Kumar Sangakkara: “I find Usman Tariq fascinating. He’s such great entertainment when he bowls. He’s really bamboozled even the biggest spin hitters in world cricket”
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Legendary Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has been very impressed with Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq as he has “bamboozled even the biggest spin hitters in world cricket”.
Glenn Maxwell: “There’s no limit to what Haris Rauf can do. He’s an absolute superstar”
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Australia batsman and Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell has called Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf an “entertainment machine”.
Williamson was named Man of the Match for his knock of 118
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New Zealand batsmen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were not daunted by the prospect of chasing 303 in the third ODI in Southampton as they both scored centuries to lead the Black Caps to a three-wicket win over England.
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The three-match ODI series ended as a 1-1 draw
Sri Lanka escaped with a 36-run win against New Zealand in the third ODI in Dambulla due to heavy rain and bad light.
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“Bowlers need to be offered a crumb in the shorter forms of the game otherwise they’ll revolt, as they have done in the past, using extreme methods like Bodyline and chucking”
Following the first three ODIs between India and Australia, former baggy greens captain Ian Chappell believes that “bowlers will become an endangered species” in the shorter formats of the game if batsmen continue giving themselves an advantage by using heavier bats.
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Chatara’s heroics in the second innings snapped Zimbabwe’s 12-year winless streak
Zimbabwe’s last Test win came all the way back in 2001 against Bangladesh, but they managed to end their 12-year drought as they recorded a historic 24-run win over Pakistan to leave the Test series drawn at one game apiece.
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Morgan and Bopara saved England from suffering an embarrassing defeat
The Irish duo of Boyd Rankin and Eoin Morgan helped England breeze past their former team-mates by six wickets in a one-off ODI in Dublin.
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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.
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England registered a crushing 3-0 series win over Australia
England were denied the opportunity of humiliating their rivals even further after bad light stopped play on the final day at The Oval with the home team needing just 21 more runs to register a 4-0 thrashing of Australia.
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Broad’s 11 wickets left Australia down for the count
After England retained the Ashes in less than impressive circumstances, with rain virtually wiping out the final day of the third Test to end it as a draw, more salt was rubbed in Australia’s wounds as they faltered in their chase of 299 to hand England an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
