In a year with no 100-game winners atop the standings, here’s who those around the sport think could make a deep postseason run.
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Oman bowl first against UAE, make three changes to side
UAE bring in fast bowler Muhammad Jawadullah for first match of double-header day
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Leicestershire seamer Chris Wright to retire at season’s end
Veteran will hang up boots after helping Foxes back into Division One of the Championship
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Paine: We’ll encourage Konstas to play as he sees it
The young opener will face India A over the next couple of weeks having impressed his New South Wales coach, Greg Shipperd, in pre-season
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Bangladesh in need of a handout against buoyant Afghanistan
Afghanistan were all systems go in their opener against Hong Kong, and could go clear at the top with another win on Tuesday
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PCB chief Naqvi demands ‘immediate removal’ of match referee Pycroft
The demand from Naqvi, also the Asian Cricket Council president, came a day after the PCB had alleged that Pycroft had “requested the captains not to shake hands at the toss”
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Patidar hails spinners Kartikeya and Jain in Duleep Trophy victory
The two spinners, from MP, claimed 16 wickets between them in the final and were “very difficult to play on this pitch”
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Hetmyer, Motie help Amazon Warriors finish second for playoffs
They registered their second straight win to seal their place in Qualifier 1, against St Lucia Kings
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Rathod’s career-best 194, Jain’s all-round show take Central to Duleep Trophy title
South Zone got four wickets in Central’s chase of 65, but Rathod and Akshay Wadkar held their composure
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Hesson: We were a bit frenzied at the start with the bat and then got squeezed
Pakistan coach feels they have “lost a bit of momentum” at the top after they were reduced to 83 for 7 against India