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Haider and Sharafu lead UAE to historic series win against Bangladesh
It is UAE's second T20I series win against a Full Member team, having beaten Ireland 2-1 in 2021
Mohammad Isam
21-May-2025
United Arab Emirates 166 for 3 (Sharafu 68*, Asif 41*, Shoriful 1-24) beat Bangladesh 162 for 9 (Jaker 41, Tanzid 40, Haider 3-7) by seven wickets
Alishan Sharafu's composed half-century under pressure and Haider Ali's splendid spell of 3 for 7 led UAE to a historic series win against Bangladesh in Sharjah. The hosts chased down 163 with seven wickets in hand to clinch the series 2-1, having already beaten the visitors by two wickets on Monday. It is UAE's second T20I series win against a Full Member team, having beaten Ireland by the same margin in 2021.
Left-arm spinner Haider led the charge to reduce Bangladesh to 84 for 8, before they recovered to reach 162 for 9. Bangladesh, however, couldn't quite use the momentum with the ball, as Sharafu, only 22, struck his eighth half-century in T20Is to anchor the chase. He struck five fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 47-ball 68 as the chase went down to the last over. He added 87 runs for the unbroken fourth-wicket stand with Asif Khan, who damaged Bangladesh with five sixes in his unbeaten 26-ball 41.
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Rajasthan Royals 188 for 4 (Suryavanshi 57, Samson 41, Jaiswal 36, Jurel 31*, Ashwin 2-41) beat Chennai Super Kings 187 for 8 (Mhatre 43, Brevis 42, Dube 39, Madhwal 3-29, Yudhvir 3-47) by six wickets
Despite losing eight matches chasing out of nine, Rajasthan Royals (RR) decided to chase one last time and came out victors with 17 balls to spare. Unlike earlier games, though, their bowlers did well against fellow laggards Chennai Super Kings (CSK), leaving them just 188 to get on a good batting pitch. Akash Madhwal reversed the ball to restrict CSK in the end to just 17 runs off the last three overs, and Vaibhav Suryavanshi then aced the chase with a measured 57 off 33 deliveries.
R Ashwin took two wickets in the 14th over to remind observers of RR's poor chasing record, but it proved to be nothing more than a stutter. Dhruv Jurel made sure it never got close with a sparkling 31 from 12 balls. The unbeaten batters at the end were Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer, who have been in the middle in some of the past fluffed chases.
Full postGeorgia Elwiss gets Blaze home after Maddy Green 97 sets up chase
Somerset unable to defend 305 after fifties from Sophie Luff and Rebecca Odgers
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The Blaze 305 for 6 (Green 97, Elwiss 75*, K Bryce 59) beat Somerset 304 for 7 (Luff 72, Odgers 50) by four wickets
Allrounder Georgia Elwiss defied the pain from an injured hand in a match-winning unbeaten 75 as The Blaze beat Somerset Women by four wickets with an over to spare at the Haslegrave Ground in Loughborough to record a fifth victory of their Metro Bank One-Day Cup season.
Visiting skipper Sophie Luff struck 72 from 76 balls, backed up by a half-century from opener Rebecca Odgers and a swashbuckling 25-ball 48 from Australian allrounder Amanda-Jade Wellington as Somerset set their Trent Bridge-based opponents a tough challenge by posting 304 for 7 in their 50 overs.
Full postSahibzada, Hales, Shadab confirm second spot for United
While United will play Qualifier 1 against Gladiators, Kings will take on Qalandars in the Eliminator
Danyal Rasool
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Islamabad United 251 for 5 (Hales 88, Farhan 73, Shadab 42) beat Karachi Kings 172 (Warner 43, Abbas 34, Shadab 4-45) by 79 runs
Islamabad United produced a vintage performance to barnstorm into the top two, relegating Karachi Kings to the Eliminator in the process. Needing to beat Kings by about 49 runs to guarantee two bites at qualification for the final, they managed it with consummate ease as Sahibzada Farhan and Alex Hales combined for a 153-run opening stand in 69 balls to post 251 for 5. Kings' response was restricted to a flash in the pan for the top two before United's spinners triggered a collapse, Kings slumping from 80 for 1 to 114 for 8 as United sealed a 79-run win.
United were put in to bat, and made their intentions plain from the outset. Farhan struck three fours in the opening over, with Hales going one better with two fours and a six off Khushdil Shah in the second. The two were in competition with each other more than they were with Kings' bowlers, taking turns to flay them around the Pindi ground. The pair signed off the powerplay with 17 off Abbas Afridi to surge to 76, and if two quiet overs post powerplay gave Kings hope they were dragging the game back, the following three disabused them of that notion severely.
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Ninth-wicket pair bat out more than 10 overs to keep Lancashire winless
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Derbyshire 314 (Guest 77, Anderson 3-53, Hartley 3-68) and 220 for 8 (Came 63) drew with Lancashire 458 (Wells 141, Balderson 73, Bell 57, Hurst 51) and 184 for 7 dec (Hurst 56*, Wells 50, Morley 3-54)
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Full postAckermann caps Durham victory as Notts unbeaten run ends
Joe Clarke century carries the fight for table-toppers but in vain
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19-May-2025
Durham 664 (Robinson 141, Clark 121, Gay 104, Lees 82, Patterson-White 5-179) and 92 for 3 (Ackermann 53*) beat Nottinghamshire 407 and 347 (Clarke 119, Slater 74) by seven wickets
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Gloucestershire 516 (Green 128, Bracey 127, T Price 76) and 162 for 7 (Green 67*) beat Kent 424 (Stewart 182, Benjamin 93, Singh Dale 7-110) and 253 (Benjamin 58, Charlesworth 3-5) by three wickets
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Warwickshire battle back from parlous position but can't prevent hosts from marching on
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