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Santner stars as New Zealand beat West Indies in T20 series opener
Fresh from a successful European sojourn, the Black Caps posted a formidable 185 for five batting first in a rain-interrupted innings before their premier...
The West Indies will arrive in Islamabad on June 5 for the One-Day Internationals.
Local hero Jason Holder took four wickets in successive balls during a dramatic last over as the West Indies beat England by 17 runs in the fifth and deciding Twenty20 international at the Kensington Oval on Sunday for a 3-2 series win.
The recalled Powell's 107 off just 53 balls, as well as his fourth-wicket stand of 122 with Nicholas Pooran (70), helped take the West Indies to an imposing 224-5 after stand-in England captain Moeen Ali won the toss.
Chasing a target of 348, West Indies were bowled out for 160 before tea on the final day.
Jeremy Solozano was fielding close in at short-leg when Dimuth Karunaratne attempted a full-blooded pull shot off the bowling of Roston Chase and the ball crashed into the fielder's helmet grill.
India women's skipper Mithali Raj is at the top of the tally with 7391 runs, which is followed by England's Charlotte Marie Edwards with 5992 and West Indies' Stafanie Taylor and 5024 runs.
Many would argue that the problems started before the tournament with the selection of the 15-man squad.
The Proteas, who lost their tournament opener to Australia, have brought in Reeza Hendricks in place of De Kock who misses out due to 'personal reasons'.
Postponed and moved twice because of the pandemic, the tournament's seventh edition kicks off on 17 October with Oman - joint hosts with the United Arab Emirates - taking on Papua New Guinea in a first qualifying round.
Gayle left the team hotel because of 'bubble fatigue' accumulated over the months playing franchise and international cricket during the coronavirus pandemic, Kings said in a statement.
Kieron Pollard took two key wickets and hit an unbeaten 15 off seven balls as Mumbai beat Punjab Kings by six wickets on Tuesday to revive their title defence.
Champions West Indies, meanwhile, have been pooled with former winners England, Australia and South Africa in the tournament which is set to take place in Oman and the United Arab Emirates from 17 October to 14 November.
Title-holders for the global tournament set for October-November in the United Arab Emirates, the Caribbean side started a home run of 15 T20Is with a 3-2 loss to South Africa in Grenada.
In a performance which emphasised the vast difference between international cricket's shortest format and the traditional game, Lewis tore into the same bowlers who dominated the Caribbean side in the just-concluded two-Test series in St Lucia.
In the penultimate over before lunch the left-arm spinner removed Kieran Powell, Jason Holder and Joshua da Silva in successive deliveries to join fast bowler Geoff Griffen, who achieved the feat at Lord's in 1960, in the record books.
Seeking to build on a healthy first innings lead of 149 at the start of the day, the Proteas were first thwarted by heavy rain which resulted in the entire morning session's play being lost.
Ngidi’s haul of five for 19 was his second five-wicket innings haul in Test cricket, the bulk of his success coming in the afternoon session after seamer Anrich Nortje pushed the West Indies on the back foot with three of the four wickets to fall in the pre-lunch period.
They go into the campaign ranked just ahead of a Proteas team reeling from successive heavy defeats in two Tests in Pakistan.