PKL 8: Raiders shine as Patna Pirates beat U Mumba 47-36
Sachin (16 points) and Guman Singh (11 points) were in top form for the three-time champions as they consolidated their position on top of the points table with a comfortable victory. U Mumba's Abhishek Singh (13 points) and Ajith Kumar (11 points) got their Super 10s but the team, especially captain Fazel Atrachali, struggled to provide the support from the defence.
People said quit cricket, drive auto with your father: Siraj recalls poor 2019 IPL season
In the 2019 IPL season, Siraj played nine matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), conceding runs at an economy of 9.55 and taking a mere seven wickets. He hit the nadir in a game against the Kolkata Knight Riders when he conceded five sixes and 36 runs in 2.2 overs of bowling before he was forced out of the attack after bowling two beamers.
FIH Pro League: Clinical India thrash France 5-0
India scored three goals in eight minutes in the second quarter and then slammed two more in the third quarter before taking the foot off the pedal in the fourth period in the match played at the University of Northwest here." No Bollywood", was the message from coach Graham Reid -- which means 'play simple hockey with no flashy and fancy stuff' -- before the start of the match and the Indian players followed his instructions to the T as they romped to a superb victory.
Winter Olympics: Mayer retains super-G gold; Nuis defends 1,500m speed skating title
The 31-year-old Austrian, who also won downhill gold in Sochi 2014, followed up his PyeongChang 2018 Super-G win by clocking a winning time of 1 minute 19.94 seconds at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center. American Ryan Cochran-Siegle took a surprise silver, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Mayer to win his first Olympic medal in his second Games. Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde claimed bronze in 1:20.36. Mayer did not start well as his skis slipped, but his aggressive skiing paid off in the final stretch.
England announce squad for West Indies Tests; Anderson, Broad left out
Apart from Broad and Anderson -- the country's two leading wicket-takers in Test cricket, England have also left out Dom Bess, Sam Billings, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed and Dawid Malan from the squad that toured Australia for the Ashes recently.Even though the two seamers will be turning 40 and 36 respectively this summer, the interim director of England Men's Cricket, Andrew Strauss has stressed that this isn't the end of their international careers.
Ranji Trophy: Squad size capped at 30, two Covid-19 reserves allowed
The BCCI, which had earlier announced that the Ranji Trophy will take place in two phases, before and after the IPL, on Tuesday issued ''staging guidelines'' to the nine host associations.
Ranji Roundup: Pujara, Rahane picked in Mumbai, Saurashtra squads; Hardik opts out
Pujara has been named in Saurashtra's squad, which will be led by Jaydev Unadkat and Rahane is a part of Mumbai's squad to be led by Prithvi Shaw. The senior pros have been under scrutiny because of the lack of big scores of late. Rahane last scored a century in December 2020, against Australia in Melbourne.
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