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Round-up: Desert Vipers' Alex Hales sets the stage on fire in ILT20
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Meanwhile, the Gulf Giants cemented their place at the top of the table further by continuing their unbeaten run in the tournament. Even though the Desert Vipers put up a huge total of 195 for four in their 20 overs at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, Chris Lynn and Shimron Hetmyer strung a partnership of 117 runs to help the Giants chase down their target with three balls to spare.
Mohammed Shami ordered to pay monthly alimony to estranged wife
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Out of the Rs 1.30 lakh, Rs 50,000 will be the personal alimony to Hasin Jahan and the remaining Rs 80,000 will be the cost of maintenance of their daughter who is staying with her. In 2018, Hasin Jahan filed a suit in the court demanding a Hasan monthly alimony of Rs 10 lakh, out of which Rs 7,00,000 will be her personal alimony and the remaining Rs 3,00,000 will be on account of the maintenance cost of their daughter.
ILT20: Naveen-ul-Haq's 5-38 wrecks table toppers Gulf Giants as Sharjah Warriors win
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Naveen-ul-Haq was backed by Chris Woakes (2-11) and Junaid Siddiqui (2-18) as they bowled with clinical accuracy and bundle out Gulf Giants for 130 in 19.4 overs Sharjah had posted only a modest total of 151/7 in 20 overs. They came into this match defeating Dubai Capitals and thus recorded their second win while Gulf Giants' four-match winning streak came to an end.
China's 'Slow bird' Zhu Lin nearing destination after Australian Open breakthrough
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On Sunday evening, Zhu walked onto the centre court of the Rod Laver Arena -- the largest venue in Melbourne Park with a capacity of 15,000 seats -- for a fourth-round clash against former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka. After crashing out of the qualifying campaign 15 times, exiting seven times in the opening round and reaching the round of 64 four times.
BCCI, PCB likely to clash over calendar at ACC board meeting
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According to the report, the point of contention for the two parties is BCCI secretary Jay Shah's announcement on the ACC's calendar for 2023, which the PCB alleges was made "unilaterally" without consulting them. Jay Shah is also president of ACC. The PCB has sought an emergency ACC Board meeting, which PCB chairman Najam Sethi announced will take place next month, ESPNCricinfo said in a report on Monday.
I-League 2022/23: Churchill Brothers eye top four spot with win over Real Kashmir
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When the two met in the reverse fixture in November, then league leaders Real Kashmir overcame a winless Churchill Brothers side 1-0 -- Ibrahim Nurudeen scoring the all-important goal. However, both teams have experienced a drastic change of fortunes since then.
Hockey World Cup: Germany outplay France 5-1 to seal berth in quarterfinals
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Germany, who had finished second behind Belgium in Pool B on goal difference after both teams had finished with seven points from two wins and a draw, scored just before the end of the first quarter and then added three goals in the second period as they led 4-0 at half-time. The first two goals came off two faulty defensive traps by the French.
Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Alex De Minaur to set up quarterfinal clash with Rublev
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In a dominant display, former world No 1 moved freely to dispatch the Australian 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 at the Rod Laver Arena. The Serb will next play Andrey Rublev after the fifth seed saved two match points en route to edging Holger Rune in a five-set thriller. In their first ATP head-to-head meeting, Djokovic was locked in from the first ball.
Ishan Kishan avoids lengthy suspension on hit-wicket appeal against Tom Latham in first ODI: Report
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The incident happened on the fourth ball of the 16th over when Latham, playing his first ball of the match, went deep in his crease and tapped off left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav through the leg side. Kishan suddenly went up in appeal and was joined in the same by captain Rohit Sharma.
Australian Open: Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna pair advances to mixed doubles quarterfinals
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The Indian pair defeated Japan's Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay's Ariel Behar 6-4, 7-6(11-9) in their second-round match to set up a quarterfinal clash with Latvian-Spanish duo Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez. Sania and Bopanna, the Rio Olympic semifinalists, had earlier beaten Australia's Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville in the first round.
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