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Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the fourth women’s T20I between South Africa and India on Saturday in Johannesburg. PLAYING XIs South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Sune Luus, Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Kayla Reyneke, Chloe Tryon, Eliz-Mari Marx, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Tumi Sekhukhune, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululekho Mlaba India: Shafali Verma, Anushka Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur…

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the second ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand, being held at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, on April 20. PLAYING XI Bangladesh: Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Soumya Sarkar, Rishad Hossain, Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam. New Zealand: Will Young,…

On the eve of Karnataka’s fifth-round Ranji Trophy clash against Chandigarh, captain Mayank Agarwal had insisted that left-arm spinner Shikhar Shetty was bowling far better than his numbers suggested. “He might not have got (many) wickets, but he’s bowled really well,” Mayank had said. Playing only his third First-Class match, Shikhar repaid his captain’s faith with an impressive all-round…

Sussex survived a late fourth innings scare to secure a three-wicket win over Worcestershire on the third morning of their final County Championship fixture of the season. The final four wickets of the Worcestershire innings fell inside the first 25 minutes of the third morning, as the hosts could only add 16 runs to their overnight total, Ollie Robinson taking his second five-wicket haul of the…

Derbyshire head of cricket Mickey Arthur: “The mindset shift for us has been astronomical in terms of wanting to win, playing a lot more of a brand of more positive cricket which as a captain and coach we’ve driven, and the boys have responded unbelievably well to that. “When you have a look at the way the guys go about their business out on the ground and the fielding and the intensity and the…

Amit Mishra floored New Zealand with his second five-wicket-haul in ODIs. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India needed to defend 270 runs in order to win their first major bilateral ODI series in two years. And as it turned out, did so without breaking a sweat. In one of the worst batting collapses in recent memory, New Zealand dished out a rather sub-standard performance, and from 63/2, lost their final…

Varun Chakaravarthy’s previous international appearances at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium were forgettable when he went wicketless in the three games he played during the 2021 T20 World Cup. On Sunday against New Zealand, he did not get off on the right note either on his Champions Trophy debut, dropping a sitter off a Free Hit at mid-on in and parried it over the fence in the fourth…

Bangladesh turned an 18-run first-innings lead against the West Indies into a competitive 211-run advantage on day three of the second Test at Sabina Park. Bangladesh defended its first-innings 164 by bowling out the host for 146 just after lunch as fast bowler Nahid Rana took his maiden Test five-for. As the pitch started to ease up in the sun, the Bangladeshis batted with unexpected boldness,…