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Maximising speed, limiting injuries key focus ahead of hockey World Cup: Coach Schopman
As the countdown begins for the fortnight-long Women's World Cup, there's a lot of anticipation and hope to see the Indian women's team fly high in the quadrennial tournament, especially after its heroics at the Tokyo Olympics where it finished a historic fourth.
Is Rashid Khan perfecting the 'snake shot' to be a finisher like MSD?
The 23-year-old has played match-winning knocks for Gujarat against CSK (40 off 21) and SRH (31 not out off 11) under tremendous pressure situations. However the premier leg-spinner has picked only eight wickets in eight matches with an economy of 7.09 in the ongoing IPL season for the Hardik Pandya-led side.
Does MSD's reputation as finisher demoralise the bowlers? Hogg convinced it does
Dhoni's blistering 13-ball unbeaten 28 on April 21 had helped CSK clinch a last-ball thriller against the five-time champions, scoring 16 runs off the last four deliveries to help Chennai win their second game in IPL 2022. It was Dwaine Pretorius (22 off 14) and Dhoni (28 not out off 13) who hit important runs and kept CSK in the chase till the last over. CSK needed 17 runs in the last over and Pretorius was trapped leg-before by Jaydev Unadkat off the first ball.
IPL 2022: Shreyas Iyer wants KKR to play fearless cricket in remaining matches
On Thursday, Kolkata Knight Riders were restricted to 146/9 in their allotted 20 overs, and then Delhi Capitals romped home to a four-wicket win thanks to vital knocks by David Warner (42), Axar Patel 34 and Rovman Powell (33 not out). KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said, "We started off really slow and lost a couple of wickets. The wicket was holding a bit at the start but I still feel that the total was pretty low on this wicket and obviously the way we played in the first half, there are no excuses for that. We need to go back and assess where we went wrong," Iyer said in the post-match comments on Thursday night.
Maxwell again misses out on Australia Test berth for Sri Lanka series
Andrew McDonald's first tour as permanent head coach has come with notable changes in across all three formats. Pacer Pat Cummins will captain a 16-member squad to play in the two-Test series in Galle, while Aaron Finch will continue to lead an extended white-ball group. After losing his place at the top of the order to Usman Khawaja during the Australian summer, Marcus Harris has missed out on a place in the Test squad altogether.
I've always played cricket my way: Master of the square-cut Gundappa Vishwanath (Book Review)
Having been dismissed for 242, India had the visitors on the back foot at 85/4 when Bob Taylor was adjudged caught behind off Kapil Dev but the Indian captain had his doubts, consulted his colleagues, walked up to the umpire and declared: "Sir, I am withdrawing my appeal". The decision was reversed.
IPL Turning Point: Kuldeep's strikes halt KKR's progress, set up Delhi's win
KKR had slumped to 35/4 after the departure of Sunil Narine (0) and their downfall was brought about by their former player Kuldeep Yadav, who had represented KKR from 2018 to 2020. Kuldeep again turned the match on its head when he got rid of Shreyas Iyer, caught by Rishabh Pant with a wrong �un fired in a way that that took an edge and the wicketkeeper pouched a low one-handed catch.
Real Madrid can seal title in Spain's Matchday 34 this weekend
The 34th round of matches in Spain has several other key matches in the battle for European places and also to avoid relegation, but most attention will be on the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium where a point for Real Madrid against Espanyol will seal them this season's title.
Anderson, Broad available for selection for 1st Test against New Zealand: Rob Key
Despite their combined haul of 1177 Test wickets, the futures of both Anderson, 39, and Broad, 35, had been up in the air ever since England's 4-0 Ashes loss. They were not picked in the England squad for the West Indies tour, where Joe Root's side lost 1-0. However, Key -- speaking for the first time in his new role -- said that he had taken soundings from Root's newly appointed successor, Ben Stokes.
Sub-jr women's academy nationals: SAI to meet Madhya Pradesh in final
The two teams registered comprehensive wins over their respective rivals in the semi-finals -- SAI beating Smart Hockey Academy, Raipur 10-0 while MP Academy getting the better of Rloundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy 3-0.
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