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Stokes was named Man of the Match for his heroics with both the bat and ball
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler smashed a quickfire 71 and all-rounder Ben Stokes hammered 70 runs and claimed four wickets to help England snap their eight-game losing streak with a convincing 57-run victory against Australia in the fourth ODI in Perth.
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Dunk hammered 87 runs off 53 balls
Ben Dunk proved to be the Hobart Hurricanes’ hero as he demolished the Brisbane Heat with a incredible knock of 87 to book his side a spot in the semi-finals of the Big Bash League (BBL).
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Watson scored his fourth Test century
Australia closed in on regaining the Ashes for the first time in five years thanks to a magnificent century by all-rounder Shane Watson and some fantastic all-round bowling as well.
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De Kock hammered a career-best 135
After a war of words between India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and South Africa skipper AB de Villiers, it was the Proteas who emerged triumphant in the first ODI in Johannesburg as they absolutely annihilated the Indians, beating them by a massive margin of 141 runs.
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Sharma became only the third cricketer to score an ODI double century
India opening batsman Rohit Sharma’s maiden ODI double century proved to be too much for James Faulkner, who smashed a magnificent century, and the rest of his Australian team-mates to handle.
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“Now Virat needs 32 more hundreds to go”
Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes vice-captain Virat Kohli has a chance of surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries, given the rate at which he has scored his 17 tons.
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Smith and de Villiers amassed a mammoth 326-run partnership
South Africa captain Graeme Smith and wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers left Pakistan battered and bruised as they nearly batted for the entire second day of the second Test in Dubai.
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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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Akram sees no reason as to why Anderson cannot take 450 Test wickets
Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has announced that England pace bowler James Anderson has what it takes to break his Test wicket tally of 414 wickets.
Mathews’ record of centuries is currently bare with only one triple figure score
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has issued a challenge to batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal and captain Angelo Mathews, telling each of them to score at least “35 to 40 hundreds by the time they finish” their careers.
