Caribbean Premier League 3rd match: Ashley Nurse spins Barbados to victory over Antigua

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Nurse took four wickets to ensure the Tridents maintained their perfect record

The Barbados Tridents kept their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) record intact with two wins from two games thanks to an outstanding performance by off-spinner Ashley Nurse, who claimed four victims to lead the Tridents to a 12-run win over the Antigua Hawksbills.

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West Indies vs Pakistan 1st T20: Zulfiqar Babar powers Pakistan to victory with last ball six in sparkling debut

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Babar took three wickets and hit the winning runs on his debut

Debutant Zulfiqar Babar will never forget this day for the rest of his life as not only did he take three wickets against the West Indies, but also smashed a huge six off the last ball of Pakistan’s innings to take his side across the finish line and give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

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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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Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka go 2-0 up despite rain interruptions

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Chandimal’s ODI captaincy record now reads two wins and zero losses

After hammering South Africa by 180 runs in the first ODI, in which wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara recorded his career-best score of 169, Sri Lanka continued their winning ways, beating the Proteas by 17 runs, despite the rain interruptions.

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2nd Investec Ashes Test: Yeah Australia talk nah

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Root, Bell and Swann were all credited for their game-changing contributions

Australia captain Michael Clarke will be sweating buckets for the remainder of this Ashes series after his team fell to England once again, thanks largely to the outstanding batting efforts of Ian Bell and Joe Root and the masterful spin bowling of Graeme Swann.

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