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After conceding 11 runs in his first over, the third of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) innings, Kamboj was taken for 28 in his second, the fifth of the innings, when Marsh sent him for 6, 6, 6, 6 off the first four balls, before Kamboj’s foot came in the way of a powerful hit…

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Kartik Sharma started his IPL 2026 slowly. The big-money Chennai Super Kings (CSK) auction buy – INR 14.2 crore – took six innings to top 18, his highest score till then, but since then, it has been a sequence of 54*, 41*, 20 and 71. The last of those, against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on…

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Lunch Bangladesh 101 for 3 (Shanto 26*, Tanzid 26, Abbas 2-22) vs Pakistan Under dark clouds in Sylhet that threatened but did not strike, Bangladesh and Pakistan battled through the opening session of the second Test, finishing it with honours even. Mohammad Abbas struck twice early to get rid of the openers cheaply once more,…

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Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Fatima Sana smashed the fastest T20I half-century during the third game of a three-match series against Zimbabwe at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. Sana reached her fifty in just 15 balls and was unbeaten on 62 off 19 deliveries as Pakistan posted a mammoth 223 for four in…

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Northamptonshire 37 for 3 trail Gloucestershire 154 (Price 50*, Sanderson 5-47) by 117 runs Ben Sanderson produced an outstanding display of seam bowling as Northamptonshire edged the first day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Exploiting bowler-friendly conditions and a hybrid pitch, the 37-year-old right…

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At 135 for 0 in the 12th over, LSG had whittled away much of the 188-run chase. But they lost three wickets in the space of nine runs. Nicholas Pooran came in at No. 3 and was followed by Abdul Samad and Mukul Choudhary as LSG won with seven wickets to spare. “See, I was…

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Hampshire 152 for 6 (O’Neill 4-32) vs Nottinghamshire Fergus O’Neill claimed four wickets as leaders Nottinghamshire piled more pressure on Hampshire’s out-of-form batting line-up. Australian quick O’Neill picked up four for 32 as bottom-placed Hampshire were left 105 for six. New overseas Delano Potgieter and Felix Organ improved the situation somewhat to reach 152 for…

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Somerset 335 for 5 (Rew 86, Abell 74*, Lammonby 73) vs Sussex Tom Abell continued in the form of his life as Somerset ran up 335 for five on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match with Sussex at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton. The 32-year-old model of consistency, who went…

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