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Williamson tells SRH to focus on their cricket after DC defeat
SRH, who were languishing at the bottom of the table after only one win in seven matches, got off to a poor start when they lost Australia's explosive opener, David Warner, for a duck off the third ball of their innings. Though they recovered to put up 134/9, Williamson reckoned they were "25 or 30 runs short in the end".
Injury setback for Australia ahead of second ODI vs India women
Haynes, who top-scored in Australia's series-opening win on Tuesday with 93 not out, was batting in the nets when she was struck by a rising ball. She doubled over in pain, then removed her gloves and walked out of the nets and to the team changerooms to ice the injury, before leaving the ground a short time later, Cricket Australia's official website reported on Thursday.
After Monza success, Ricciardo aiming for another top finish in Sochi
Australian Ricciardo took his first Grand Prix victory since 2018, and McLaren's first since 2012, with victory at Monza -- in a race that saw Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen crash out -- and remarked that it was a "reassuring" result after months of struggles getting used to workings at his new team.
Prospects of Pak cricket ruined after NZ, Eng cancel tours
However, the latest fiasco has seen Pakistan losing further as England too followed suit and withdrew from a proposed tour to Pakistan in October. Threats of terror attack on cricketers have been cited as the reason by these two countries to abandon playing in Pakistan. And their concerns are reasonable, say sources. In 2009, the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked by terrorists in Pakistan.
IPL 2021: Delhi continue their good form, register commanding win over Hyderabad
Delhi's chase began well with opener Shikhar Dhawan picking boundaries on both sides of the wicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the second over. Prithvi Shaw joined the party with boundaries against Khaleel Ahmed. But the left-arm pacer had the last laugh as he foxed Shaw with a slower delivery.
IPL 2021: Delhi bowlers combine forces to keep Hyderabad at 134/9
After electing to bat first, Hyderabad had a horror start with David Warner out for duck off Anrich Nortje on third ball of the innings. Trying to flick towards leg-side, Warner got a leading edge caught by Axar Patel at point. Wriddhiman Saha (18) played some eye-catchy boundaries, including a six with a flick over deep mid-wicket off Kagiso Rabada in the fifth over.
Samson needs to give himself more time, says Gavaskar
The 26-year-old batsman made his India debut back in 2015 but has only featured in one ODI and ten T20Is so far. Samson has been among the runs in the IPL but even there, his numbers are mostly in the extremes. "What has led him down is the shot selection. Even at the international level, he doesn't open the batting there. He was the second or the third wicket down. And he looks to hit the first ball out of the ground.
Shastri had suggested to Kohli to give up all white ball captaincy; reports
According to India Ahead, the suggestion wasn't meant to belittle Kohli but to inspire him to continue as a top batsman in world cricket. But Kohli only opted to relinquish from T20 leadership and ignored Shastri's advice of also leaving the ODI captaincy. "The talk about Kohli's captaincy started after India won the Australian series without their regular captain.
Former West Indies cricketer Samuels charged under ICC Anti-Corruption Code
Samuels has been charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) for breaching four codes of their Anti-Corruption code for Participants of the T10 League (the 'Code')."Samuels has been charged under the breach of Article 2.4.2, which says about failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official, the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit.
IPL 2021: SRH's Natarajan tests Covid positive, six close contacts isolated
Six close contacts of Natarajan -- his team-mate Vijay Shankar, net bowler Periyasamy Ganesan, Team Manager Vijay Kumar, Physiotherapist Shyam Sundar J, Doctor Anjana Vannan and Logistics Manager Tushar Khedkar -- have been kept in isolation as well.
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