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CNN — The Oklahoma City Thunder turned the tables on the Indiana Pacers on Friday, getting a come-from-behind victory with a spectacular fourth quarter to even up the NBA Finals two games apiece. The Thunder’s 111-104 win tightens the NBA Finals into a best-of-three series in which Oklahoma City has home-court advantage. The Pacers had made it a habit of climbing back into games during these playoffs with grating defense, clutch offense and their opponents increasingly pressing as they drew ever closer. On Friday, the Thunder expertly played that role, chipping away at a 10-point third quarter deficit until it…
South Africa won the World Test Championship on Saturday, completing a remarkable turnaround to beat Australia by five wickets as they successfully chased down an imposing 282-run target. But it was an edgy finish as they took 27.4 overs to slowly score the 69 runs needed to secure success on the fourth day at Lord’s after resuming at 213-2 overnight. In so doing, South Africa completed a successful pursuit of the joint second-highest winning fourth-innings total in test history at the London venue. It was a first major cricket triumph for South Africa, who had earned an unwanted reputation for…
South Africa are the 2025 ICC World Test Championship champions, having beaten Australia by 5 wickets, at Lord’s today Match Summary South Africa vs Australia, ICC World Test Championship Final South Africa 138/10 (57.1 ov) & 282/5 (83.4 ov) Australia 212/10 (56.4 ov) & 207/10 (65 ov) Result – South Africa won by 5 wickets SCORECARD Runrate Match Day Analysis Aiden Markram’s magnificent century guided South Africa to a five-wicket win over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Saturday as the Proteas finally ended their decades-long wait for a major global cricket trophy. South Africa,…
South Africa defeated Australia to win the World Test Championship at Lord’s.South Africa were left with 69 runs to chase down on Saturday to collect their first ICC trophy in 27 years. Their captain Temba Bavuma played on through a hamstring injury he’d sustained the day before, scoring a vital 66 with the bat, although he was an early wicket on Saturday when he edged a delivery from Pat Cummins into the waiting gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey.South Africa had been facing a daunting task, needing 282 to win the final against the defending champions. But they defied the odds…
Day 4 Wrap | Markram magic seals Test title for Proteas South Africa’s cricket team are world champions for the first time, ending years of heartbreak with a stunning boilover to beat Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s. Kyle Verreynne completed the emphatic comeback on the stroke of lunch on day four, sealing a five-wicket victory by punching Mitchell Starc through the off-side before embracing batting partner David Bedingham mid-pitch.Opener Aiden Markram’s incredible 136 took the Proteas within one hit of victory, receiving a standing ovation and handshakes from the Australian players when he was out six…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Aiden Markram’s brilliant unbeaten century and captain Temba Bavuma’s solid half-century have put South Africa in a commanding position in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at Lord’s. At the end of Day 3, South Africa were 213 for 2, needing just 69 more runs to win the match and lift the prestigious WTC trophy. Markram remained not out on 102 from 159 balls, hitting 11 boundaries, while Bavuma stood firm with 65 not out from 121 deliveries. Their unbeaten partnership of 143 runs for the third wicket has taken South Africa close…
MLC 2025 San Franciso Unicorns started MLC 2025 with a 123-run victory over Washington Freedom © Sportzpics Being the only team in the competition not to have qualified for the playoffs as yet, Los Angeles Knight Riders are set to kickstart their Major League Cricket 2025 campaign hoping to witness highs that have eluded the star-studded side over the past couple of seasons. They have hedged their bets on a strong West Indian foreign core, and even as a couple of them are likely to be unavailable for the Saturday clash, there is little doubt over the quality the team…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL South Africa’s Aiden Markram etched his name into the record books on Friday by scoring a remarkable century in the fourth innings of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia at Lord’s. After being dismissed for a duck in the first innings, Markram bounced back with a composed and unbeaten 102 off 159 balls on Day 3, helping South Africa take control of the match. His knock puts him alongside Australia’s Travis Head and Steve Smith as only the third batter to score a hundred in a WTC final. Head scored 163 and Smith…
Oakmont, Pennsylvania CNN — Sam Burns came into Friday knowing that he could play at Oakmont. He also knew what the course could do to him, having finished with three bogeys and one double bogey during Thursday’s opening round. Burns chose not to dwell on how his round ended and instead focused on the five birdies that came earlier. “I played really well yesterday other than the finishing holes,” he said to reporters after his round Friday. “So, I think today was just kind of getting mentally ready to come out and try to put a good round together. I…
MLC 2025 Daryl Mitchell kept his nerves in the final over © MLC In a thrilling game that went down to the final ball, Texas Super Kings held their nerves to beat MI New York by just three runs in the second match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025. Chasing 186, MINY needed nine runs from the last over but Daryl Mitchell bowled cleverly to seal a memorable win. MINY’s chase had gotten off to a shaky start. They lost three wickets inside the powerplay, including captain Nicholas Pooran for 6. Monank Patel, however, held firm amidst early struggle but…