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Scorchers get Agar, Connolly boost with spin stocks in focus
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Friday, 13 December 2024 22:51
In the last BBL game played at Optus Stadium, a low-scoring knockout final back in January, Adelaide Strikers successfully deployed a spin-heavy attack that flummoxed Perth Scorchers and ended their dreams of a hat-trick of titles.It was a stunning turn, pardon the pun, of events and underlined that spin can have a major impact on a surface renowned for being…
Clear-minded Patidar leads MP to SMAT final with his sixes
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Saturday, 14 December 2024 00:55
Madhya Pradesh (MP) have made it to their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) final since 2010-11, and their captain Rajat Patidar has been key to their success this season. Ahead of the final against Mumbai on December 15, he has scored 347 runs, including four half-centuries, and batted at an impactful strike rate of 182.63.Patidar has continued from where…
Bangladesh's first women's three-day competition to start in December
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Saturday, 14 December 2024 01:06
The Women's Bangladesh Cricket League (WBCL), the country's first three-day competition for women, will begin at two venues in Rajshahi on December 21. The BCB has organised the tournament to set in motion the process to build its first Test side, although the board is yet to put a timeline in place."We have to be ready in red-ball cricket," head…
Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim go back to international retirement
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Saturday, 14 December 2024 01:35
Pakistan failed to make it out of the group stage at the tournament, which was won by India, but both Imad and Amir performed decently. Amir was Pakistan's joint-highest wicket-taker, along with Haris Rauf, with seven wickets from four bowling innings, and had an economy rate of 4.50. Imad didn't do much with the bat - 19 runs at a…
Swepson retains hope of Sri Lanka tour place as focus turns to BBL
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Friday, 13 December 2024 20:11
Mitchell Swepson is eyeing the BBL as his last chance to push for a Test return in Sri Lanka, with Australia's hopefuls left to make their case with the white ball.Swepson and Brisbane Heat team-mate Matt Kuhnemann are vying to be on the plane to Sri Lanka in January, with two Tests on the spin-friendly Galle wicket.Australia's domestic schedule means…
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