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This week's highlights (March 14-20, 2016)

International Cricket | March 20, 2016

India vs Women, ICC Women’s World T20 2016: Sana Mir plays perfect general

Team selection: check; instructing the bowlers, check; putting fielders in the right positions, check; and the India Women stars fell, one by one, succumbing to the Pakistan Women stranglehold.

Source: Cricket Country


International Cricket | March 18, 2016

12 World T20 moments that every Pakistani Cricket fan remembers

The drama started to unroll in 2007 for the first time when the inaugural T20 world cup kicked off in South Africa in the most ravishing style where we saw Chris Gayle score a century and South Africa chase down a mighty score of 205 with major contribution coming from Herschelle Gibbs, the man who had hit Six sixes off an over in the recently concluded 50 over world Cup.

Source: Spring Media Bubble


International Cricket | March 17, 2016

Event Technical Committee Approves Replacement In Pakistan Women’s Squad For The ICC Women’s World Twenty20 India 2016

Javeria was injured while batting during Pakistan’s opening match against the West Indies in Chennai on Wednesday and has been ruled out of further participation in the tournament.

Source: ICC


International Cricket | March 14, 2016

The effect of Twenty20 cricket on Test matches has been much exaggerated

WHEN Australia were bowled out for 60 in an Ashes Test in August 2015, an innings so brief it could be scored in a single tweet, it triggered a new round of concern about the collapse of batting technique in the age of Twenty20 cricket. Such fears are nothing new. 

Source: The Economist