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Shaun Pollock Turns 50: A Look At career, Accomplishments Of Legendary South African All-rounder | Cricket News
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Shaun Pollock Turns 50: A Look At career, Accomplishments Of Legendary South African All-rounder | Cricket News

[ad_1] Shaun Pollock, a legendary South African all-rounder that played in the golden age of Proteas Cricket, turned 50 on Sunday.  Son of South African cricketer Andrew Pollock and nephew of legendary batter Graeme Pollock, cricket was in the DNA of his family. So it was not surprising that since his international debut in 1995, he went on to become one of the most genuine bowling all-rounders in the history of the game and played a part in the success of South African cricket, which had stars like Graeme Smith, Jonty Rhodes, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher and Mkhaya Ntini playing in its prime.Pollock represented South Africa in 108 Tests. Batting down the order, he scored 3,781 runs at an average of 32.31. He scored two centuries and 16 fifties in 156 in...
Jos Buttler Equals Unwanted IPL Record, Joins Shikhar Dhawan And Herschelle Gibbs In List | Cricket News
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Jos Buttler Equals Unwanted IPL Record, Joins Shikhar Dhawan And Herschelle Gibbs In List | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rajasthan Royal (RR) batter Jos Buttler fail to trouble the scorer as he was dismissed on a two-ball duck by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Wayne Parnell during their IPL 2023 match in Jaipur on Sunday. Buttler, who stuck four centuries and held the Orange Cap last season, recorded his fourth 'no run' score of IPL 2023, registering the joint-most ducks in an IPL season. Prior to him, six other players also registered four ducks in an IPL season.Players with 4 ducks in an IPL season:Herschelle Gibbs (DC, 2009)Mithun Manhas (PWI, 2011)Manish Pandey (PWI, 2012)Shikhar Dhawan (DC, 2020)Eoin Morgan (KKR, 2021)Nicholas Pooran (SRH, 2021)Jos Buttler (RR, 2023)RCB notched up a comprehensive 112-run win over RR at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.Opting to bat, skipp...
46 Runs In One Over: Unthinkable Happens In T20 Franchise League In Kuwait – Video | Cricket News
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46 Runs In One Over: Unthinkable Happens In T20 Franchise League In Kuwait – Video | Cricket News

[ad_1] NCM's Vasu in action against Tally's Harman at the KCC Friendi Mobile T20 Champions Trophy 2023.© TwitterWhat's the maximum that one can score in one over? The record in ODIs is 36 runs - which has been achieved twice  - once by South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs against the Netherlands in 2006 and the other time by USA's Jaskaran Malhotra against Papua New Guinea in 2021. In Tests, India's Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for most runs in an over as he tallied 35 in one over against England in 2022. In T20Is too, 36 runs is the maximum that has been scored in an over. It has happened twice - Yuvraj Singh against England in 2007 and Kieron Pollard against Sri Lanka in 2021. But what if somebody were to say that 46 runs can be scored in one over? Would you believe that?Unthinkable as i...
Ex South Africa Opener Suggests How Babar Azam Can Improve Strike Rate | Cricket News
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Ex South Africa Opener Suggests How Babar Azam Can Improve Strike Rate | Cricket News

[ad_1] Pakistan captain Babar Azam in action© AFPPakistan captain Babar Azam was the cynosure of all eyes until recently as he was in the middle or purple patch in white-ball cricket that saw him get a lot of good scores under his belt in consecutive matches. Most of these came on Pakistani soil and that led to lot of former cricketers calling for him to be added to the list of top international batters. His rankings across all formats is also very high.But that great form completely vanished as Babar stepped on to the field in Dubai and Sharjah to play in the Asia Cup. He led his side to the final but runs would just not flow from his bat.Although Babar's form is not a big worry for Pakistan as the captain is a class act, his strike rate could sure be increased in T20 cricket.PromotedFo...