Nigeria battle Malawi for World Cup Ticket as semifinals hold today
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Bangladesh will take on Pakistan in the first match of the tri-series, also featuring hosts New Zealand, at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Bangladesh head into the match following a 2-0 T20I series win over the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan, on the other hand, went down fighting against England in a seven-match series. Pakistan's middle-order has been their achilles heel since the start of the Asia Cup in September.
Right-handed batter Sanju Samson played one of the most defining knocks of his short international career as he played an unbeaten knock of 86, but this was not enough to take Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India over the line against South Africa in the first ODI of the three-match series at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Needing 30 runs in the final over, Samson kept the hosts in the game till the third ball of the over, but as soon as he missed the fourth ball, the game was done and dusted for Team India.
VVS Laxman, the National Cricket Academy head and India's stand-in coach for the South Africa ODI series, on Thursday said that it would be difficult for the selectors to get the right team going into the 50-over World Cup slated to be held in India next year. He said that all the youngsters are performing really well and the competition is good hence they are spoiled for choices. Laxman's comments came ahead of the 1st ODI between India and South Africa in Lucknow.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller hit unbeaten half-centuries to set up a nine-run win for South Africa in a rain-reduced opening one-day international against India on Thursday.
Below-par death bowling coupled with ordinary fielding and batting, except for Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer, hurt a second-string Indian team as it slumped to a nine-run defeat against South Africa in the rain-truncated first ODI of the three-match series here on Thursday. Opting to bowl in the rain-hit 40-over-a-side game, India started on the right note reducing South Africa to 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs before David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen hit strokeful half-centuries to guide South Africa to 249 for 4.
Out of action since March 2021, England pacer Jofra Archer is gradually inching closer to a return. The marquee fast bowler has missed plenty of important cricketing assignments due to an injury and will not be a part of the England squad in the T20 World Cup 2022 either. But, as far as the plans for 2023 go, Jofra could be in the thick of the action for England. In fact, the pacer could return to action as soon as January next year in a bilateral series against South Africa.
Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj has cracked the top 10 of the ICC T20 bowler rankings following South Africa's T20 series loss against India.