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West Indies star Nicholas Pooran.
West Indies star Nicholas Pooran.

Composed Pooran guides Sunrisers to second win

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Nicholas Pooran’s matured unbeaten knock saw Sunrisers Hyderabad to their second win of the new Indian Premier League campaign, as they beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets here yesterday.

Shimron Hetmyer, left, got the better of his West Indian teammate Jason Holder yesterday hitting the bowler for 18 runs in one over as Hetmyer’s Rajasthan Royals defeated Holder’s Lucknow Super Giants by three runs to climb to the top of the Indian Premier League standings.
Shimron Hetmyer, left, got the better of his West Indian teammate Jason Holder yesterday hitting the bowler for 18 runs in one over as Hetmyer’s Rajasthan Royals defeated Holder’s Lucknow Super Giants by three runs to climb to the top of the Indian Premier League standings.

Outduelled!

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer emerged from a slow start to lash a pulsating half-century as Rajasthan Royals defeated Jason Holder’s Lucknow Super Giants by three runs to climb to the top of the Indian Premier League standings.

Paradise (white) scorers from left Jermin Fraser, Tyreek Cummings and Anil Hernandez

Joy in Paradise

It was an evening of joy for Paradise and its Berbician counterpart Paradise Invaders after they defeated Victoria and Ann’s Grove respectively in the third 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament Saturday.

Julian Mohabir

Eight-year-old shocks second seed

Eight-year-old Julian Mohabir Saturday produced the biggest upset of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) De Sinco-sponsored National Junior Chess Championship Qualifiers when he defeated Keron Sandiford in the first round.

Josiah Singh (left) and Reyaz Latif both took five wickets for GT XI

Latif, Singh’s five-for rout GNIC for 39

Five-wicket hauls from Reyaz Latif and Josiah Singh spurred GT XI to a 94-run win over the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) while Dave Mohabir’s 6-26 inspired Transport to a 52-run victory over Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) yesterday.

Bangladesh in trouble chasing huge target

GQEBERHA, South Africa, (Reuters) – Spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer took three quick wickets as South Africa reduced Bangladesh to 27 for three in pursuit of a victory target of 413 at the close on day three of the second and final test at St George’s Park yesterday.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in action during the race REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Leclerc claims thumping win in Australia for Ferrari

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc claimed his second win of the Formula One season with a thumping, pole-to-flag victory at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday as Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen suffered “deja vu” with another retirement.

RCB wins three on the trot

Brief Scores:  Royal Challengers Bangalore 152-3 (Anuj Rawat 66, Virat Kohli 48; Dewald Brevis 1-8) beat Mumbai Indians 151-6 (Suryakumar Yadav 68*, Rohit Sharma 26; Harshal Patel 2-23) by 7 wickets.

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