Air ambulance called to scene as motorbike rider left injured after crash with car
An air ambulance was called to Oldham on Thursday afternoon (April 27) as a motorbike rider was left injured following a crash with a car.
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Grand National-winning rider Derek Fox sidelined by broken collarbone
Derek Fox, who came back from injury to ride Corach Rambler to victory in the Grand National at Aintree, has been sidelined again after breaking his collarbone.
Updated IPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap List After RCB vs KKR Match: Kolkata Knight Riders Rise To 7th Spot
Kolkata Knight Riders returned to winning ways with an encouraging win over the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday. Kolkata Knight Riders conjured up a spin magic after Jason Roy's sterling fifty to snap their four-match losing streak with a 21-win over Royal Challengers Bangalore. The English opener led the show with a 29-ball 56 as Kolkata Knight Riders batters fired in unison to notch up a fighting 200/5 after RCB captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl at their home den.
Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore By 21 Runs, Return To Winning Ways
Kolkata Knight Riders conjured up a spin magic after Jason Roy's sterling fifty as they snapped their four-match losing streak with a 21-win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The English opener led the show with a 29-ball 56 as Kolkata Knight Riders batters fired in unison to notch up a fighting 200/5 after RCB captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl at their home den. But the spin duo of Varun Chakravarthy (3/24) and rookie Suyash Sharma (2/30) created a top-order mayhem, before Andre Russell (2/29) broke Kohli's resistance to restrict RCB to 179 for eight.
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2023: Will Andre Russell Make The Cut For KKR?
Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking to get their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 back on the winning track as the Nitish Rana-led side face Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru on Wednesday. KKR were defeated in their past three encounters with the bowlers leaking a lot of runs in the final overs. In the last match, Chennai Super Kings posted a huge total of 236 and although Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh showed some promise, they fell well short of the target. However, the last time that these two teams met, KKR went on to defeat RCB comprehensively at Eden Gardens.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2023: Will In-Form RCB Take Josh Hazlewood Risk?
Eyeing three wins on the bounce, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. RCB, who were beaten by KKR earlier during the reverse fixture, eye revenge against the Nitish Rana-led side. A win would take RCB upto third in the points table, ahead of Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants, who are third and fourth, respectively, in the points table. For RCB, Josh Hazlewood was seen pracitising in the nets and is available for selection.
Struggling Kolkata Knight Riders Seek Change Of Fortunes Against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kolkata Knight Riders will be desperate to bring their flagging campaign back on track while Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to shrug off the overdependence on its top three batters when the two teams clash in the IPL in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The two-time champions have looked clueless in their last four outings, losing at home while also on the road. The Nitish Rana-led side is currently at seventh spot with just two wins from seven games. The losses can largely be pegged down to the shoddy performance by KKR batters. They are missing their regular skipper Shreyas Iyer and star all-rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan.
KKR vs CSK, IPL 2023: Ajinkya Rahane Shines As Chennai Super Kings Beat Kolkata Knight Riders, Rise To Top Spot In Table
Ajinkya Rahane, whose T20 game has undergone complete metamorphosis, smashed an eye-popping 29-ball-71 as Chennai Super Kings, buoyed by support from capacity Eden Gardens crowd, out-batted Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs in an IPL game, on Sunday. A transformed Rahane took Eden Gardens by storm with his sensational stroke-play which was complemented in equal measure by the muscular Shivam Dube (50 off 21 balls) and ever-consistent Devon Conway (56 off 40 balls) with CSK scoring an imposing 235 for 4 in 20 overs. With Jason Roy pulling a hamstring while fielding, the chase was out of question and Dhoni's young pace troika of Akash Singh (1/29 in 4 overs),Matheesa Pathirana (1/27 in 4 overs) and Tushar Deshpande (2/43 in 4 overs) along with seasoned spinners Moeen Ali (1/20 in 1 over), Maheesh Theekshana (2/32 in 4 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/34 in 3 overs) restricted KKR to 186 for 8 in 20 overs.