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Mumbai Indian’s Alzarri Joseph celebrates for the six wickets of Sunrisers Hyderabad after winning match
against the Sunrisers Hyderabad during the VIVO IPL T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad
and Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Associated Press / Mahesh Kumar A.
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By Azad Ali
West Indies fast bowler Alzarri
Joseph grabbed 6 wickets for 12 runs
to record the best-ever figures in
Indian Premier League (IPL) history,
as he made a sensational start to his
IPL career by firing Mumbai Indians
to a 4-run victory over Sunrisers
Hyderabad recently.
In his debut match following his
late call-up for the tournament, the
22-year-old finished with 6 wickets
for 12 runs from just 22 deliveries,
a performance that sent the hosts in
pursuit of a target of 137, but crashed
to 96 all out in the 18th over.
Joseph surpassed the previous best
of 6 for 14 by left-arm seamer Sohil
Tavir 11 years ago and became only
the fourth bowler to take six wickets
in an IPL match.
With Sunrisers tottering on 88
for 6, Joseph ran through the lower
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West Indies’ interim head coach,
Floyd Reifer.
Associated Press / Andres Leighton
CWI fires
panel
By Azad Ali
The new Cricket West Indies Board
(CWI) has fired the entire West Indies
selection panel and a three-man committee
will select the regional team
for the upcoming International Council
(ICC) World Cup in England starting at
the end of May 2019.
CWI President, Ricky Skerrit
announced at a press conference
on Thursday, April 11 in Antigua the
appointment of Floyd Reifer as interim
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Barbados wins
two titles
By azad Ali
Barbados were crowned West Indies
Women’s Twenty20 Blaze and the
regional women’s double-crown champions
following an unbroken third-wicket
stand between world-rated all-rounder
Deandra Dottin and West Indies women’s
teammate, Kycia Knight, which
formalized an eight-wicket victory over
Guyana at the Guyana National Stadium
recently.
Dottin smashed six fours and two
sixes in the top score of 43 not out, from
28 balls and Knight made 24 as the
Barbadians successfully chased a modest
target of 86 in the final match of the
tournament under lights.
Earlier, a strong bowling performance
led by West Indies women’s pair of
Hayley Matthews, the Barbados captain,
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an’s match
Hyderabad
WI fast bowler makes IPL history
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