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Harsh Thaker hit an unbeaten 111 for his maiden one-day international century as Canada defeated the United Arab Emirates by eight runs in a rain-shortened match Tuesday to record its third straight victory in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play in Dubai.
The UAE’s miserable start to Cricket World Cup League 2 continued as they suffered a third straight defeat at Dubai International Stadium.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow will have contrasting feelings as they prepare for the fifth Test between India and England that begins in Dharamsala on Thursday.
The father of Indian cricketer Sarfaraz Khan, Naushad, had to send a warning to cricket fans after ‘fake accounts', impersonating him cropped up on social media, asking people for money on the pretext of selection as IPL net bowlers, cricket academies, and state teams. In a video, Sarfarz's father highlighted how several fake social media accounts have surfaced on different platforms, trying to lure aspiring cricketers into spending money for selection in different tournaments. Naushad urged budding cricketers to believe in their talent and hard work over such people running scams.
UP Warriorz's (UPW) Vrinda Dinesh has been ruled out of the remainder of this season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) after suffering a shoulder injury during Match 6 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday. WPL released an official statement informing that the opener has been ruled out of the ongoing edition of the WPL and wicketkeeper batter Uma Chetry will join the squad in place of her. Vrinda was bought for Rs. 1.3 Crores in the WPL auction by the UPW franchise.
Sri Lanka are set to give the nod to experienced players when deciding on their squad of 15 for the June event. Chief selector Upul Tharanga has revealed Sri Lanka will favour experience over youth when deciding who will represent the side at this year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The 2014 T20 World Cup champions caused a shock recently when they recalled experienced wicket-keeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella for their ongoing T20I series with Bangladesh and Tharanga indicated this would be the norm ahead of this year's 20-over showcase in the USA and Caribean in June.
Test cricket will see two players featuring in their 100th game together for only the fourth time when India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and England batter Jonny Bairstow take the field here on Thursday. The first such occasion was when former England captain Michael Atherton and Alec Stewart reached the landmark against the West Indies at Old Trafford back in 2000. The second instance involved three players as South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Stephen Fleming played their 100th Test in the South Africa-New Zealand game in Centurion in 2006.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test match between India and England in Dharamshala, star English batter Joe Root said that he has "high expectations" from himself. After taking part in the first four Test matches, Root has scored 210 runs with an average of 30.00 and a strike rate of 45.16. He slammed 17 fours and 1 overhead boundary after appearing in 8 innings. Root accepted that he failed to display his best performance in the first four Test matches against India.