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Pathum Nissanka Century Books Sri Lanka's ICC World Cup 2023 Spot

Pathum Nissanka's sublime unbeaten 101 propelled Sri Lanka to a place in this year's Cricket World Cup in India as the 1996 winners trounced hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets on Sunday. Sri Lanka had bowled out Zimbabwe for a modest 165 inside 33 overs and Nissanka never gave the hosts a hope of victory with his superb innings lifting Sri Lanka to 169 for one in their Super Six stage match. Zimbabwe can still qualify if they beat Scotland on Tuesday. Sri Lanka's bowlers had performed admirably in skittling the hosts out -- man of the match Maheesh Theekshana taking 4-25.

Nissanka century earns Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup berth

:Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka booked their place at the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India with a comprehensive nine wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in their qualifier in Bulawayo on Sunday.

Watch: Australian Players Booed At Lord's After Jonny Bairstow's Controversial Run-Out During Ashes 2023

Jonny Bairstow's dismissal on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia sparked major controversy at Lord's with the Australian players getting booed by a major section of the crowd. During the 52nd over of England's second innings, Bairstow ducked a bouncer from Cameron Green and after the ball was safely inside wicket-keeper Alex Carey's gloves, he decided to leave his crease to have a chat with Ben Stokes on the non-striker end. However, the ball was not dead yet and a direct hit from Carey resulted in a massively controversial run-out. It is common practice among batters to inform the keeper or the umpire before they leave the crease after any ball but Bairstow did not do it on this occasion and Australia decided to not withdraw their appeal.

Usman Khawaja In Heated Exchange With MCC Members Inside Lord's Long Room

Australia star Usman Khawaja was seen involved in a verbal spat with one of the MCC members while walking towards the dressing room during Lunch on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test. The incident took place in the long room of Lord's when Khawaja with his Australian team members was heading for lunch on the final day. This is when the member said something to Khawaja and the duo confronted each other. Whatever be the words, it didn't please Khawaja for sure as the player was seemingly unhappy and irked. The security had to intervene to separate the two.

Tushar Deshpande Replaces Injured Chetan Sakariya In West Zone Squad For Duleep Trophy

Mumbai seam bowler Tushar Deshpande was on Sunday added to the West Zone squad for Duleep Trophy in place of injured left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya. Saurashtra pacer Sakariya has been ruled out of the tournament due to an elbow injury in his bowling arm. "He will need two to three weeks to recover," a BCCI source told PTI. Central Zone are coming off a huge 170-run win over the East Zone in the quarter-final played at Alur from June 28 to July 1.

On India vs Pakistan World Cup Clash, Imam-ul-Haq Reveals 2010 Discussion With Babar Azam

Star Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has revealed his discussion with the team's current skipper Babar Azam that took place way back in 2010 over a potential match in India against he hosts. The batting southpaw said that Babar and he already had plans in mind that the duo wanted to perform well against India in India. Pakistan will face Rohit Sharma's men on October 15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in 2023 ODI World Cup. It is worth noting that Pakistan has never beaten India in an ODI World Cup. Both the teams have faced each other a total of seven times at the mega event with India winning all the matches.

'He Is Three-dimensional Like Ravindra Jadeja': Matthew Hayden's Massive Praise For Pakistan Cricketer

Ravindra Jadeja is undoubtedly one of the finest all-rounders in the world. Making his debut in 2009, Jadeja has played 174 ODIs, 64 T20Is, and 65 Tests and has taken 510 wickets. Apart from shinning with the ball, Jadeja has also scored a whopping total of 5689 international runs. During the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Trophy against Australia, earlier this year, the 34-year all-rounder emerged as joint Player of the Series with Ravichandran Ashwin. Despite all these heroics, former Australia Matthew Hayden went on to compare Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan with Jadeja.

"This Pre-Dates...": Bishop's Blunt Take On West Indies Failing To Qualify For ICC World Cup 2023

West Indies cricket's "gradual decline" reminds Ian Bishop of those big business entities of yesteryears which didn't evolve with time and perhaps will never regain its lost glory. Bishop, a fearsome fast bowler of late '80s till mid '90s, is hurt like any other Caribbean cricketer after watching Shai Hope's team being thrashed by Scotland as the former champions failed to qualify for the ODI World Cup for the first time in 48 years. Bishop believes that it will be wrong to point fingers at the current crop of West Indies players for this deterioration started way back.

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Pathum Nissanka Century Books Sri Lanka's ICC World Cup 2023 Spot

Nissanka century earns Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup berth

Watch: Australian Players Booed At Lord's After Jonny Bairstow's Controversial Run-Out During Ashes 2023

Usman Khawaja In Heated Exchange With MCC Members Inside Lord's Long Room

Tushar Deshpande Replaces Injured Chetan Sakariya In West Zone Squad For Duleep Trophy

On India vs Pakistan World Cup Clash, Imam-ul-Haq Reveals 2010 Discussion With Babar Azam

'He Is Three-dimensional Like Ravindra Jadeja': Matthew Hayden's Massive Praise For Pakistan Cricketer

"This Pre-Dates...": Bishop's Blunt Take On West Indies Failing To Qualify For ICC World Cup 2023