Pietersen carried the Stars into the BBL final
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A new Big Bash League (BBL) champion will be crowned after Kevin Pietersen’s magnificent innings of 62 saw the Melbourne Stars defeat the Perth Scorchers, who are the defending champions, by seven wickets.
Maxwell was named Man of the Match for his superb innings of 50
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Melbourne Stars all-rounder Glenn Maxwell smashed a quickfire 50 and batsman Peter Handscomb hammered 52 to lead their side to a five-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers.
Voges celebrates after scoring his third Test century
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Australia batsmen Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh both scored unbeaten centuries to leave the West Indies in dire straits on the first day of the first Test in Hobart.
Bravo excelled with both the bat and ball
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West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo smashed 31 runs and took four wickets to carry his side to a 23-run win over Sri Lanka in the second Twenty20 International in Colombo.
Australia celebrate after beating England 3-2 in the ODI series
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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh took four wickets and opener Aaron Finch smashed an unbeaten 70 to lead the Baggy Greens to a 3-2 series win over England in Manchester.
Cook is all smiles after scoring his first century on home soil in two years
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England captain Alastair Cook scored an unbeaten 153 and all-rounder Ben Stokes made 101 to give their side a 295-run lead over New Zealand at the end of the fourth day of the first Test at Lord’s.
“I will be done by the end of August”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has confirmed that he will retire from Test cricket after the three-Test series against India in August.
“I only missed out in one match against Afghanistan. Other than that, I have scored runs so I am very happy with my performance”
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Sri Lanka opener Lahiru Thirimanne has announced that batting against England was “very easy”.
Thirimanne became the youngest Sri Lankan player to score a century in the World Cup
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Sri Lanka opener Lahiru Thirimanne and wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara both scored centuries to help their side manhandle England and win by nine wickets in Wellington.
Starc finished with a career-best 6-43 off 10 overs
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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc took a career-best six wickets and opener Aaron Finch made 96 as the Baggy Greens beat India by four wickets in Melbourne.
