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Colin Munro accuses Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking; Multan Sultans players react angrily

Colin Munro accuses Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking; Multan Sultans players react angrily

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There was high drama in Pakistan Super League match between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United when New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro accused right-arm off break bowler Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking the ball. The incident happened in the 10th over of the Islamabad United innings when they were chasing the target of 169 set by the Multan Sultans. Iftikhar Ahmed tried to aim a fast ball for Munro’s toes, which the New Zealand batter managed to keep out by bringing his bat down in time. But after the delivery, Munro repeatedly gestured at the bowler that he was chucking. Munro bent his elbow while mimicking the action of delivering a ball. This riled up Iftikhar Ahmed, who waked straight to one of the umpires to have a word with them. The umpires seemed to be trying to placate him. Meanwhile Iftikhar Ahmed’s teammates took umbrage to Munro and his gesture. Story continues below this ad Pakistan cricket team captain Mohammad Rizwan also got involved was seen confronting Munro in a clip posted by PSL’s official handles …

Colin Munro Shatters Record For Most Fifty-Plus Scores In PSL

Colin Munro Shatters Record For Most Fifty-Plus Scores In PSL

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File image of Colin Munro.© X (formerly Twitter) Former New Zealand batter and Islamabad United batter Colin Munro shattered Rilee Rossouw’s record for most fifty-plus scores in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) with a strong display for Islamabad United against Lahore Qalandars. Munro’s heroics washed away Lahore’s Abdullah Shafique’s individual effort of a quick-fire 66 from 38 deliveries. With his 13th fifty-plus score in his 48th appearance in Pakistan’s premier T20 tournament, Munro dethroned Rossouw from the top and scripted the record to his name. Overall. Munro boasts 1,476 runs in 48 appearances in the PSL. Before his exploits in Rawalpindi, Munro was tied with Rossouw for the record, but his unbeaten 59(42) took him past the South African’s tally of 12. Munro’s former Kiwis compatriot Luke Ronchi slipped to the third spot with 10 fifty-plus scores in 31 matches. England’s explosive opener Jason Roy is tied with Ronchi for the record with 10 fifty-plus scores in 38 appearances. Among all players, Peshawar Zalmi captain and Pakistan’s premier batter Babar Azam leads the …

Colin Munro, Dwaine Pretorius Fire Dallas Lonestars To Win Over Atlanta Kings In NCL Sixty Strikes

Colin Munro, Dwaine Pretorius Fire Dallas Lonestars To Win Over Atlanta Kings In NCL Sixty Strikes

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Colin Munro starred for Dallas Lonestars in NCL Sixty Strikes© Video Grab A thrilling encounter unfolded in the National Cricket League Sixty Strikes tournament, with the result being decided on the final over of the match. Angelo Mathews‘ Atlanta Kings came up against Dinesh Karthik‘s Dallas Lonestars, with the contest turning out to be a nail-biter. Batting first, Atlanta put a total of 124/5 on the board in 10 overs, with skipper Mathews leading the scoring charts for his team. Mathews added 68 runs to Atlanta’s total and took just 28 balls to reach the score. Gajanand Singh, 15 off 8, and Danish Aziz, 16 off 5, were the other batters to help Mathews a little in the innings, though none of the Atlanta stars managed to cross the 20-run mark. For Dallas, former India spinner Pragyan Ojha was the star with the ball, picking 3 wickets for 24 runs in 2 overs. Chasing the target, Dallas lost the wickets of Shoaib Maqsood and Samit Patel early though Colin Munro put in a …

Alice Munro, Canadian Author Who Won Nobel Prize In Literature In 2013, Dies At 92

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Alice Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories. Ottawa: Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, died on Monday at the age of 92, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Tuesday. The Globe, citing family members, said Munro had been suffering from dementia for at least a decade. Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories and was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her stories explored sex, yearning, discontent, aging, moral conflict and other themes in rural settings with which she was intimately familiar – villages and farms in the Canadian province of Ontario where she lived. She was adept at fully developing complex characters within the limited pages of a short story. Munro, who wrote about ordinary people with clarity and realism, was often likened to Anton Chekhov, the 19th century Russian known for his brilliant short stories …

New Zealand’s Colin Munro retires from international cricket

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After playing 123 international matches for New Zealand cricket, Colin Munro announced his retirement from international format on May 10, 2024. Munro made his international debut in December 2012 in a T20I match against South Africa and made his ODI debut in January 2013. Munro featured in only Test played in 2013 against South Africa. Munro represented New Zealand at the 2006 ICC Under 19 World Cup in Sri Lanka before making his international debut in all three formats on the 2012-13 tour of South Africa. Munro ends his international career as the BLACKCAPS’ current sixth all-time leading T20 international run scorer with 1,724 runs at an average of 31 and a strike rate of 156.4, including three T20 international centuries, the most by any New Zealander. His 14-ball half-century against Sri Lanka at Eden Park in 2016 is still the fastest T20 half-century by a New Zealander and the fourth fastest of all time. Colin Munro announced his international retirement statement through his official Instagram account. “Playing for the BLACKCAPS has always been the …

Snubbed For T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand Star Colin Munro Announces Retirement

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File photo of Colin Munro Wellington : Hard-hitting New Zealand batter Colin Munro has announced his retirement from international cricket. He is a white-ball specialist and has featured in previous two T20 World Cup campaigns for the Blackcaps. Munro had been hoping to reignite his New Zealand career at next month’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, but the 37-year-old narrowly missed out on earning a recall and has decided to call time on his time as an international player. The left-hander played more than 100 matches for the Kiwis, with his sole Test appearance against South Africa in 2013 overshadowed by an impressive white-ball career that netted three centuries and 19 half-centuries for his country. Those three hundreds all came in the shortest format of the game, with Munro one of only seven male players to have scored three or more T20I centuries. The former opener has featured for New Zealand at the 2014 and 2016 T20 World Cups and was a key member of the Kiwis’ squad that made it all the way to …

Wasim Akram gets emotional watching the replay of ball boy celebrating the catch with Colin Munro in PSL | Cricket News

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The most wholesome moment of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was a ball boy celebrating his catch with Islamabad United overseas player Colin Munro at the boundary line. The incident took place during the match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi. Legendary Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram got emotional while watching the clips of that moment during the show The Pavilion on A Sport. “You can see in the replay in the slow motion. When he took the catch the medical staffs sitting behind the boundary rope were also giving high fives to each other,” said Akram. What was the incident? During Peshawar Zalmi’s eight-run win over Islamabad United in Lahore, a ball-boy dropped an attempted catch as Aamer Jamal whipped Shadab Khan over midwicket for six. Colin Munro, fielding in the deep, was quick to put an arm around him and offered him tips on how to take the aerial catches. A few balls later, the same ball-boy completed a difficult catch as Arif Yaqoob launched a six behind square leg off, and Munro, who …