Sir Viv Richards turns 70: How West Indies star forged one of the great careers
Sir Vivian Richards was the most destructive batter of his generation and not a man to be messed with on or off the pitch.
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Lydia Ko out to inspire Saudi female golfers amid bid to retain Aramco title
Defending champion Lydia Ko says she hopes her second appearance at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund can inspire more girls in the kingdom to take up golf.
Rassie Erasmus goes public on South Africa's desire to join the Six Nations
South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says it would be “awesome” to have the Springboks in the Six Nations.
Rassie Erasmus: Springboks boss says joining the Six Nations ‘would be awesome’
The Springboks are currently committed to the Rugby Championship for the next few years but there have been rumours that they are set to move north.
Super Rugby Pacific: All Blacks legends slam quality of Australian franchises
There have only been three rounds in the competition so far, while cross-border matches have yet to take place, but Kirwan and Wilson have been left in little doubt as to where the respective teams currently stand.
ICC Women's World Cup 2022: New Zealand Canter To 9-Wicket Victory Over Bangladesh
Hosts New Zealand registered their first win of the tournament as they inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed ICC Women's World Cup match on Monday. New Zealand bowlers first restricted Bangladesh to 140 for 8 after a long rain delay before Suzie Bates hit a strokeful unbeaten half-century to power the hosts to a victory with 42 balls to spare in the match that was reduced to 27 overs apiece. The win earned New Zealand, who lost to West Indies in the tournament opener, two valuable points as they rose to the third place while, Bangladesh remain winless from their two matches and are in seventh spot.
The Pooja Vastrakar story: From playing with boys and dealing with a tragedy that threatened to destroy her to helping India beat Pakistan in the Women's World Cup
Pooja Vastrakar has played 2 Tests, 14 ODIs and 24 T20Is for the Indian women's cricket team since her international debut in 2018. On Sunday, though, in what was her 14th ODI in the blue jersey of the Indian team, Vastrakar played a knock which will go down as her best performance with the bat so far and that too at a time when the team desperately needed someone to stand tall and deliver in a high pressure World Cup game. In the high-octane clash against Pakistan, in what was India's opening match in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Vastrakar was at her best with the bat. Coming in to bat at number 8, Vastrakar, who hails from Bilaspur in Madhya, Pradesh belted 67 off 59 deliveries and stitched a 122-run partnership with Sneh Rana (53 not out off 48 balls) to take India out of a tough situation. She walked in to bat with India at 114-6, at the fall of captain Mitahli Raj's wicket. Her valiant knock was studded with eight boundaries. She was adjudged the Player of the Match for what is now her highest career score across all formats.
New Zealand off the mark with big win over Bangladesh
Suzie Bates struck 79, sharing in an unbroken 108-run partnership with Amelia Kerr, as New Zealand coasted to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Women's World Cup.