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Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd Test Rawalpindi Day 2 Close
Bangladesh elected to field
Pakistan 274 (85.1) Ayub 58 Masood 57 Agha 54 Babar 31 Rizwan 29 Mehidy 5-61 Taskin 3-51
Bangladesh 10-0 (2 overs)

(31-08-2024 14:26 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd Test Rawalpindi Day 3 Close
Bangladesh elected to field
Pakistan 274 (85.1) Ayub 58 Masood 57 Agha 54 Babar 31 Rizwan 29 Mehidy 5-61 Taskin 3-51
Bangladesh 262(78.4 overs) Mehidy 78 Das 138 Khurram Shazhad 6-90 Mir Hamza 2-50 Salman Agha 2-13
Pakistan 9-2 (3.4 overs) Hasan Mahmud 2-3

Bangladesh made a disastrous start to their reply to Pakistan's 274 as the fell to 26-6, before Medidy 78 & Das 82 no rescued the situation. Khurram Shahzad has just broken the 165 run partnership to take 5 wickets in the innings.

Sensational win for Worcestershire away at Essex.
Utterly unbelievable really.

Having elected to bat first Worcestershire found themselves 10/4 on the first morning.
They posted 266 which Essex overhauled by 138 runs with a total of 404.

Worcestershire posted 321 in their second innings leaving Essex a chase of 184 to win the match.

And it was too much to ask as Worcestershire rolled them out for 140. Brilliant win and now they have a serious chance of staying up .

(01-09-2024 10:47 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(31-08-2024 14:26 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd Test Rawalpindi Day 4 Close
Bangladesh elected to field
Pakistan 274 (85.1) Ayub 58 Masood 57 Agha 54 Babar 31 Rizwan 29 Mehidy 5-61 Taskin 3-51
Bangladesh 262(78.4 overs) Mehidy 78 Das 138 Khurram Shazhad 6-90 Mir Hamza 2-50 Salman Agha 2-13
Pakistan 172-2 (46.4 overs) Salman Agha 47 Rizwan 43 Masood 28 Hasan Mahmud 5-43 Nahid Rana 4-44
Bangladesh 42-0 (7 overs) Zakir Hasan 31 no
Target 185 Bangladesh need 143 runs

Nicholas Pooran has broken the record for the number of sixes in a T20 calendar year, previously held by none other than the Universe Boss AKA Chris Gayle, who had 135 in 2015. Pooran currently has 139, with 4 months of the year to go.
Some consolation for Gayle is that he has the next best 4 totals of sixes in a year & the equal 6th best.

(02-09-2024 11:05 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(01-09-2024 10:47 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(31-08-2024 14:26 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd Test Rawalpindi Day 4 Close
Bangladesh elected to field
Pakistan 274 (85.1) Ayub 58 Masood 57 Agha 54 Babar 31 Rizwan 29 Mehidy 5-61 Taskin 3-51
Bangladesh 262(78.4 overs) Mehidy 78 Das 138 Khurram Shazhad 6-90 Mir Hamza 2-50 Salman Agha 2-13
Pakistan 172 (46.4 overs) Salman Agha 47 Rizwan 43 Masood 28 Hasan Mahmud 5-43 Nahid Rana 4-44
Bangladesh 185-
185-4 (56 overs) Zakir Hasan 40 Shanto 38 Mominul 34 Shadman 24 Mushfiqur 22 no Shakib 21 no
Target 185
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets

T20 international series.
Scotland v Australia.

Match 1.
Aus won toss and field

Scotland: 154/9 (20 overs)
Abbott 3/39, Bartlett 2/23

Australia: 156/3 (9.4 overs)
Head 80, Marsh 39

Australia won by 7 wickets

England's fast bowler Mark Wood is out of action for the rest of the year with an elbow injury. Wood will miss the winter tours of Pakistan in October & New Zealand in December. A regulation scan revealed a bone stress injury to. his right elbow. A period of rest & rehab in now required.

Andrew Flintoff has been named at the new coach of the England Lions team.

He will oversee the England Lions' tours to South Africa and Australia