Cricket Updates August 23 2017

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Miller's overnight dash from South Africa to Cardiff
David Miller has certainly gone the extra mile to be available for Glamorgan's T20 Blast quarter-final against Leicestershire

Bangladesh's tour of West Indies likely to be postponed
The World Cup Qualifiers, scheduled for next March, could force the delay; West Indies, currently ranked ninth in ODIs, are likely to feature in the tournament

Pujara confirms return to Nottinghamshire
Cheteshwar Pujara, the India batsman, has confirmed his return to Trent Bridge for the final four Specsavers County Championship games of the 2017 season

Australia prepare for test of defensive technique
Glenn Maxwell has said the visiting batsmen are training without their front pads on to make sure they play the ball and not fall victim to Bangladesh's wicket-to-wicket lines

Colin Ingram signs with Adelaide Strikers
Following a couple of impressive seasons in the NatWest T20 Blast, former South Africa batsman Colin Ingram has been drafted as an overseas player for Adelaide Strikers

Amazon Warriors hand winless Stars another rout
Guyana Amazon Warriors restricted St Lucia Stars to the lowest first-innings total of the tournament, setting the tone for a seven-wicket victory

Afridi takes pleasure in opening gamble that paid off
Hampshire's match-winner Shahid Afridi revealed that he had to persuade director of cricket Giles White and skipper James Vince to let him open the batting against Derbyshire

Afridi's maiden T20 hundred leads Hampshire rout of Derbyshire
A sensational first Twenty20 century from the swirling bat of Shahid Afridi ended Derbyshire's dream of reaching finals day for the first time on a night of tumbling records at the 3aaa County Ground.

Samarth and Nair script comeback win
Karun Nair fell for 90 with his side two away from victory, but Ankit Bawne and Hanuma Vihari applied the finishing touches with six wickets to spare