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Martin Guptill key to Islamabad’s third PSL championship win

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Martin Guptill in 2022. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Former Black Cap Martin Guptill has helped guide Islamabad United to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) title, becoming the first team to claim three PSL championships. Chasing 160, Guptill made 50 off only 32 balls, plundered eight boundaries and three sixes, to put Islamabad in control – but was run out, giving opponents Multan hope, Islamabad needed eight from the final over, and Naseem Shah hit a four to leave three required off four balls. Naseem was out off the penultimate ball with the scores level, leaving his brother Hunain to hit the winning…
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Captains star in NZ and England T20 cricket opener

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New Zealand’s stand-in captain Suzie Bates top scores with 65. Photo: www.photosport.nz A captain’s knock from England’s Heather Knight leads the visitors to victory over the White Ferns in the first T20 in Dunedin. Knight scored a quick-fire 63 off 39 balls to help England to a total of 160-4 in their 20 overs. Despite a solid innings from New Zealand’s stand-in captain Suzie Bates the hosts fell short by 27 runs. Spinner Fran Jonas was the first to strike for New Zealand getting Tammy Beaumont, in her 100th T20I, caught out for 15 in the 5th over. Lea Tahuhu…
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Chelsea news: Pat Nevin on fan reactions to Mauricio Pochettino

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While Erik ten Hag will get credit from some Manchester United fans for backing Bruno Fernandes, he still isn’t totally trusted by the wider fanbase. He can console himself that things aren’t as bad for him as they are for Mauricio Pochettino. A good section of the Chelsea fans turned on him at Brentford, when even a late Axel Disasi equalizer couldn’t prevent them slipping down once again to the bottom half of the table, less than a week after they lost a cup final they could easily have won. There is, however, something strange going on here. The Chelsea…
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Injury rules Chris Wood out of All Whites’ games

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New Zealand All Whites striker Chris Wood ahead of the game against Australia in Brisbane, 2022. Photo: PHOTOSPORT The All Whites are facing a setback with striker Chris Wood ruled out of upcoming games in Egypt. Wood was initially named in the squad for the W Cup series against Egypt on Saturday and then either Croatia or Tunisia next Wednesday. Wood had only just returned to action with his Premier League club Nottingham Forest after spending more than a month on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. Wood scored in Forest’s 1-1 draw with Luton Town at the weekend but…
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Liverpool news: Opinion – ‘Jurgen Klopp’s game management was poor’

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Whatever way you look at it, it makes absolutely no sense that Mo Salah played 90 minutes of a dead-rubber on Thursday night against Sparta Prague, rendering him only capable of 70 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp has been sublime this season. His substitutions and the manner in which he’s coped with his team’s injuries and trusted younger players have been exceptional, but his game management against Manchester United was poor. Liverpool were cruising in the second half. If anything, it was too easy. Then, Klopp took off Salah, Andy Robertson and Dom Szoboszlai and completely sacrificed control.…
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Liverpool news: Pat Nevin on their ‘late, late show… again’

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The late, late show from Liverpool, yet again, will be among the most talked about individual moments of the season. Liverpool have scored 10 league goals after the prescribed 90 minutes have come and gone in this campaign that has won them seven extra points. They have shipped only two after the allocated 90. You could also add the three extra points they won against Fulham in December, when they were 3-2 down with 88 minutes on the clock, but still clawed it back. These two extra points at Nottingham Forest were crucial, not just because of the time of…
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Everton news: Opinion – Toffees ‘can’t feel sorry for themselves’

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After months of continuing uncertainty, Everton blew the opportunity to really give themselves some breathing space at the bottom of the Premier League table. Defeat at the hands of West Ham United continued the winless run and ever so slightly raised the dissenting voices towards the manager. Oddly, the performance was one of our better ones in recent weeks and a return to the early season trend of creating chances but having neither the composition nor the confidence to take them. Post-match, the manager seemed somewhat fed up of the same old story being told – a high xG but…
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Olympian Tall Fern Micaela Cocks retires

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Tall Fern Micaela Cocks Photo: Supplied With 145 games to her name, Micaela Cocks played more times for the Tall Ferns than any other athlete and has now retired from international basketball after 17 years in the black jersey. The veteran guard played in countless major tournaments, from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Commonwealth Games to the 3×3 Asia Cup, and earned a reputation as a hard-nosed player and a leader on and off the court. The decision to retire from the Tall Ferns came after a long period of reflection, she said, as she prepared for the birth of…
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