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  • South Africa wins a thriller to expel India from Women’s CWC 2022

    South Africa Women has chased down a mammoth 275 runs in the last match of the group stage at ICC Women’s CWC 2022 to show India the exit door of the tournament.

    India Women needed to win against the Proteas to secure a berth in the semifinal of Women’s CWC 2022. At halfway in the match, Indian victory was definitely on the cards as Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, and Mithali Raj notched up half-centuries to propel Indis to 274/7 in 50 overs.

    South Africa pulled a majestic effort to end India’s hopes. Laura Wolvaardt played beautifully to control the chase for South Africa. The Proteas did stumble in the last 10 overs but kept the nerves under control to pull off an exciting morale-boosting victory on the 2nd last ball of the 50th over.

    Here’s how the match panned out:

    Mithali Raj, the Indian captain, won the toss and chose to bat first to put scoreboard pressure on the opposition. Responding in affirmative to their captain’s call, the Indian openers, Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, provided India with a blitzing start. The duo added 91 in 15 overs before dangerous Shafali was found short on her crease by Chetty to provide a much-needed breakthrough to South Africa.

    Yastika Bhatia soon also got dismissed, and Proteas made their stride back into the match. However, South Africa was stopped in its track by the duo of Mithali and Mandhan. The two formed an 80 run stand for the third wicket to take India from 96-2 to 176-3 in 32 overs. Mandhana scored a brilliant 71 off 84, consisting of 6 fours and a six. 

    India again successfully crafted a partnership with the pair of Mithali and Kaur, adding 56 runs for the 4th wicket. Mithali scored 68, while Kaur managed 48 but failed to accelerate the Indian innings in the death overs. Ultimately India set up a 275 runs target for the Proteas.

    Chasing 275, South Africa Women suffered an early blow at 14 in the form of Lizelle Lee. However, India failed to build the momentum, and Wolvaardt with Goodall created a 125 runs stand for the 2nd wicket. Goodall contributed a significant 49 runs, while Wolvaardt blasted 80 off 79, including 11 fours. 

    After Wolvaardt’s departure, South Africa Women kept losing wickets at regular intervals but also managed to keep up the scoring rate. Mignon du Preez scored an unbeaten 52* to snatch the victory in a last-over thriller.

    Nerve-wracking 50th over

    The equation was 7 off 6 with Preez and Chetty in the middle in 50th over. Deepti Sharma was tasked with bringing victory to India’s way. The first ball resulted in a single, followed by a single and run out on the second ball.

    The third ball again resulted in a single, with the fourth ball producing the same result as well. The fifth ball was a God’s gift to South Africa as Deepti overstepped and bowled a no-ball to concede a single of that. South Africa required only 1 off the last 2 deliveries, which they quickly pulled off to oust India Women from the tournament.

     

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  • Women’s World Cup 2022: England Qualifies for Semi-Finals

    Defending champion England Women have crushed Bangladesh Women by 100 runs to qualify for the semifinals.

    England began their campaign in the worst way possible with three consecutive defeats in the first three matches. However, they have bounced back hard to win four successive games to ultimately qualify for the semifinals and stake their claim on the coveted ICC trophy.

    England set up a target of 235 runs for Bangladesh by posting 234/6 in their 50 overs on the back of Sophia Dunkley’s surge in the death overs. Bangladesh, in reply, could only catapult 134 runs in 48 overs to end their miserable run at the ICC Women’s CWC 2022.

    Here’s how the match panned out:

    England won the toss and opted to bat first, an unexpected decision by the captain Heather Knight in a tournament where most of the teams opt to bat second when they happen to win the toss.

    England did not have a great start and lost their opener, Danielle Wyatt and captain Heather Knight under the field restrictions. Beaumont and Sciver combined to put up a stand of 60 runs to keep England’s hopes alive. But Bangladesh again made its stride back into the match with quick dismissals of Beaumont and Sciver.

    England struggled on 96-4 when Dunkley and Jones partnered to pull their team out of the troubled waters. Jones scored significant 30 runs, while Dunkley notched up 67 runs to propel England to 234/6 in 50 overs. Salma Khatun was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh. She picked up crucial wickets of Knight and Sciver to put England on backfoot in the middle overs.

    Chasing 235, Bangladesh had a pretty decent opening stand of 42 runs. However, no one showed any character to stand up against the English bowlers following the opening pair. Sophie Eccelstone and Charlotte Dean helped England register a thumping victory by 100 runs to qualify for the semifinal.

     

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  • IPL 2022, CSK VS KKR: Dhoni’s Valiant 50* Goes in Vain

    MS Dhoni, the man of crisis, steered the innings for Chennai Super Kings against KKR to avoid a horrendous collapse and take his team to 131/5 in 20 overs.

    However, the target seemed below par on the due heavy pitch at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kolkata Knight Riders comfortably chased the score with 6 wickets to spare in 18.3 overs.

    KKR has gained 2 points and risen to the top of the points table in Group A, while CSK sits at the bottom of Group B.

    Here’s how the match panned out:

    Shreyas Iyer, the captain for Knight Riders, won the toss and rightfully opted to bowl first on a pitch that generally helps the team batting second.

    Batting first, CSK had hoped for a blitzing start from their superstar in making Ruturaj Gaikwad. However, Umesh Yadav did not let CSK openers construct a formidable stand. Yadav dismissed Gaikwad for a duck to provide an early breakthrough for Knight Riders.

    After Gaikwad’s departure, Devon Conway, the debutant for CSK, was joined in the middle by Robin Uthappa. Uthappa played some glorious shots and tried to break the shackles for CSK. However, both Conway and Uthappa were removed in quick succession by KKR to take control of the match. Uthappa scored an enterprising 28 of 21 balls, including 2 fours and 2 sixes.

    Rayudu and Jadeja struggled in the middle overs, and KKR kept piling on the pressure with dot balls. The miscommunication between the two led to the dismissal of Rayudu and the 4th wicket for Knight Riders.

    Shivam Dube could not last for long at the crease and managed only a paltry 3 off 8 balls. Dube’s exit brought in the man of the hour, MS Dhoni, on the crease. Dhoni has left the captaincy of CSK, looked free from any pressure and reminded the fans of vintage Dhoni.

    In the highly pressured match situation, Dhoni kept his nerves and started slowly to build a partnership with Jadeja. The duo somehow managed to keep the ruthless KKR bowlers at bay to create the fireworks in the last three overs of the innings.

    Dhoni smashed Rusell and Mavi all around the park while Jadeja struggled on the other end. He remained not out on 50* with 7 fours and a massive six of the no-ball. CSK finished on 131/5 to set a target of 132 runs for KKR.

    Chasing 132, Rahane and Iyer showed emergency in the first 6 overs and notched more than 40 runs to tighten the grasp of KKR on the match. Rahane scored a brilliant 44 off 34, comprising 6 fours and a six.

    For CSK, Bravo was the pick of the bowlers; he dismissed 3 KKR batters. However, Nitish Rana, Sam Billings and Shreyas Iyer’s score above 20 runs guaranteed that KKR ends up winning in their first match.

     

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  • Women’s CWC 2022: New Zealand Vanquished Pakistan

    New Zealand Women thoroughly defeated Pakistan Women by 71 runs in what probably would be the last match for both teams in the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.

    New Zealand, the host, was one of the favourites to qualify for the top four before the tournament commenced. However, the current scenarios at the group stage almost guarantee that the Kiwis would not be eligible for the semi-finals.

    On the other hand, Pakistan had no hopes at all coming into their final match of the tournament. They have only won one game in their entire Women’s World Cup campaign. Pakistan sits at the last position in the points table with nothing to boast of.

    Here’s how the match panned out:

    Pakistan Women won the toss and opted to bowl first at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. New Zealand Women gladly accepted the offer to bat first and notched up 265 runs in their innings to put Pak under immense pressure.

    Kiwi opener Bates scored a brilliant

    hundred and scored 126 off 135, including 14 boundaries. She played as an anchor for almost the entirety of the innings and guided her team to the massive total. Other than Bates, no other New Zealand batter crossed 30 runs; for Pakistan, Nida Dar was the pick of the bowlers. She dismissed 3 Kiwi batters to continue her great individual performances at ICC Women’s CWC 2022.

    Chasing 266, Pakistan Women could not attain control at any point. Hannah Rowe took a fifer to obliterate the Pakistani batting line-up. Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and failed to materialize the partnerships of substance in the innings. Nida Dar performed with the bat as well for Pakistan and scored fifty in just 53 balls. However, she did not get any support from others to take her team to victory.

     

    ICC WOMEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP 2022 POINTS TABLE

    POS

    TEAMS

    PLAYED

    WON

    LOST

    N/R

    TIED

    NET RR

    POINTS
    1

    Australia Women

    		 7 7 0 0 0 +1.283 14
    2

    South Africa Women

    		 6 4 1 1 0 +0.092 9
    3

    West Indies Women

    		 7 3 3 1 0 -0.885 7
    4

    England Women

    		 6 3 3 0 0 +0.778 6
    5

    India Women

    		 6 3 3 0 0 +0.768 6
    6

    New Zealand Women

    		 7 3 4 0 0 +0.027 6
    7

    Bangladesh Women

    		 6 1 5 0 0 -0.809 2
    8

    Pakistan Women

    		 7 1 6 0 0 -1.313 2

     

     

     

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  • Australia Defeated Pakistan to Clinch the Historic Test Series

    Australia has ended their 11-year drought in Asia after clinching the Test series in Pakistan. Before winning against Pakistan, they last won in Asia in 2011 against Sri Lanka. 

    Australian bowlers obliterated the Pakistani batting line-up to break the stalemate and win the Test series in style.

    Here’s how the day panned out: 

    Pakistan cruised on 74-0 at stumps on day 4, with Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq well set on the crease. However, the merry way of making runs could not continue for Pakistan on a pivotal day.

    Green removed Shafique on 27 to open the door for Australian bowlers. Azhar Ali looked to consolidate the Pakistani inning with Imam-ul-Haq, and together the duo took Pakistan above 100. 

    When Nathan Lyon came to the party on a track that started helping spinners on the 5th day, Pakistan scattered like a deck of cards. His first victim was the gritty Azhar Ali, followed by the well-set Imam-ul-Haq.

    Imam played a gutsy knock of 70 off 199, including 5 fours, to take control of the chase while batting for Pakistan in the fourth innings. Imam’s departure paved the way for Australia to take control of the game. Imam’s wicket was the turning point on the 5th day that ultimately ended in Australia triumphing against Pakistan.

    After Lyon, Pat Cummins, the captain, took the reign in his hands and produced two back to back wickets for the Kangaroos. He brought an end to Fawad Alam’s dismal batting display in the Test series and sent back the hero of the 2nd Test, Mohammad Rizwan, to the pavilion.

    All hope was lost for Pakistan when Babar Azam got removed by Nathan Lyon. Pakistan could only manage 235 in the fourth innings and lost the match by 115 runs to also lose the Test series. 

     

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  • IPL 2022: 3 Favourite Teams Who Can Win The IPL Trophy

    Every year 8 teams battle it out against each other for the golden IPL trophy, however Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings have together clinched 9 titles out of 14. This year 10 teams will be facing off each other to lay their hands on the shining trophy.

    It’s that time of the year when the biggest domestic cricket league in the world is about to begin. Yes! Indian Premier League (IPL) is starting from 26th March 2022 with an opening clash between last year’s defending champions Chennai Super Kings and runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians, the most successful franchise in the world with 5 titles to its name, will face Delhi Capitals on 27th March 2022 in the afternoon game.

    Every cricket fan is electrified for this season as the format of the tournament has been changed due to the introduction of two new teams. Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titians led by KL Rahul & Hardik Pandya respectively will fight out with vintage teams for the IPL 2022 trophy.

    Let’s find out which teams are favorites to win the IPL trophy this year-

    1) Lucknow Super Giants

    Lucknow Super Giants have check-marked every possible thing for the finest team. Andy Flower is an experienced head coach, who has been the head coach of England when they regained ashes. Moreover, India’s opening batter who played crucial knocks in India’s 2007 & 2011 world cup as KKR’s two IPL trophy victory has been appointed as the mentor for the team.

    India’s probable future captain KL Rahul as captain with a brawny side leaves no drawbacks or possible outcomes for them to lift the IPL 2022 trophy. Rahul & Quinton at the top, Stoinis & Jason Holder as the world-class all-rounders and Ravi Bishnoi’s spin web and Avesh Khan’s fast lethal bowling with Andrew Tye’s slower delivery makes them an invincible side.

    2) Mumbai Indians

    Mumbai Indians retained their marquee players Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav &  Kieron Pollard before the mega auction. However, they couldn’t retain their pocket dynamo Ishan Kishan but bought back in the mega auction for whopping 15.25 crores. Although, they couldn’t afford the services of Krunal Pandya who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants.

    Mumbai Indians built a brawny side even in the limited budget. They got Baby AB (Dewald Brevis), who had a splendid U-19 World Cup run recently, along with Tim David (Singapore”s) explosive batter for the lower order. Precious fast bowlers – Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills and Jaydev Unadkat will be lethal to batters along with Jasprit Bumrah. Mumbai Indians also got two top-quality spinners Murugan Ashwin and Mayank Markande.

    After such a balanced playing XI, Mumbai Indians hold a chance to lift the IPL trophy for the record 6th time.

    3) Kolkata Knight Riders

    Two times IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders were finally able to crash into the IPL finals last season, however they felt short of the finish line. Kolkata Knight Riders had some positives from the previous two seasons as they got their gem players in Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer who were retained along with Sunil Narine and Andre Russel before going into the mega auction.

    Kolkata Knight Riders roped in Shreyas Iyer from the mega auction to lead their side who turned the luck of Delhi Capitals, since he took over the reins back in 2019. The franchise tried to accumulate their ex-player like Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi and Nitish Rana.

    Thus, a brawny side has been developed by the KKR management and a young experienced leader like Shreyas Iyer has been commanded to sail the ship for them. The team holds considerable chances of lifting the IPL trophy as the majority of players are experienced with this side and know their role significantly.

    What do you think are the chances of these 3 teams lifting the IPL trophy? Do share your views with us.

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  • Women’s CWC 2022: Australia remains unbeaten at group stage

    Australia Women comprehensively defeated Bangladesh Women by 5 wickets in the last match for the side at the group stage. The game was cut short to 43 overs per side due to rain before the play commenced.

    Australians have shown utter dominance throughout the round-robin stage by winning 7 out of 7 games. On the other hand, Bangladesh Women have lost 5 out of 6 their matches and sit awkwardly at 7th position in the points table.

    Here’s how the game panned out:

    Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to bowl first, a common preference in the tournament.

    Batting first, Bangladesh could never up the ante in their innings and kept losing wickets at a crucial juncture in the match. Australian bowlers tended to take the quote, ‘strike the iron when it is hot’ too seriously during the match cause when it just felt like Bangladesh was on the verge of breaking through the shackles, Australia pulled them back with a wicket.

    Lata Mondal had top-scored for Bangladesh with 33 in 63 balls to propel her side to 135/6 in 43 overs. Darcie Brown and Jess Jonassen took two wickets for Australia Women, while Sutherland and Schutt dismissed one batter each.

    Chasing 136, Australia Women seemed in a bit of trouble early on in their innings when they lost the top-three batters for just 26 runs in 9.2 overs. However, Beth Mooney took command of the chase and scored an unbeaten 66* off 75, including 5 fours to make Australia cross the finish line. 

    For Bangladesh, Salma Khatun was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets to her name. She dismissed the trio of Alyssa Healy, Rachael Haynes and Meg Lanning. Nevertheless, Australia comfortably chased down the target to register another win. At the moment, the Australians are unstoppable. Will any team be able to put the brakes on the Australian team in the semi-final or final? Do let us know what you think about that?

     

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  • Women’s CWC 2022: England Flattens Pakistan by 9 Wickets

    Defending champions England Women registered a thumping victory over Pakistan Women to massively improve their net run rate and keep the hopes of making semi-finals in the Women’s World Cup 2022.

    England Women have moved up to the 4th position displacing India Women in the points table with 3 wins in 6 games and a healthy net run rate of +0.778. Both India and England have one much left in the tournament to decide their fates. If both the teams win their next match, both will qualify for the semis. However, if one team loses the subsequent encounter, West Indies will go into the semi-finals.

    Here’s how the match that changed all equations panned out:

    England Women won the toss and predictably chose to bowl first. Invited to bat first, Pakistan had a horrible start by losing Nahida Khan on the first bowl of the match. Pakistan never really recovered from this early blow and continued losing wickets at regular intervals to post a meagre total on the board.

    Katherine Brunt and Ecclestone dismantled the Pakistani batting line-up by removing three batters each. For Pakistan, only Ameen and Sidra Nawaz could score in the double figures, with Ameen being the top scorer with a knock of 33 in 77 deliveries.

    Pakistan folded up on 105 in 41.3 overs to end their miserable batting tale against the England Women.

    Chasing 106, England only lost Beaumont and reached the target with 30 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Danielle Wyatt notched up an extraordinary half-century to guide her team to the victory.

    Danielle Wyatt was named player of the match for her incredible batting performance took England to the 4th position in the points table at Women’s CWC 2022.

     

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  • Women’s CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter Semis

    South Africa Women vs West Indies Women was abandoned due to an incessant rain that kept persisting throughout the cut-off duration of the play at Basin Reserve Stadium in Wellington.

    At one point, the game actually did begin with the umpires deciding that the match would be shortened to 26 overs per side. West Indies Women won the toss and had South Africa kneeling at 61-4 in 10.4 overs before the rain interfered again to probably deny West Indies a win against the Proteas.

    Both the teams were awarded one point each as per the ICC policy in case a match is abandoned in the tournament due to unforeseen circumstances.

    South Africa has ultimately qualified for the semis and became the second team after Australia Women to secure a place in the top four of the Women’s World Cup 2022.

    South Africa still has a match left in the round-robin stage of the tournament against India Women. On the other hand, West Indies will be counting on England Women and India Women to lose their remaining matches so that they can qualify for the semi-finals.

    Suddenly the tournament has become much more fascinating with 3 teams in contention for the 3rd and 4th position in the points table.

    Current standings in the points table:

    POS COUNTRY PLD WON LOST TIE NRR PTS
    1
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisAU-W
    		 6 6 0 0 +1.287 12
    2
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisSA-W
    		 6 4 1 0 +0.092 9
    3
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisWI-W
    		 7 3 3 0 -0.885 7
    4
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisEN-W
    		 6 3 3 0 +0.778 6
    5
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisIN-W
    		 6 3 3 0 +0.768 6
    6
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisNZ-W
    		 6 2 4 0 -0.229 4
    7
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisBD-W
    		 5 1 4 0 -0.754 2
    8
    Women's CWC 2022: SAW VS WIW Abandoned, Proteas Enter SemisPK-W
    		 6 1 5 0 -1.280 2

     

     

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  • SA VS BAN: Bangladesh defeated South Africa to Create History

    Bangladesh continued on their road to do the unthinkable. They defeated South Africa in the third and final ODI of the series by 9 wickets to register their first-ever series victory in the Proteas’ land.

    The third ODI was an anticipated affair with series on level after Bangladesh won the first ODI, and South Africa retaliated hard in the 2nd ODI to secure the victory.

    Here’s how the memorable win got realized:

    Tamim Iqbal, the Bangladeshi captain, won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangla bowlers justified their captain’s decision when they reciprocated with one of the best bowling efforts registered in Bangladesh’s cricket history.

    Taskin Ahmed took a fifer to break the spine of South Africa’s innings. He accounted for Janneman Malan (39), Verreyenne (9), Miller (16), Pretorius (20) and Rabada (4). Taskin conceded only 35 runs in the 9 overs he bowled to demonstrate a match-winning bowling performance.

    Shakib Al Hasan, the veteran for Bangladesh, removed two batters, including the Proteas’ captain, Temba Bavuma. Mehidy Hasan and Islam both picked one wicket each to aid in the cause of registering a massive upset in the cricketing world.

    South Africa could only manage a paltry 154 in 37 overs before being bowled out by Bangladesh. Janneman Malan top-scored for the Proteas with his inning of 39 runs in 56 balls.

    Chasing a meagre 155, Bangladesh looked in no trouble as the openers formed a massive stand of 58 runs in the context of the match. Tamim Iqbal scored an unbeaten 87* off 82 to guide his team to the victory alongside Shakib Al Hasan.

    None of the South African bowlers seemed threatening except Keshav Maharaj, who dismissed Liton Das on 48 runs.

    Taskin Ahmed was crowned player of the match for his destructive bowling performance in the historic game.

    Bangladesh will next South Africa in the Test series scheduled to begin from 31st March.

     

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