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Hyderabad defend a modest 136 against Rajasthan to inch closer to playoffs

May 18, 2013

Hyderabad

Hyderabad, May 18: A fighting Sunrisers Hyderabad upstaged Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs here on Friday to greatly enhance their chances of playoff qualification in the ongoing T20 league.

The hosts were restricted to 136/9 in their 20 overs by the visitors who played the game under the shadow of the spot-fixing scandal which has rocked the franchise. However, Hyderabad's bowlers, once again, rose to the occasion and made life difficult for Rajasthan who ended up at 113/9.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad with figures of 4-0-8-2. Dale Steyn once again proved difficult to hit, ending with impressive figures of 4-0-17-2. Sunrisers are now fourth in the points tally with 18 points and play their final league match against Kolkata at home.

Earlier, the Royals showed that they were a resilient lot and were not willing to let the fixing incident affect their on-field performance. The Rahul Dravid-led side, which has been the surprise package of the tournament, looked a determined lot.

Left-arm seamer James Faulker led the visitors' attack with a five for 16 haul that thwarted the hosts' attempts to put up a big score on the board. This is Faulker's second five-wicket haul this season. Incidentally, his earlier five for 20 was also against the Sunrises in Jaipur last month. The only other bowler to have a five-wicket haul this season is Jaidev Unadkat of Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Tasmanian, who has 26 wickets to his credit thus far, is now the proud owner of the purple cap.

Biplab Samantray saved the hosts' blushes with an attacking half-century that gave them something to fight for. Samantray struck six fours and a six in his 46-ball 55.

Earlier, Faulkner struck the first blow when he forced Parthiv Patel to edge the first ball on to the stumps. Five balls later, Faulkner got rid of the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan. The southpaw tried to drive through the line but the thick outside edge was taken by Ajinkya Rahane at point.

Skipper Cameroon White seemed in a hurry as he pulled a short ball from Shane Watson down Siddharth Trivedi's throat at fine leg.

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August 9,2020

Manchester, Aug 9: Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler played knocks of 84 and 75 respectively as England gained an improbable three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test of the three-match series here at the Emirates Old Trafford.

England chased down a total of 277 on the fourth day of the first Test.

Chasing 277, England openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley put on 22 runs for the first wicket, but Mohammad Abbas finally provided the breakthrough to Pakistan as he had Burns (10) adjudged leg-before wicket in the 12th over.

Skipper Joe Root came to the crease next, and he along with Sibley ensured that the side does not lose any more wickets before the lunch break, and England went into the lunch break at 55/1.

Sibley and Root eventually put up a 64-run stand, but their partnership was finally brought to an end by Yasir Shah as he dismissed Sibley (36) in the 36th over. Soon after, skipper Root (42) was also sent back to the pavilion by Naseem Shah, reducing England to 96/3 in the 39th over.

All eyes were on all-rounder Ben Stokes (9), but Pakistan's Yasir Shah sent him back to the pavilion in the 42nd over, and England was left in a spot of bother. Shaheen Shah Afridi, then also got among the wicket-taking charts as he scalped the wicket of Ollie Pope (7), reducing England to 117/5 in the 45th over.

Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler then got together at the crease, and the duo played in an aggressive manner to retrieve the innings for England. The hosts went into the tea break at 167/5, still, 110 runs away from the target with five wickets in hand.

Buttler and Woakes continued their march to frustrate the Pakistan bowling attack and the duo brought the target within the grasp of England. Both batsmen put up a stand of 139 runs, however, with just 21 runs away from the target, England lost the key wicket of Buttler (75) as Yasir Shah had him trapped in front of the wicket.

With England just needing four more runs for the win, Yasir Shah dismissed Stuart Broad (4), but in the end, Woakes and Dom Bess ensured England's win by three wickets.

For Pakistan, Yasir Shah was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped four wickets.

Earlier, resuming day four at 137/8, Yasir Shah (33) along with Mohammad Abbas (3*) and Naseem Shah (4) added 32 more runs to the overnight score to give England a target of 277 to win the first Test.

Stuart Broad was the pick of England bowlers as he scalped three wickets.

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April 27,2020

Lahore, Apr 27: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for three years for failing to report spot-fixing offers, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced Monday.

Umar, who turns 30 next month, pleaded guilty to not reporting the fixing offers which led to his provisional suspension on February 20 this year.

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March 15,2020

Chennai, Mar 15: Wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni has left the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) training camp following the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL) amidst the coronavirus scare.

The former India skipper had joined the CSK's camp earlier this month in order to practice for the upcoming IPL season.

CSK's official handle tweeted a video of Dhoni and captioned the post as: "It has become your home sir!" Keep whistling, as #Thala Dhoni bids a short adieu to #AnbuDen".

Thirty-eight-year-old Dhoni has been currently enjoying some time away from the game. He last played competitive cricket during the 2019 World Cup.

Dhoni had to face criticism for his slow batting approach during India's matches in the tournament.

Earlier this year, Dhoni did not find a place for himself in the BCCI's centrally contracted players list.

BCCI had released the list of central contract list of players for the period from October 2019 to September 2020.

On Friday, BCCI decided to postpone the IPL until April 15 as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus pandemic.

On Saturday, all the IPL franchises met in Mumbai to discuss as to how to go on with the tournament in the future.

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