Perera equalled Sanath Jayasuriya’s record for the fastest ODI half-century by a Sri Lankan batsman
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Sri Lanka opener Kusal Perera hit the second-fastest half-century in ODI history and the joint-fastest fifty by a Sri Lankan batsman to lead his side to a two-wicket win over Pakistan in Pallekele.
Southee finished with a career-best 7-33 off nine overs
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New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee took a career-best seven wickets and captain Brendon McCullum scored the fastest half-century in World Cup history as the Blackcaps annihilated England by eight wickets in Wellington.
Ludeman only took 18 balls to bring up his half-century
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Adelaide Strikers wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Ludeman started the 2014-15 Big Bash League (BBL) with a bang as he scored the fastest half-century in the tournament’s history to help his side cruise past the Melbourne Stars by eight wickets.
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Shehzad and Afridi’s heroics helped Pakistan chase down their highest total in ODI history
Pakistan opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad scored a spectacular century and all-rounder Shahid Afridi blasted a rapid half-century to help Pakistan chase down their highest total in ODI history and set up a clash with Sri Lanka in the final.
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“I haven’t trained this intensely for a couple months so I hope to get a kickstart and get back into the groove of things as soon as possible”
Flamboyant West Indies opener Chris Gayle believes that he and Dwayne Smith have the potential to become a formidable opening pair.
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Perera helped Sri Lanka retain their number one ranking
Sri Lanka opening batsman Kusal Perera demolished Pakistan with an entertaining innings of 84 as the Lankan Lions cruised to a 24-run win in the second and final Twenty20 International in Dubai to end the series as a 1-1 tie.
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“I’m feeling good and ready to go”
Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris has announced that he will go in “all guns blazing” during the second Test in Adelaide and added that “I’m not going to miss a Test unless I really have to”.
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De Kock smashed a quickfire 43
The rain Gods must have been on South Africa’s side during the first ODI in Johannesburg as the Proteas escaped with a narrow four-run win over Pakistan via the Duckworth-Lewis method to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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Steyn claimed three wickets in one over to extinguish Pakistan’s hopes of levelling the series
South Africa opening batsman Quinton de Kock smashed a spectacular maiden century and pace spearhead Dale Steyn registered his second five-wicket haul as the Proteas beat Pakistan by 28 runs in the fourth ODI in Abu Dhabi to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
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It was raining sixes all night thanks to Finch
After suffering a 3-0 thrashing in the Ashes series, Australia would have started pondering over whether they were going to triumph over England even once throughout the limited overs series.