Top Stories: Things that made news in the cricket world today

IPL 2019 final was more emotional for me than 2015 World Cup semi-final, says Quinton de Kock

• Every South African player was in tears at the Eden Park in Auckland when New Zealand scampered for a single in the last over to get over the line and book a place in the final.
• The Proteas had done everything right in that game but couldn’t get the better of nerves in the closing stages of the encounter.
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World Cup 2019: Gulbadin Naib avoids questions over Manchester restaurant altercation

• Afghanistan succumbed to their fifth defeat in a row in the ongoing World Cup on Tuesday.
• England thumped them by 150 runs as the Asian team has been knocked out of the tournament.
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James Neesham has found new hope in World Cup 2019 and he is making it count

• For New Zealand batting all-rounder James Neesham, the ongoing Cricket World Cup has been a platform of rebirth.
• Eighteen months ago, he was contemplating quitting the game because of poor form and injuries but at the moment, he is enjoying his stint at the showpiece event.
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World Cup 2019: Didn’t want my family to be worried, Hashmatullah Shahidi after getting hit on the helmet

• Hashmatullah Shahidi has been one of Afghanistan’s top performers of late in the ODI format.
• In the ongoing 2019 World Cup, the left-hander is his national team’s leading run-scorer with 165 runs at an average of 33.
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World Cup 2019: Those who expected Pakistan to lift the cup were daydreaming, says Kamran Akmal

• Pakistan wicket-keeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that the current Pakistan side never had it in it to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing cricket World Cup in England and Wales.
• The 37-year-old who last played for Pakistan in 2017 said those who were expecting that Sarfaraz Ahmed’s men would go on to win the trophy this time were “daydreaming”.
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World Cup 2019: Shikhar Dhawan ruled out of the tournament due to thumb injury

• Team India is in the middle of a dream run at the moment in the ongoing World Cup having won three out of the four matches.
• Their game against New Zealand was washed out due to rain.
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World Cup 2019: Sarfaraz Ahmed is an accidental captain, says Aaqib Javed

• Pakistan losing to India by 89 runs in the ongoing World Cup hasn’t gone down well with the fans and the former cricketers in the country.
• No wonder, there is severe criticism back home for the Men in Green.
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Why is Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq in England with team, asks ex-cricketer Intikhab Alam

• Pakistan have found themselves in the danger zone following their loss against arch-rivals India in the ongoing ICC World Cup.
• With just one win in five games, Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side now not only has to win the remaining four matches but also depend on the results of other games.
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Reports: PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani called up Sarfaraz Ahmed after Pakistan’s defeat to India

• Pakistan has had a terrible campaign in the 2019 World Cup, having lost three out of their five matches.
• The Men in Green are placed ninth on the points table with three points from five matches.
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He is one of our best spinners: Gulbadin Naib defends Rashid Khan after England assault

• Rashid Khan endured probably the worst day of his cricket career so far on Tuesday.
• Eoin Morgan and other England batsmen went haywire against him and slammed 11 sixes off the leggie as he went on to concede 110 runs in his nine-over spell.
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