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World Cup titles during a 241-match career. A winner of two ICC Women's Cricket World Cup trophies and five ICC Women's T20 World Cup titles, Lanning bows out of the game at the age of 31 having amassed more than 8000 runs across all formats for her country.

India vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2023: India has been great in ICC World Cup 2023 as the Rohit Sharma-led squad finished on the top of points table. South Africa and Australia are in second and third position, while New Zealand, Pakistan, and Afghanistan will fight the battle for the last berth in the semi-finals. With one semi-final between South Africa and Australia almost finalized, the suspense remains on India's possible opponent and the heart of Indians obviously want it to be our biggest rival Pakistan.

The U.S. plans to launch a $553 million project to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka as it competes with China in development financing

Angelo Mathews' batting helmet has now made it into the road safety awareness campaign of Odisha State Transport Authority. Riding on the spotlight generated by Mathews controversial timed-out dismissal, the state transport authority in its latest rode safety campaign has stressed on the importance on the use of standard and certified helmets while driving on roads. Mathews was ruled timed out during the World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh played on November 6 after he was not ready to face the first ball of his innings within the stipulated time of two minutes. The cricketer could be seen pointing out that the strap of his helmet was broken and sought another helmet. In the awareness post on X and Facebook, the STA shared a post, «Don't throw away your wicket, play a consistent long innings.

Adani Green, a unit of the Adani Group, has announced a substantial investment of $750 million in Sri Lanka's power sector, as revealed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) CEO, Karan Adani, in an exclusive interview with ET Now. The decision is aimed at bolstering Sri Lanka's energy infrastructure and promoting the transition to cleaner and more sustainable sources of power. Sri Lanka, like many nations, is prioritizing the development of its energy infrastructure to meet the growing demand for electricity while reducing the environmental impact.

BSE on Wednesday, November 8, after the company said US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will fund Adani’s joint venture (JV) in Sri Lanka, for $553 million. "US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced that it will be funding Colombo West International Terminal Pvt. Ltd.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches related to human trafficking cases in 10 different states. As reported by ANI, these states include Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir. Over four dozen locations are being searched by the NIA sleuths in these 10 states to unearth the racket of human traffickers having international links, ANI reported NIA sources as saying.

England vs Netherlands Live Score Updates: ENG vs NED, Buttler and Co. take on a resurgent Netherlands side at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune.

World Cup redemption. However, there is another issue. England are at the risk of losing out on the Champions Trophy 2025, to be held in Pakistan.

World Cup 2023. Earlier, Virat Kohli equalled his idol Sachin Tendulkar's record of most ODI centuries with his 49th hundred. Here is a look at the top ten batsmen who scored maximum runs at the end of the England-Australia game: Quinton de Kock who has scored four centuries in this World Cup is at the top of the chart and is one of the main reasons for South Africa's brilliant performance in the World Cup.

ICC World Cup 2023 as an underdog, is on the cusp of entering the tournament's semifinals. The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led team has pushed Australia to the backfoot in the ongoing match in Mumbai. At the time of writing this report, Australia were at 52/4 at the end of first powerplay (10 overs), chasing a significantly big target of 292.

Ipsita Dasgupta, senior vice president and managing director of HP India, has purchased a luxury apartment in Mumbai’s Worli locality for more than Rs 22.50 crore. Dasgupta was roped in by HP India from Apple in October and will be responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s strategy and profit and loss (P&L) in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. She has bought the apartment on 4th floor of super-premium project Raheja Artesia from the developer K Raheja Corp Homes. The deal was executed by Genext Hardware & Parks, one of the subsidiaries of the real estate developer. The deal, executed on October 26, has attracted more than Rs 22.56 lakh in fees, showed documents accessed through Zapkey.com.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup on Tuesday, the day after his controversial role in cricket's "timed out" row. Shakib broke his finger while batting in a match overshadowed by Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews becoming the first player in the 146-year history of international cricket to be timed out following an appeal by the Bangladesh skipper which he refused to withdraw. «Shakib was struck on his left index finger early in his innings but continued to bat with supportive taping and painkillers,» said Bangladesh team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan. «He underwent an emergency X-ray in Delhi after the game which confirmed the fracture. Recovery is estimated at three to four weeks.

World Cup. Sri Lanka faced a 302-run defeat against India at the World Cup 2023. The minister had also appointed an interim committee headed by former cricket captain and Chairman of a new interim national cricket board Arjuna Ranatunga.

timed out" dismissal of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews in the World Cup clash against Bangladesh has grabbed a lot of headlines. Mathews became the the first cricketer to suffer the dismissal in the 146-year history of international cricket.

World Cup 2023, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan's decision to appeal for a "Timed Out" dismissal against Sri Lankan batsman Angelo Mathews has attracted comments from several legendary Pakistani cricketers as they discussed the matter on the show The Pavilion on A Sports. The rare appeal led to Mathews becoming the first player in international cricket to be dismissed in this unusual manner. Wasim Akram expressed his view that the decision to appeal for a 'Timed Out' would depend on multiple factors, including the game's context and the opposition.

China is owed more than a trillion dollars through its Belt and Road project, making it the biggest debt collector in the world, a report said this week, with an estimated 80 percent of the loans supporting countries in financial distress. Beijing says upwards of 150 countries stretching from Uruguay to Sri Lanka have signed up to the BRI, a vast global infrastructure push unveiled by President Xi Jinping a decade ago. The first decade of the initiative saw China distribute huge loans to fund the construction of bridges, ports and highways in low and middle-income countries. But much more than half of those loans have now entered their principal repayment period, said a report released Monday by AidData, a research institute tracking development finance at Virginia's College of William and Mary. That figure is set to hit 75 percent by the end of the decade, it added. Crunching data compiled on Chinese financing of almost 21,000 projects across 165 countries, AidData said Beijing had now committed aid and credit «hovering around $80 billion a year» to low and middle-income nations. The United States, in contrast, has provided $60 billion to such countries a year. «Beijing is navigating an unfamiliar and uncomfortable role — as the world's largest official debt collector,» the report said.

World Cup match on November 6 in New Delhi. Angelo, preparing for his first delivery, apparently faced an equipment malfunction when his helmet strap broke. Despite a replacement helmet being fetched, more than three minutes had passed, exceeding the rule of two minutes to face the next ball.

World Cup 2023. The rivalry between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka took an even more intense turn on Monday when Mathews was given out by umpire Marais Erasmus without having faced a single ball.A post shared by ICC (@icc) Under the rules of cricket, a batsman must be ready to face the ball within two minutes of the last wicket being taken. However, when Mathews came to the crease after the dismissal of Lankan opener Sadeera Samarawickrama in the 24th over of the match, the veteran batsman realised he had a broken helmet and called for a replacement.

World Cup 2023 match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The Australia vs Afghanistan Mumbai ODI is a day-night match and will start at 2 p.m. It would be the 8th match of both teams in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews was on Monday controversially given "timed out" in a World Cup clash against Bangladesh, becoming the first man to suffer the dismissal in the 146-year history of international cricket. The former captain took more than two minutes to take strike and opposition skipper Shakib Al Hasan appealed, which was upheld by the on-field umpire. Mathews came into bat after the fall of Sadeera Samarawickrama in the 25th over but was unable to secure his helmet strap tightly enough, an action which delayed the resumption of play. Following the Bangladesh appeal, the umpires held a lengthy discussion with the players including Mathews. They ruled Mathews to be out and the 36-year-old veteran reluctantly trudged off with most spectators appearing bemused by the decision. Some Bangladesh fans applauded. Former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn writing on X, formerly Twitter, said: «Well, that wasn't cool». Ex-india batsman Gautam Gambhir, on 'X', said: «Absolutely pathetic what happened Delhi today! #AngeloMathews.» Australian Test batsman Usman Khawaja also blasted the decision. «Angelo made his crease then his helmet strap broke.