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Adelaide Strikers are aiming for a hat-trick of titles but it looks a very even playing field among the squads

Tristan Lavalette26-Oct-2024When does it take place?The WBBL begins on Sunday with a triple header starting with back-to-back games at the Adelaide Oval. Reigning champions Adelaide Strikers, who are aiming for a hat-trick of titles, and Brisbane Heat square off in a repeat of last season’s classic final before Melbourne Renegades takes on Sydney Sixers. Perth Scorchers plays Melbourne Stars at the WACA in the later fixture.The regular season finishes on November 24 before a week of finals concludes with the decider on December 1.What is the tournament structure?This season’s WBBL has been reduced to 40 games plus finals to bring it in line with the BBL and fit within a burgeoning women’s cricket calendar. Each club will play 10 games – down from 14 last season – during the regular season.Related

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The three-game finals format used since 2021 remains in place with the top four teams from the regular season to qualify.The team that finishes top after the regular season will host the final. The third and fourth placed teams will meet in the Knockout on November 27 with the winner to travel and face the team that finished second on the ladder two days later for a place in the final.The Knockout final will be hosted by the third-placed team in a tweak from previous years where the second-ranked team hosted both elimination games on consecutive days.How the overseas draft played outAdelaide Strikers: Laura Wolvaardt, Smriti Mandhana (pre-sign), Orla Prendergast
Brisbane Heat: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shikha Pandey, Nadine de Klerk (pre-sign)
Hobart Hurricanes: Danni Wyatt, Chloe Tryon, Lizelle Lee (pre-sign)
Melbourne Renegades: Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews (pre-sign), Alice Capsey
Melbourne Stars: Deepti Sharma, Marizanne Kapp (pre-sign), Yastika Bhatia
Perth Scorchers: Sophie Devine (pre-sign), Amy Jones, D Hemalatha
Sydney Sixers: Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr (pre-sign), Hollie Armitage
Sydney Thunder: Heather Knight, Shabnim Ismail, Chamari Athapaththu (pre-sign), Georgia AdamsWhat about their availability?There’s a bit of a crunch at the start and end. The India and New Zealand players will arrive late due to their ongoing ODI series then England, and some South Africa players, will miss the closing stages, including finals, due to their bilateral series.The squads*Subject to further updatesAdelaide Strikers: Jemma Barsby, Darcie Brown, Maggie Clark, Ellie Johnston, Katie Mack, Eleanor Larosa, Smriti Mandhana, Anesu Mushangwe, Tahlia McGrath, Bridget Patterson, Madeline Penna, Orla Prendergast, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Laura WolvaardtBrisbane Heat: Nadine de Klerk, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Shikha Pandey, Grace Parsons, Georgia Redmayne, Jemimah Rodrigues, Ruby Strange, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mikayla WrigleyHobart Hurricanes: Suzie Bates, Kathryn Bryce (Associate Rookie), Nicola Carey, Zoe Cooke, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Tabatha Saville, Amy Smith, Lauren Smith, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Chloe Tryon, Elyse Villani, Callie Wilson, Danni WyattMelbourne Renegades: Emma de Broughe, Alice Capsey, Sarah Coyte, Josie Dooley, Deandra Dottin, Nicole Faltum, Ella Hayward, Milly Illingworth, Hayley Matthews, Sophie Molineux, Tara Norris (Associate Rookie), Georgia Prestwidge, Naomi Stalenberg, Linsey Smith, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham, Courtney WebbMelbourne Stars: Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Hasrat Gill, Liv Henry, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma, Annabel SutherlandPerth Scorchers: Sophie Devine, Chloe Ainsworth, Stella Campbell, Maddy Darke, Hemalatha Dayalan, Amy Edgar, Mikayla Hinkley, Ebony Hoskin, Amy Jones, Alana King, Carly Leeson, Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney, Chloe Piparo, Ni Made Putri Suwandewi (Associate Rookie)Sydney Sixers: Hollie Armitage, Caoimhe Bray, Maitlan Brown, Sarah Bryce (Associate Rookie), Erin Burns, Mathilda Carmichael, Lauren Cheatle, Sophie Ecclestone, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Amelia Kerr, Isabella Malgioglio, Kate Pelle, Ellyse Perry, Kate Peterson, Courtney Sippel, Elsa Hunter (local replacement), Frankie Nicklin (local replacement)Sydney Thunder: Georgia Adams, Chamari Athapaththu, Sam Bates, Ella Briscoe, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Saskia Horley, Shabnim Ismail, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Heather Knight, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Claire Moore, Taneale Peschel, Georgia Voll, Tahlia WilsonThere from the start: a group of players launch the WBBL season•Getty ImagesIs there anything else new about the season?A third umpire will be available in every game for the first time, while there is an increase in matches with the full DRS. In all, 33 of the 43 matches will have DRS while for the 10 games without it the TV umpire will be able to rule on line decisions such as stumpings and run outs.There will also be an innings timer in operation for the tournament to mirror the BBL with 73 minutes available to be ready to bowl the first ball of the 20th over, otherwise a fielding penalty is implemented which requires one extra fielder inside the circle.Who are the players to watch?Phoebe Litchfield: Foreshadowing what may lie ahead in national colours, the 21-year-old has been named Sydney Thunder captain for the upcoming WBBL season. She will be the youngest full-time captain in WBBL history. It’s been a rapid rise for Litchfield, who made her Thunder debut aged 16 but went up a level last season making 309 runs at a strike-rate of 130.37. There was a feeling that her prodigious batting talents were wasted down the order at the T20 World Cup, where she was mostly used at No.6. But the left-handed Litchfield is the star of the future for Australian cricket – the country’s most dynamic and inventive batter. She’s primed for a major WBBL in her captaincy debut.Annabel Sutherland: Much like Litchfield, Sutherland probably should have batted higher up the order during the T20 World Cup. Also like Litchfield, she has been named captain of Melbourne Stars. There were eyebrows raised over Sutherland coming in at No.8 especially after her Player-of-the-Tournament display in the Hundred for Northern Superchargers, where she scored 212 runs at a strike rate of 137.66 batting in the top four. She should be utilised in a similar role for Melbourne Stars and will be a key with the ball having starred in the UAE. After their World Cup disappointment, Australia may transition and build their team around Sutherland’s brilliant allround skills.Amelia Kerr will be one of the World Cup stars on show•ICC via Getty ImagesAmelia Kerr: It’s been quite the whirlwind for Kerr. She was Player-of-the-World Cup after inspiring New Zealand to a drought-breaking title. Kerr also went viral in the aftermath after showcasing her talents with the guitar to lead her team’s emotional rendition of a Maori ballad. There won’t be much time for a breather with Kerr fronting up this season in new colours for Sydney Sixers having crossed over from Brisbane Heat. Powerhouse Sixers surprisingly missed finals last season, but the recruitment of Kerr might just lift them back to title contention.Deandra Dottin: Back in the WBBL, Dottin arrives in stupendous form after a brilliant T20 World Cup. Having reversed her international retirement, she led West Indies on a semi-final run after unfurling a succession of mighty blows. Dottin had an incredible strike-rate of 162.16 and smashed nine sixes in the tournament – no other batter had more than three. She was selected as a platinum pick for Melbourne Renegades, who are desperate for a spark having finished in bottom place last season. Having also bowled with fire during the World Cup, Dottin looms as the key for a Renegades revival.

Shohei Ohtani (+200) is the favorite to win AL MVP at SI Sportsbook.

Ohtani is the rightful favorite to take home his second MVP award in 2023. The league’s only two-way player pitched to a 2.33 ERA (sixth in MLB) with 15 wins (T-4th) while also smashing 34 home runs (T-8th) and batting .270 in 2022. That’s awfully hard to top. It took Aaron Judge (+500) 62 home runs and putting the Yankees on his back to make it to the postseason to edge out Ohtani in 2022. That scenario seems unlikely to repeat itself, and Ohtani looks like a good bet even at 2-to-1 odds. Quite simply: No one can do what he can do.

سقط باريس سان جيرمان في فخ التعادل خارج ملعبه ضد ليل، في إطار منافسات الجولة السابعة من الدوري الفرنسي لكرة القدم.

وأحرز نونو مينديز هدف باريس سان جيرمان الأول ضد ليل في الدقيقة 66، ليتعادل إيثان مبابي لصالح ليل في الدقيقة 85 قبل نهاية أحداث الشوط الثاني والمباراة.

بهذه النتيجة، أصبح باريس سان جيرمان في المركز الأول بـ16 نقطة بفارق نقطة واحدة عن مارسيليا، صاحب المركز الثاني بـ15 نقطة.

ووفقًا لصحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية، فقد تواجد كيليان مبابي مهاجم ريال مدريد، في مدرجات ملعب بيير موروا مساء الأحد، لمشاهدة مباراة ليل وباريس سان جيرمان في الجولة السابعة من الدوري الفرنسي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. موندو ديبورتيفو توضح موقف مبابي وماستانتونو من المشاركة في التوقف الدولي

وقد احتفل كيليان مبابي بهدف شقيقه إيثان الذي دخل بديلاً وسجل في مرمى فريقه السابق، حيث بدت عليه ملامح السعادة الطاغية.

ومن المقرر أن ينضم كيليان مبابي لمعسكر منتخب فرنسا غدًا الإثنين، لكنه كان حريصًا على مشاهدة مباراة ليل وباريس سان جيرمان في اليوم التالي لفوز ريال مدريد ضد فياريال بثلاث أهداف لهدف واحد، حيث سجل هدفًا وصنع آخر لزميله البرازيلي فينيسيوس جونيور.

وتابع مبابي صاحب الـ26 عاماً المباراة مع والده ويلفريد ودخل شقيقه الأصغر إيثان صاحب الـ18 عامًا والذي يلعب مع ليل منذ عام 2024 منذ انتقاله من باريس سان جيرمان، وقد دخل بديلاً لماتيا فرنانديز باردو في الدقيقة 82.

⚽️ مبابي يعيد ليل إلى أجواء المباراة بتسجيله هدف التعادل تحت أنظار شقيقه كيليان #الدوري_الفرنسي #Ligue1 pic.twitter.com/TqMExq1wCT — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) October 5, 2025

وعادل إيثان مبابي النتيجة بتسديدة يسارية من على حافة منطقة الجزاء في الدقيقة 85، وسكنت شباك زميله السابق لوكاس شوفالييه، وقد احتفل كيليان بشكل كبير بهدف شقيقه الأصغر والذي يعد الهدف الثاني في الدوري الفرنسي بعد هدفه ضد تولوز يوم 14 سبتمبر.

‘Myth to say T20 cricket is for youngsters’

Nagraj Gollapudi27-Aug-20202:47

Dwayne Bravo: ‘Feels like I’m turning 27’

Dwayne Bravo believes “40 is the new 30”. Bravo, who became the first bowler to 500 wickets in T20 cricket this week, also stressed that it was a “myth” to believe T20 cricket was meant only for the youth, saying a player should be judged by performances and not age.”Yeah, 40 is the new 30,” Bravo told ESPNcricinfo this week. “Anyone who challenges or questions our age – I don’t think anyone of us, our performance has dipped or dropped because of our age. As a matter of fact, most of us even perform just as good or even better. Age is just a number. Don’t judge a player by his age, but judge him by his performance and his ability to continue to play.”Bravo, 36, is part of the band of senior players that have not only been part of teams that are serial title winners, but has also been among the most valuable players across both global tournaments as well as domestic T20 franchise leagues.The “us” he refers to above includes the likes of MS Dhoni (39), Chris Gayle (40), Shane Watson (39), Imran Tahir (41), Shoaib Malik (38) and Lasith Malinga who turns 38 on Friday. Along with Bravo all these men continue to be match-winners and magnets for young players to seek guidance.ALSO READ – Bravo @ 500: A T20 bowling phenomSome of these players might not turn up for every match, but they remain a potential threat for the opposition as Malinga proved in the 2019 IPL final, which Mumbai Indians won against Chennai Super Kings, the franchise that Bravo plays for. Incidentally, Bravo’s IPL team-mate Tahir, at 40, was the highest wicket-taker last season, winning the purple cap.”It’s a myth, yes,” Bravo said when asked if the widely held belief that T20 cricket is meant for youngsters was not correct. “You can’t beat experience. And the knowledge that we have for the game – I was the part of the every single T20 tournament around the world and I contribute to my team. Apart from being the leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket, along with [Kieron] Pollard, Andre Russell, myself – we also win most titles as well.”Dwayne Bravo is one of the most sought-after T20 players in the world•SBOTOPIn January, while playing in the Bangladesh Premier League, Gayle said he would like to play as long as possible and did not rule out turning up when he would be 45. That there is substance in Bravo’s comments was proven by 48-year old Mumbai legspinner Pravin Tambe who made headlines on Wednesday by becoming the first Indian to play in the CPL. Tambe is part of the Trinbago Knight Riders side, which also includes Bravo.Bravo will turn 37 this October. Last December, he had revoked his retirement to play T20Is for West Indies after the current team management, led by head coach Phil Simmons and Kieron Pollard asked him to mentor young bowlers. Pre-pandemic Bravo would have been optimistic about playing in the T20 World Cup, which was originally scheduled for October-November in Australia, but that tournament has now been postponed to the same window in 2021 in India.Bravo still remained hopeful and confident because of one reason. “I always pride myself on being fit, cricket-fit especially,” he said. “As people say, I am ageing well. I am turning 37 but it is like I am turning 27. I am still feeling good about myself and my body. Let’s see how the rest of the year pans out and hopefully 2021 is a better year worldwide for everybody and things can get back to normal and then [I will] take the decision.”After playing in the CPL, Bravo will travel to the UAE in September to join the Super Kings in IPL, which will be played between September 19 and November 10. Bravo has won the IPL twice with the Super Kings and remains one of their most important bowlers, especially in the middle and death overs.Bravo is also one of the only two bowlers to have won the purple cap twice in the IPL along with Bhuvnewshar Kumar who won it back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. Bravo had won it in 2013 and 2015. In 2014, when he missed major chunk of IPL due to injury, Super Kings’ captain Dhoni said Bravo’s absence hurt the balance of the team and eventually their title chances.More recently in the 2019 IPL, Bravo picked up 11 wickets in 12 matches at an economy rate of 8 01 and strike rate of 22. Asked if wining the Most Valuable Player award in IPL, a feat he has not achieved, was a desire, Bravo said he had different goals.”I am not interested [in] the Most Valuable Player [award] in the IPL. I am interested in being able to contribute to my team Chennai Super Kings’ success. Being as someone who bat at No. 7 and bowl near the death [and] back-end of the innings, it is hard to be the MVP. These are things I don’t set up myself to t be. I want to be a player that contributes with bat and ball and in the field for his team to win cricket games. I’ve been fortunate to be one of the two-time purple cap winner. And that’s good enough.”

The Cape Town Blitz fast bowler is keeping up with his food and exercise regimen during the lockdown while dreaming of an international debut

Firdose Moonda13-Apr-2020When fast bowler Sisanda Magala was included in South Africa’s ODI squad in January this year, the call-up was conditional on him passing the fitness test. He failed the test ahead of all three ODIs.Over the course of 12 white-ball internationals, six each against England and Australia, squad updates continued to include the caveat that Magala would only be capped if he met fitness requirements, and team sheets confirmed that he did not.Having such an intensely personal battle made public every few days would have affected most people. Not Magala.”Processes were discussed behind closed doors and I knew what I needed to do,” the 29-year-old said. “I saw it as having an opportunity to learn from guys.”The processes were part of a Cricket South Africa conditioning camp that Magala attended in January with three others with question marks over their fitness – Jon-Jon Smuts, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi.Smuts, who lives with diabetes, was withdrawn from the T20 leg of South Africa’s tour to India in September for fitness reasons; Ngidi spent a month injured after hurting his hamstring in the Mzansi Super League (MSL); and Shamsi needed more intense training ahead of a season where he would replace Imran Tahir as the front-line limited-overs spinner.Shamsi described the camp as an “awareness exercise and not a boot camp”, but even so, the emphasis was clear: if the four wanted to play for South Africa, they had to shape up. They each had individual guidelines, and Magala’s zoomed in on his diet.”There was a big focus on food portions, on what and when to eat, and also on recovery and sleep. I’ve cut out a lot of sugar and processed carbs. Luckily I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. It’s more about acids, so things like Coke,” he said. “I eat a lot of veggies, some meat, like chicken or fish, and drink a lot of water. As simple as it sounds, that’s a big thing.”Even under ordinary circumstances, such a strict eating plan would be difficult to follow, but it’s tougher in these unusual times, where the Covid-19 pandemic has confined millions of people to their homes.Magala and the rest of South Africa are currently in the middle of a 21-day nationwide lockdown. Outdoor exercise is forbidden and Magala, who lives in Port Elizabeth, does not have a home gym like some of his team-mates, but he’s making do.

“I’ve cut out a lot of sugar and processed carbs. And I eat a lot of veggies, some meat, like chicken or fish, and drink a lot of water”

“I’ve got bar bells, and I do body weight exercises and shuttles in the yard,” he said. “It’s not easy, but I’ve got the right mindset. It’s all up to me. It’s my responsibility to stick to it.”My goals were set in January and I am weighing myself every week. I go through a few phases of running very well some days and then not so well on others, so I am working on the consistency. But I am almost there.”When he gets there, he wants to aim for the T20 World Cup, which he says has been on his mind since last year. It’s a lofty but entirely achieveable goal for Magala, who has been steadily making his name as a death-bowling specialist.”Three years ago Colin Ingram told me he wanted me to bowl death at the Warriors. He wanted me to have ownership of the pressure, so I watched a lot of videos of Charl Langeveldt and Alfonso Thomas and tried to mimic what they do. And I am very specific in my skills, so when I do a lot of practice and bowling on my own, I try to put myself under pressure.”It paid off. He took 14 wickets in the 2018-19 One-Day Cup and 13 in 2019-20.In the most recent MSL tournament, Magala finished sixth on the bowling charts, winning games for the Cape Town Blitz by defending 20 off the last over against Durban Heat and 21 against the Tshwane Spartans.Magala also started to take a somewhat philosophical approach to this role. “When you are bowling at the back end, you can either win or lose the match. It’s your strength against the batsman’s and you have to back yourself and have confidence in your skill. It is a great opportunity to win the game and a bitter pill to swallow if you lose. I’ve probably won more games than I have lost, but the ones I have lost have been a great learning opportunity.”Magala grew up in Uitenhage, a town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, also home to fellow fast bowler Anrich Nortje, his Cape Town Blitz team-mate. The two went to two of the area’s best known schools, Nortje to Brandwag and Magala to Muir College, where he also played rugby. When, in Grade 10, he tore ligaments in his ankle while playing rugby, Magala decided to concentrate solely on cricket.At the MSL, Magala also played alongside Dale Steyn, with whom he has “developed a great relationship”. “Just being on the same field as Dale Steyn pumps me up,” Magala said. “He also offered great advice and always told me to be calm and clever.”Steyn was also among the first to celebrate Magala’s call-up on Twitter, and Magala hopes the senior bowler will soon be celebrating his international debut as well, although he won’t be taking any diet advice from Steyn, who is notorious for his love of burgers and Coca-Cola. “Definitely not,” Magala said. “But we talk about all the other things.”Things like maybe the T20 World Cup, which Steyn is available for, and where Magala could make his first big impact. “South Africa have a very good attack with lots of variety. Everyone is different and I think I could play a role there.”I’ve already seen the intensity of international cricket is higher and I am going to be ready.”

Cricket Ireland has officially confirmed a first men’s tour of Pakistan in August and September next year. The series, which will see Ireland and Pakistan play three T20Is and three ODIs, was a part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP), scheduled for September 2025.The release makes no detailed mention of dates and venues, or any other specifics concerning the schedule of the tour. It follows in the wake of Ireland Women touring Pakistan, who also played three ODIs and three T20Is, in November 2022.The decision was finalised after PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi met Cricket Ireland chair Brain MacNeice. The PCB initially put out a statement appearing to confirm Ireland would also play a Test series in Pakistan, one that was not part of the FTP.”Chairman Cricket Ireland said that the Irish team would visit Pakistan next year in August-September for a Test series and would also review the possibility of a women’s team tour to Pakistan soon,” the PCB statement said.When ESPNcricinfo contacted the PCB for further details, the PCB denied that any such Test series had officially been in agreement, despite the board’s own statement ostensibly confirming it. A Cricket Ireland spokesperson said that details of the tour’s fixture list would be discussed by the two boards in future.Hours after the PCB release, Cricket Ireland put out an official statement on their own website relating to Naqvi’s meeting with MacNeice. In “wide ranging discussions”, it merely confirmed that the two boards “were able to agree a men’s tour next year – this will be yet another historic first, coming after the tour to Pakistan by our senior women in 2022.”The Pakistan men’s side is currently in Ireland taking part in a three-match T20I series. The sides split the first two games 1-1, with the series decider on Tuesday.

A duck for R Ashwin at No.3? He was just keeping his promise of being unpredictable this IPL

Srinath Sripath08-May-2018Ashwin keeps his promise

You’ll not be able to predict my next move. All players you think are going to open will play in the middle order and all the middle-order batsmen will open.

Ahead of this season, R Ashwin promised to be a funky captain, and while many of his moves this IPL have already been out-of-the-box, his decision to promote himself to No. 3 in the batting order outdid them all. Chris Gayle’s second single-digit score of the season and Mayank Agarwal’s exclusion from the starting XI would ideally have meant a promotion for Karun Nair or the incoming Akshdeep Nath. However, it was Ashwin who walked in at one drop to face K Gowtham.Ashwin has opened the batting in the IPL once before and come in to bat as high as No. 4, both times in low-scoring, successful chases. This time, a two-ball duck was all he could manage, done in by a conventional offbreak from Gowtham. Ashwin’s Powerplay batting in the IPL does not make for good reading: 12 runs off 26 balls, 20 of them dots. Two of these three times, he has been dismissed within the first over without doing much. Ashwin’s move came after Rajasthan Royals had also done the same, by promoting Gowtham to No. 3, where he only managed 8 off 6 balls.ESPNcricinfo LtdHow slow was Jos Buttler after the Powerplay?

Jos Buttler innings:

first 43 runs: 20 balls
next 39 runs: 38 ballshttps://t.co/hp2ffwIShf #RRvKXIP #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/Nd1UJRkE2o

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 8, 2018

Why Royals took so long to ask Jos Buttler to open is anyone’s guess, but his innings against Kings XI was another example of how his rollicking starts in the first six overs have given way to sedate middle-overs phases. Buttler has scored nearly 65% of all his IPL runs in boundaries, and once the fielding restrictions are over, his strike rate drops from 164.9 to 116.7. ESPNcricinfo’s Smart Stats, our new metrics for T20 cricket, indicate he consistently scores slower than the batsman at the other end, and much lesser than the overall innings run rate in the middle overs.ESPNcricinfo LtdAgainst Kings XI, Buttler’s slowdown wasn’t compensated for by any acceleration from the other end, with no fours or sixes coming from his partners for 42 balls between overs 7 and 13. His dismissal in the 17th over didn’t help matters either, and with Gowtham already out, Royals managed only 26 runs for four wickets off the last 22 balls.How much more can KL Rahul do?
No side has been dependent on a single batsman this IPL as much as Kings XI have been on KL Rahul. After ten innings, he is the top scorer in IPL 2018 with 471 runs, having scored 29% of his team’s total runs so far, at a staggering average of 58.87. After ten games, Kings XI’s middle-order batsmen (Nos. 3-6), however, average an abysmal 19.43 runs per dismissal, the lowest among all teams, with only one fifty from a cumulative 36 innings.Against the same bowling attack on Sunday, Rahul had chased down a similar total, waiting till the end overs to accelerate after a sluggish start. In Jaipur, on a bigger ground, Kings XI batsmen only managed eight fours and one six till the end of the 18th over, with a number of them getting out trying to play release shots. On Tuesday, Rahul managed to hit a surfeit of boundaries towards the end, but by then it was way too late to catch up.ESPNcricinfo LtdDoes Jofra Archer have the most effective yorker in the business?
Archer’s yorkers have been far more productive than any other bowler this season so far, snaffling four wickets from 16 balls, at an economy rate of 3.75. No other bowler in the competition has managed more than one wicket, and his accuracy was on view at the death, again, on Tuesday, even while up against Rahul. His 17th over, which went for just four runs, swung the game decisively in favour of the Royals.While measuring accuracy of yorkers, one trend that often goes unnoticed is how frequently bowlers miss yorker lengths and go for runs off full-tosses and half-volleys. A closer look at Archer’s record shows that he lands over 63% of his intended yorkers on target, which is a higher rate than even Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In his short career so far, he has picked up eight wickets off 47 successful yorkers at an economy rate of 2.94 – numbers superior to more accomplished T20 stars. A side strain might have initially kept him out of the tournament this season, meaning he’d debut only in Royals’ seventh game, but if they make it to the playoffs somehow, they will have his bowling to thank.

Chris Gayle surpassed AB de Villiers to become the leading six-hitter in World Cup history

Bharath Seervi31-May-20191:09

A tale of Pakistan’s (low) World Cup totals

218- Margin of defeat for Pakistan in terms of balls remaining in their Word Cup opener against West Indies. This is their biggest defeat in World Cup history. In fact, in ODI cricket, they have suffered only one bigger defeat, which also came against West Indies, in Cape Town in 1993.ESPNcricinfo LtdWatch on Hotstar (India only): Oshane Thomas’ red-hot spell105- Pakistan’s total, which is their second lowest in World Cups. Their lowest was 74 against England in 1992 World Cup. However, Pakistan shook that off and went on to lift the trophy in 1992, despite getting bowled out for 74 once and losing by 10 wickets in their first match against West Indies.ALSO READ: Thomas and Russell make short work of Pakistan1996- The last time, before Friday, West Indies had bowled out an opposition among the first eight full-member teams for a score of 105 or fewer. They had bundled out Sri Lanka for 102 in Brisbane in the Benson & Hedges World Series in 1996.ESPNcricinfo Ltd7- Wickets lost by Pakistan batsmen to short or short-of-a-good length deliveries. They scored 55 off 68 such balls. Of the 130 balls bowled by the West Indies bowlers, 68 were short or short-of-a-good length, which is 52% of the total balls delivered. Jason Holder (3 wickets), Andre Russell (2), Sheldon Cottrell (1) and Oshane Thomas (1) picked up the seven wickets with such deliveries. Thomas picked three more wickets by hitting other lengths.11- Number of consecutive defeats for Pakistan in completed ODIs. They lost four ODIs to England, five to Australia and one to South Africa before heading into the World Cup. This is their longest losing streak in ODIs. The previous worst was 10 losses in a row between October 1987 and March 1988.40- Sixes for Chris Gayle in the World Cup – the most among all batsmen. He was tied with AB de Villiers on 37 sixes at the start of this game. Gayle had hit 26 sixes in the 2015 World Cup.ESPNcricinfo Ltd6- Number of consecutive fifty-plus scores for Gayle in ODIs with his 50 in this match. It is the joint second-longest streak in the history of ODIs. Only Javed Miandad’s nine 50-plus scores in a row in 1987 is longer. In his last six innings, Gayle has scored 547 runs and has hit 47 sixes.

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da apostaganha： O Botafogo decidiu se movimentar neste fim de janela e demonstrou interesse na contratação deMatías Rojas, meia-atacante do Racing.O jogador pode não ser muito conhecido pelos torcedores brasileiros, mas tem ganhado cada vez mais fama no futebol argentino.

O atleta vem sendo um dos protagonistas do Racing nas últimas temporadas e possui credenciais para ser titular do Glorioso. O paraguaio tem 27 anos e construiu boa parte da carreira na Argentina.

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HISTÓRICO DA CARREIRA

Matías Rojas começou nas categorias de base doCerro Porteño. Após ganhar espaço e se destacar no profissional, foi emprestado ao Lanús, mas não conseguiu obter uma sequência positiva de jogos e retornou para equipe paraguaia.

A volta do meia-atacante ao Cerro não durou muito tempo. Depois de algumas semanas no Paraguai, ele foi emprestado aoDefensa y Justicia. O jogador marcou um gol na estreia e atraiu olhares dos dirigentes do Racing, que decidiram comprá-lo em definitivo.

O atleta chegou ao clube em maio de 2019 e se transformou rapidamente em um dos protagonistas da equipe argentina. As boas atuações fizeram com que ele fosse convocado para disputar jogos pela Seleção Paraguaia nos últimos anos.

CARACTERÍSTICAS DO JOGADOR

Matías Rojas é canhoto, participa da construção das jogadas e também gosta de chegar na frente para finalizar. Uma de suas principais características é aparecer pelo lado direito, driblar para dentro e chutar de fora da área. A bola parada também é uma arma forte do jogador.

O paraguaio pode atuar como meia armador, aberto pela ponta direita ou até mesmo como um segundo atacante. O atleta gosta de realizar dribles curtos, possui qualidade no passe e tem muita potência no chute.

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BOTAFOGO NA BRIGA

Os dirigentes alvinegros formalizaram uma proposta de pré-contrato e querem adquiri-lo sem custos de transferência, mas não descartam investir na contratação do jogador.Matías Rojas tem vínculo no Racing até junho deste ano e não descarta uma vinda ao futebol brasileiro.

Multan Sultans believed to be considering Olly Stone as replacement

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Multan Sultans have been dealt a dual blow, with injuries to fast bowlers Reece Topley and Ihsanullah ruling them out of the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League. While Ihsanullah has a long-standing elbow injury and his unavailability was expected, Topley’s absence was announced on Sunday by Sultans owner Ali Tareen.”[Topley] hasn’t received his NOC [no-objection certificate from England] and is out of the PSL,” Tareen tweeted.Topley hasn’t played in the PSL before, but had a full T20 workload through the winter, playing 12 games in the SA20 with Durban Super Giants, finishing ninth on the tournament wickets chart. He is also scheduled to play the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore.ESPNcricinfo understands his injury is not serious enough to imperil his participation in the IPL, and pulling him out of the PSL was a decision taken out of an abundance of caution with a T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean in June.It is understood Sultans wanted to replace Topley with South African quick Nandre Burger – who also had a stellar season in the SA20 – but was told by Cricket South Africa he wouldn’t be granted an NOC. They are believed to be considering Olly Stone, who played in the SA20 and the ILT20 recently, as well as Sri Lankan seamer Dushmantha Chameera. Chameera, however, injured his left quadriceps on Sunday and will be missing the rest of the white-ball series against Afghanistan. The extent of his injury is currently unknown.The PSL starts on Sunday, February 17. The Sultans have reached the final in each of the last two seasons, falling short at the hands of Lahore Qalandars each time.