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[ad_1] Babar Azam faced a challenging year in Test cricket, encountering a notable downturn in his batting performance, especially in the red-ball format. Throughout the entirety of 2023, he found himself unable to secure a Test half-century in nine innings, marking the first instance since his debut that he failed to achieve this milestone in a calendar year. His struggles persisted in the second Test against Australia at the renowned Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). In a match where Pakistan had a daunting 317-run target set by Australia, Babar managed to score 41 runs before falling victim to Josh Hazlewood's delivery, succumbing to a clean bowled dismissal. This continued a trend seen in the first innings, where Babar Azam was similarly dismissed by Pat Cummins after scoring only one run. The right-handed batsman misjudged the ball, resulting in his stumps being disturbed as he was bowled out, reflecting the challenges he faced with the bat in the match and the year a...

[ad_1] Pakistan batter Khushdil Shah bags record while representing Comilla Victorians against Minister Group Dhaka in the ongoing match at Bangladesh Premier League 2023. The Minister Group Dhaka won the toss and chose to bowl first; Victorians scored 184 runs in the first innings. ALSO READ:  Azam Khan creates record in Bangladesh Premier League 2023 The 27-year-old Khushdil played an aggressive inning of 24-ball 64 runs, including seven fours and five massive sixes. With this innings, Khushdil Shah becomes the fastest fifty scorer in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023. He achieved this milestone after playing only 18 deliveries, leaving behind Rony Talukdar, who scored fifty runs in 19 deliveries. Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan also scored 47-ball 55 runs in the same innings. In reply, Dhaka managed to score 151 runs after losing four wickets. Ahmed Shehzad scored 17-ball 19 runs, including three boundaries. Dhaka captain Nasir Hossain played a fig...

[ad_1] An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record , smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree (0.13 degrees Celsius), with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. June's 61.79 degrees (16.55 degrees Celsius) global average was 1.89 degrees (1.05 degrees Celsius) above the 20th Century average, the first time globally a summer month was more than a degree Celsius hotter than normal, according to NOAA. Other weather monitoring systems, such as NASA, Berkeley Earth and Europe's Copernicus, had already called last month the hottest June on record, but NOAA is the gold standard for record-keeping with data going back 174 years to 1850. The increase over the last June's record is “a considerably big jump” because usually global monthly records are so broad based they often jump by hundredths not quarters of a degree, said NOAA...