BIRMINGHAM: Australia demolished India 7-0 in the men’s hockey final on Monday to maintain their perfect record at the Commonwealth Games and end their gold medal hunt in style. The six-time defending champions showed their opponents no mercy in sweltering conditions on the final day of sporting action in Birmingham. Australia have won every gold […]
LONDON: England all-rounder Moeen Ali has warned that other players could follow team-mate Ben Stokes in quitting One-day Internationals and that the format could become completely obsolete if nothing is done to fix the game’s hectic calendar. Stokes, England’s Test captain, announced his shock retirement from 50-over cricket at the age 31 last month, citing […]
Supported by splendid hundreds from Innocent Kaia and Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe registered one of the most important triumph in their cricketing history overcoming Bangladesh by five wickets in a high-scoring first One-day International at the Harare Sports Club. This was Zimbabwe’s first ODI win against Bangladesh in quite a while after an essential run pursue […]
BIRMINGHAM: The Sri Lankan team management has asked its athletes and officials at the Commonwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing. The nation, which is experiencing a major economic crisis, confirmed late Wednesday that a wrestler, a judoka, and a judo coach have disappeared from one of the Commonwealth Games […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced squads for the ICC World Cup Super League ODI matches against the Netherlands and the T20 Asia Cup, dropping fast bowler Hasan Ali and replacing him with Naseem Shah. The PCB unveiled a 16-member squad for the three-match series against the Netherlands starting from Aug 16, and […]
Following a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the third T20I, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that the chase was “clinical” and the team used the conditions really well. A brilliant half-century from Suryakumar Yadav and his stand with batter Shreyas Iyer powered India to a seven-wicket win over the hosts West Indies in the […]
According to Cricket West Indies, the third match of the T20I series between India and the West Indies at Warner Park later on Tuesday will also be delayed in order to give players adequate rest and recovery time for the back-to-back matches (CWI). The third T20I of the engrossing five-match series at St Kitts will […]
Half-centuries from Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram and a fifer from spinner Tabraiz Shamsi powered South Africa to a 90-run win over England in the third and final T20I of the series at Southampton on Sunday. With this victory, South Africa won the series 2-1, defeating a quality England side in their own territory. In […]
New Zealand posted its highest-ever T20 score of 254-5 to beat Scotland by 102 runs in their second Twenty20 international. New Zealand won the two-match series 2-0. No. 5 Michael Bracewell played a key role in the record total by smashing 61 not out off 25 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, after the […]
Sri Lanka spinners Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis snared nine wickets between them to help the hosts to a 246-run series-levelling victory against Pakistan on the fifth and final day of the second Test in Galle on Thursday. It was the fourth five-wicket haul in only his third Test for left-arm spinner Jayasuriya, who picked […]