Month: May 2022

There were jokes, laughs, sombre moments and a poem titled ‘You ripper Roy’ as Andrew Symonds was farewelled in style on Friday. Family, friends, cricketing team-mates and fans gathered at Townsville’s Riverway Stadium for the public memorial service, following a private funeral on Friday morning. Poet Rupert McCall remembered the times he’d receive telephone calls
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Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run-rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Rodrigues smashed scintillating
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Andrew Symonds‘ life will be celebrated by former teammates with a no-jacket, no-tie memorial service in Townsville on Friday, almost two weeks after the cricket star’s death. Symonds family confirmed on Monday that a public memorial would take place for the former Test and limited-overs star close to his home in North Queensland. Ian Healy, Adam
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Supernovas 163 (Harmanpreet 37, Dottin 32, Matthews 3-29, Khatun 2-30) beat Trailblazers 114 for 9 (Mandhana 34, Rodrigues 24, Vastrakar 4-12, Ecclestone 2-19, King 2-30) by 49 runs Harmanpreet Kaur’s Supernovas made a winning start to the Women’s T20 Challenge in Pune on Monday. They successfully defended 163, a prospect that looked unlikely when Smriti
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Pooja Vastrakar picked up four wickets for just 12 runs in a brilliant pace-bowling display as Supernovas notched up an easy 49-run win over Trailblazers in a record-breaking opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge in Pune on Monday. The 22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of Trailblazers’ captain Smriti Mandhana (34), her opening partner Hayley
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