Cricket

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — South Australia has chased down a record 269 runs in an Australian first-class cricket final to win its first Sheffield Shield cricket title in 29 years.

NAPIER, New Zealand (AP) — Mark Chapman scored 132 and Daryl Mitchell 76 in a 199-run partnership as New Zealand made 344-9 and went on to beat Pakistan by 73 runs Saturday in the first one-day international.

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Royal Challengers Bengaluru ended their 17-year drought against Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk in the Indian Premier League after a resounding 50-run victory on Friday.

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Shardul Thakur dismantled the batting powerhouse of Sunrisers Hyderabad with 4-34 and Nicholas Pooran hit the season’s fastest half-century to lead Lucknow Super Giants to a five-wicket win in the Indian Premier League on Thur

LONDON (AP) — Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, a member of the triumphant 1970-71 Ashes side, has died at 84. His former Lancashire club made the announcement on Thursday.

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Quinton de Kock made an unbeaten 97 off 61 balls as the Kolkata Knight Riders earned an eight-wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Jimmy Neesham took 5-22 and Tim Seifert blasted 97 from 38 balls as New Zealand beat Pakistan by eight wickets with 10 overs to spare in the fifth Twenty20 international Wednesday.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer blazed a masterful unbeaten 97 off 42 balls and started his new stint as captain of Punjab Kings with a 11-run victory over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal’s condition has improved, doctors said Tuesday, after he was hospitalized following cardiac arrest during a Twenty20 match.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — Ashutosh Sharma's blistering 66 off 31 balls snatched for Delhi Capitals a dramatic one-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League on Monday.