Captain Babar Azam says the “dominant” one-day series win over New Zealand sets Pakistan up nicely for the World Cup, despite doubts over their participation. The hosts beat a depleted New Zealand 4-1 in the five-match series and on their way briefly reached the top of the one-day rankings for the first time. Pakistan scored […]
RAWALPINDI: After overseeing Pakistan’s 500th victory in the One-day International format on Thursday, captain Babar Azam lavished praise on the way his side controlled the game to draw first blood in the five-match series against New Zealand. With their five-wicket triumph over the Black Caps at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan became only the third cricketing nation […]
Ireland posted their highest Test score of 492 on Tuesday as Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher became only the third and fourth Irishmen to post centuries in cricket’s longest format. Bowled out just before tea on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Stirling scored 103 and Campher 111 after captain […]
Mark Chapman smashed a 57-ball 104* as New Zealand came roaring back, in the match and the series, to share the T20I spoils with Pakistan. The visitors seemed done for in the fifth T20I at Rawalpindi when they were reduced to 73/4 at the half-way mark of New Zealand’s response to 193. But Chapman and James Neesham […]
Sachin Tendulkar has been immortalised at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), his favourite stomping ground away from home, to mark his 50th birthday, which is being celebrated around the world. He becomes the first non-Australian cricketer alongside his great mate Brian Lara to be commemorated with a set of gates, used to access the field […]
England Test coach Brendon McCullum has been cleared by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) of breaching its anti-corruption code and will face no further action over his involvement with an online betting business. Reports said the New Zealander had stepped back from his commercial role with 22Bet, a Cyprus-registered bookmaker for whom he […]
In just his second season, Tilak Varma has already established himself as one of Mumbai Indians’ crisis men in the batting department. While the 2022 edition of the IPL ended up as a forgettable campaign for the five-time champions, the left-hander’s emergence was arguably the lone bright spark as Varma tallied close to 400 runs […]
With the summer well and truly at its peak and the mercury inexorably soaring across the country, the heat is all-pervading but it could be more on a couple of players whose franchises will be clashing at the Wankhede under the scorching sun on Sunday (April 16). Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians and Andre Russell […]
Pakistan clinically defeated New Zealand in the first T20I of the 5-T20I series at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. After posting 182 on the board despite a hat-trick by Matt Henry, Pakistan’s bowling was too hot to handle, as the Kiwis middle-order panicked, triggering a tame surrender and a subsequent 88-run loss for the Kiwis. Pakistan […]
After winning the toss and bowling first, Kent were taken to the cleaners by Robert Yates (128) and Sam Hain(124*) of Warwickshire, piling on the runs against the hapless bowlers and ending the day on a dominant 367/3. Ben Brown (95) and Keith Barker (58) put on 96 runs for the 7th wicket, rescuing Hampshire […]