2013/14 BBL 1st semi-final: Paine’s half-century rockets Hurricanes to BBL finals

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The Hurricanes celebrate upon confirming their place in the BBL finals

Hobart Hurricanes wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine scored a spectacular half-century to help his side reach the Big Bash League (BBL) finals and dump the Melbourne Stars, who were undefeated coming into this match, out of the tournament.

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Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 2nd T20: Ahmed Shehzad steals spotlight once again as Pakistan complete series whitewash

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Shehzad and Hafeez single-handedly crushed Zimbabwe

Pakistan completed a 2-0 series whitewash behind opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad’s career-best 98 runs, which is now the highest score made by a Pakistani batsman in Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing Misbah-ul-Haq’s 87 not out against Bangladesh in Karachi in 2008.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: ‘At no time’ did Mike Hesson ever suggest to split the captaincy, says Shane Bond

Bond revealed that Hesson had never told him about his intention to split the captaincy

New Zealand bowling coach Shane Bond has reignited the captaincy saga that hit the national team hard, whereby captain Ross Taylor stepped down and handed over all his duties to batsman Brendon McCullum, by saying that “at no time” did coach Mike Hesson ever suggest splitting the captaincy.

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