Caribbean Premier League 5th match: Barbados sneak past Trinidad and Tobago behind Shakib Al Hasan’s six wickets

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Al Hasan’s six wickets helped Barbados skirt past Trinidad and Tobago

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan claimed six victims for six runs as the Barbados Tridents sneaked past the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by four wickets in a thrilling low-scoring affair.

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Caribbean Premier League 2nd match: Lendl Simmons and Veerasammy Permaul star in Guyana’s triumph over Trinidad and Tobago

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Simmons played a sensible innings as the Amazon Warriors knocked off the Red Steel

A classy knock of 42 by Lendl Simmons, which was followed by three wickets from Veerasammy Permaul helped the Guyana Amazon Warriors triumph over the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by 19 runs in the second game of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

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‘I feel for the guys’, says Michael Hussey

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Hussey acknowledged that Australia are still going through a transition phase

Retired Australia batsman Michael Hussey has conceded that it does hurt to watch the national team get battered and pulverised by England in the Ashes as he remembered how Australia used to dish out the same punishment back in the good old days.

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa 3rd ODI: Score one for South Africa as David Miller and Lonwabo Tsotsobe bring them back from brink of series defeat

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Miller’s 85 helped South Africa get back into the series

With South Africa staring down the barrel of a series defeat, batsman David Miller and pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe led the Proteas to a 56-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third ODI in Pallekele.

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Australia will need a miracle to win the Ashes, says Damien Martyn

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Martyn conceded it was tough to watch Australia lose the first Test by a very slim margin

Former Australia batsman Damien Martyn believes the national team, who are currently trailing England 2-0, will need a full-fledged miracle to win the last three Ashes Tests and bring the coveted urn back home. 

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West Indies vs Pakistan 3rd ODI: First Pakistan win, then West Indies win and now we have a tie

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Ul-Haq and Simmons both made 75 runs

It is fairly special to witness a tie during an ODI match, but to have a tie after both the West Indies and Pakistan won one game apiece was even more spectacular as it indicated just how evenly matched these two sides are.

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James Anderson is a ‘captain’s dream’, says Sir Ian Botham

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Botham believes Anderson is one of the key reasons England are 2-0 up in the Ashes

Former England captain Sir Ian Botham has announced that having a pace bowler like James Anderson is nothing short of a captain’s dream after the 30-year-old took ten wickets against Australia during the first Ashes Test in Nottingham and three during the second Test at Lord’s.

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