India Legends edge out SL Legends in WCS final Sixer King!: Yuvraj Singh celebrates his half-century. He scored 60 runs off 40 balls with 4 sixes and 4 boundaries. Source:Dailynews India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs in the Road Safety World Cricket Series (WCS) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament final played in Raipur, India yesterday. India Legends, who were put into bat, amassed a formidable 181 for four wickets and then restricted Sri Lanka Legends to 167 for seven wickets in 20 overs. ...

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Pakistan Team Likely To Be Part Of Lanka Premier League-by CA Editor Source:Cricketaddictor A team from Pakistan is likely to be a part of the Lanka Premier League. As per local reports, the dialogue between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has already reached its finals stages and an announcement is expected in the near future. SLC have been trying to start their own T20 league from quite some time now but they have not been able to reach a conclusion because of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Recently, the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League was postponed until at least the middle of November. The tournament was to be played from 28 August and finish on 20 September 2020. According to Cricket Pakistan, the proposed tournament will include Dambulla Capitals, Galle Lions, Jaffna Sunrisers, Colombo Super Kings and Kandy Royals. A total of 23 matches will be played where ...

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A brief history of the Cricket World Cup – By Simon Burnton Source: The Guardian From its humble beginning in 1966, the tournament’s history is filled with English despair and southern hemisphere triumph Rod Marsh dives in front of first slip to dismiss Tony Greig during the World Cup match between Australian and England at Headingley in 1975. Photograph: Patrick Eagar via Getty Images 1966 In March 1966 Rothman’s and the influential agent Bagenal Harvey announce that a three-game “World Cup” will be held in September, to be contested by England, West Indies – that summer’s tourists – and an all-star Rest of the World XI to be led by the Australia captain, Bobby Simpson, with the remainder of the team chosen – obviously – by readers of the Radio Times. Sadly England’s capacity for World Cup fever is exhausted by the football version, and the three matches attract a combined audience ...

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