IPL 2014 Match 1: Kallis and Narine kick off Kolkata’s IPL campaign in style

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Kallis was named Man of the Match for his spectacular knock

South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis smashed a superb half-century and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine picked up four wickets in quick succession to flatten the Mumbai Indians, who are the defending champions, by 41 runs in Abu Dhabi.

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West Indies vs England 3rd T20: Lumb and Jordan hand England nail-biting consolation win

         

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Lumb and Jordan saved England from being whitewashed 3-0

England opening batsman Michael Lumb hammered a spectacular half-century and pace bowler Chris Jordan smashed a quickfire 27 and took three wickets to lead their side to a nail-biting five-run consolation win over the West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 International in Barbados.

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Caribbean Premier League 2nd semi-final: Kumar Sangakkara and Andre Russell decimate Barbados

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Russell and Sangakkara dashed Barbados’ hopes of reaching the finals

Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell booked a finals showdown against the Guyana Amazon Warriors after the Jamaica Tallawahs absolutely decimated the Barbados Tridents by seven wickets in the second semi-final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

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