Gayle lead RCB to enormous win

Royal Challengers Bangalore 206 for 6 (Gayle 86) strike Somerset 155 for 6 (Trego 58, Arvind 2-23, Vettori 2-25) by 51 runs After guiding Royal Challengers Bangalore to a severe victory, Chris Gayle exposed that he found it hard to get going during the early part of his knock. Gayle scored 86 off 46 balls, his 14th fifty in Twenty20. "I am very happy with my presentation. It was a key game for us. It wasn't the most excellent of starts as it was...

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Kallis, Steyn take rest for Aus series

Hashim Amla will make his first appearance as national team captain, both in T20 and ODIs, when South Africa starts their series next to Australia next week. All-rounder Jacques Kallis and pacer Dale Steyn have been left out of the side. Cricket South Africa's national selectors on Monday name the squads for both formats. "With the ICC World Twenty20 less than a year away, we need to keep a solid core of knowledge around the side," commented CSA...

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Cobras can switch T&T's spin attack'

Cape Cobras wicket-keeper Dane Vilas said his team is sure of seeing off T&T's spin attack on the hard MA Chidambaram strip. "Luckily, we are playing them at the finish, so they're not a totally unknown entity," Vilas said at the pre-match media meeting on Monday. "We've done some work on them; they bowled brilliantly next to Chennai Super Kings. I think the key to the game alongside Chennai was that they took the pace off the ball quite a...

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