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David Warner should have retired from Tests was after the match in Sydney: Ricky Ponting
Warner was ruled out of Australia's ongoing tour of India after being mid-way out of the second Test in New Delhi due to concussion and picked up a hairline fracture in elbow too. "Look, I was on radio a couple of days ago, back here in Australia, and I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia."
WPL 2023: Shafali was playing amazing out there, says Meg Lanning
Meg was involved in a brilliant 162-run opening partnership off 87 balls with Shafali as they set the base for Delhi to post a massive 223/2 in 20 overs. Tara Norris then took the competition's first five-fer to restrict Bangalore to 163/8. "It was a great atmosphere out there and happy to get the win. Shafali was playing amazing out there. It was a lot of fun. We were smiling a lot of the time. That's the great thing about these competitions."
WPL 2023: Tara Norris takes first five-wicket haul of the tournament as Delhi win by 60 runs
After a brilliant 162-run opening partnership between Shafali Verma and captain Meg Lanning followed by a strong finish from Marizanne Kapp and Jemimah Rodrigues propelled Delhi to a massive 223/2, Tara was the chief architect of Bangalore's collapse from 89/2 to 96/7. She ended up picking 5/29 in her four overs as Bangalore could make 163/8 in their 20 overs, giving Delhi their first win of the competition.
WPL 2023: Shafali, Meg, Marizanne, Jemimah heroics propel Delhi to massive 223/2 against Bangalore
While Shafali top-scored with 84 off 45 balls, Meg was fantastic in her 72 off 43 balls. Marizanne finished with an unbeaten 39 off 17 balls, while Jemimah was not out on 22 off 15 balls to post the second-highest score in Women's T20 franchise cricket. Pushed into batting first, the carnage from Shafali and Meg began in the second over when three boundaries were hit off Megan Schutt.
WPL 2023: Deandra Dottin out of squad after failing to obtain medical clearance, say Gujarat Giants
But the twist in the tale came when Deandra said through her social media accounts that she was all fine. "Get well soon from what if I may ask?" she wrote on her Instagram story. Later, she took to Twitter and wrote, "I really appreciate all the messages but truth be told I'm recovering from nothing but the Holy Ghost anointing thank you #GodIsGood #GodIsInControl."
WPL 2023: Players must stay calm and adapt to situations, feels UP Warriorz Coach Jon Lewis
"This is a great opportunity for the women cricketers, to be at such a high-profile tournament with so much investment, I think it is going to be a massive lift for the world of women's cricket, not just in India. The way it has been set up and the profile of the tournament, the experience this country has with the men's IPL, and if they can make the most of it, Indian women's cricket is definitely going to grow quite a lot," coach Lewis said.
Monterrey Open: World No.5 Garcia to face No.3 seed Vekic in final
Bidding to capture her 12th WTA Tour title, Garcia will look to level her head-to-head record against Vekic. The Croatian has won five of their nine duels, with their last meeting coming at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Frenchwoman came into Saturday's match with a 4-2 lead in the head-to-head over Mertens, with her last win coming last summer en route to the Cincinnati title.
Kylian Mbappe becomes PSG's all-time top scorer
The 24-year-old celebrated his landmark feat in ecstatic fashion and was handed a trophy by the club after the game in an on-field presentation on Saturday. Mbappe got his 201st goal in 247 games since signing for PSG from AS Monaco in August 2017 as he overtook the capital side's previous record marksman, Edinson Cavani.
La Liga: Atletico Madrid thrash Sevilla to move up third
The game saw Diego Simeone overtake Luis Aragones as the coach who has sat in the Atletico dugout for most matches in the club's history and the players gave the Argentinean an appropriate homage in his 613th match.Memphis Depay scored twice in the 23rd and 26th minute to put Atletico 2-0 up, before Youssef En-Nesyri gave Sevilla hope in the 39th minute, a Xinhua report said.
Alex De Minaur clinches biggest career title with Acapulco win
The eighth-seeded Australian produced his best under pressure, saving six of the eight break points he faced in Saturday's two-hour and 27-minute championship match. His effort against Paul earned him the seventh and biggest title of his career. This was De Minaur's second three-set battle in as many days.
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