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Australian limited overs captain Aaron Finch announced his unexpected retirement from one-day cricket Saturday after a lean run with the bat. The 35-year-old will play his 146th and final ODI on Sunday in Cairns against New Zealand, capping an outstanding career in the 50-over game. He will remain captain of the Twenty20 side.
Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's knee injury has disturbed the team combination and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not happy about it. "We are not happy with Jadeja's injury. He should have kept the World Cup in mind while doing adventurous activities. But he was not responsible and did not think that the World Cup is on the way. We are not happy with this action of Jadeja," a source told ANI.
Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga led Sri Lanka's bowling charge to set up a comfortable five-wicket victory over Pakistan on Friday in their dress rehearsal for the Asia Cup final.
Skipper Priyank Panchal's dogged 87 and a fighting unbeaten 74 by keeper Kona Srikar Bharat took India A to 229 for six on the second day of the rain-hit second unofficial Test against New Zealand. After the first day's play was called off due to rain, the truncated second day saw 66 overs being bowled, and most of the top and middle-order batters failed to make an impression. Skipper Panchal's knock came off 148 balls, with 12 fours and two sixes, while Bharat's unbeaten knock saw him face 104 balls while hitting 10 boundaries.
The Rugby League clash between Salford Red Devils and Huddersfield Giants on Saturday will go ahead as planned it has been confirmed.
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Super 4 match at the Asia Cup on Wednesday was a closely fought one with the latter prevailing in the last over of a 130-run chase. Courtesy the win, Pakistan set up a final clash with Sri Lanka on Sunday. However, the match between the Babar Azam-led Pakistan and the Mohammad Nabi-led Afghanistan was also witness to some untoward incident between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmed Malik. It happened in the 19th over after Pakistan batter Ali was dismissed by Malik.
Australia beat New Zealand in the 2nd ODI on Thursday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. While they bowled New Zealand out for a paltry total of 82 to register a 113-run win, they did miss a golden run out opportunity early on in the visitors' innings. Defending 196, Mitchell Starc gave Australia the perfect start with the ball as he had Martin Guptill out in the first over. The very next delivery could have led to another dismissal, but Australia fluffed their lines.
On a comeback trail, Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered double centuries as West Zone put a pedestrian North East Zone attack to the sword by amassing 590 for two in their Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Chennai on Friday. Sent into bat, Rahane (207 batting) and Jaiswal (228) toyed with the North East bowling line-up and added 333 runs for the second wicket. The classy Rahane, who has played many a memorable knock in the Test arena, seemed to enjoy the hit in the middle as he feasted on the North East bowling. Not known to be a six hitter, Rahane sent six over the rope, apart from his 22 fours to stamp his authority on the second day.