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Aaliyah Alleyne, Chamari Athapaththu help Barbados Royals defend WCPL title
Chasing a modest 93-run total, Barbados Royals delivered a pulsating performance against Trinbago Knight Riders in the final of Women’s Caribbean Premier League on Friday to successfully defend their title. Barbados Royals defeated Trinbago Knight Riders by four wickets in the final to seal back-to-back titles.
In the final showdown, Barbados Royals, after asking Knight Riders to bat, limited them to 93/8 in 20 overs, with Aaliyah Alleyne and skipper Hayley Mathews returning with four and two wickets each respectively. For Knight Riders, their innings got off to a shaky start as they lost early wickets. Barbados bowlers applied immense pressure, restricting Riders’ top order. With the efforts of Shikha Pandey and Jannillea Glasgow scoring 28 and 24 respectively, Knight Riders managed to post a modest total of 93/8.
In response, Barbados Royals suffered an early blow with the wicket of captain Hayley Matthews, but Chamari Athapaththu stood up to the challenge blazing 39 unbeaten, including seven boundaries, to lead the side to their title win. Barbados Royals went past the target in only 15 overs, scoring 94 for the loss of six wickets. The contest seemed to be going down to the wire, but Chamari Athapathathu remained firm to ensure team’s title win.
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Gurnoor Brar pulled up for code of conduct breach
India pacer Gurnoor Brar has been given a warning after breaching level one of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first ODI between England and India in Birmingham. Brar was found to have breached Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “throwing a ball at or near a player in an inappropriate and or dangerous manner...
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Moises Henriques retires from Australian domestic cricket
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Ashwin urges Indian management to back Kuldeep Yadav
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ENG vs IND, 2nd ODI: India aim to seal series as England fight for survival
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