Ollie Pope was unbeaten on 67 at tea with England still trailing by 18 runs and struggling against a persistent Indian bowling attack in the opening Test on Saturday. England were 172-5 at the break in Hyderabad after beginning the second innings behind by 190 after the hosts were bowled out for a mammoth 436 […]
Mitchell Marsh has been named captain of a 14-member Australia squad that’ll face West Indies in a forthcoming three-match T20I series. The 32-year-old all-rounder takes over the reins of the side having previously done so away in South Africa in August-September last year. While Cricket Australia are yet to confirm who’ll lead the side at […]
CHRISTCHURCH: Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi said it was “very important” his team avoided a whitewash series loss to New Zealand after winning the fifth and final Twenty20 International by 42 runs on Sunday. The Black Caps capitulated for 92 in the face of some quality Pakistan spin bowling, having been favoured to chase down […]
A special innings from Finn Allen gave New Zealand an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match T20I series against Pakistan. Allen hammered 16 sixes – the joint-most in the format – to score 137 as New Zealand posted a strong 224 on the board. Chasing the total, Pakistan fell well short of the target to […]
DOHA: Paris Saint-Germain’s Lee Kang-in upstaged Son Heung-min with two goals as South Korea began their bid for a first Asian Cup since 1960 with a 3-1 win over Bahrain on Monday. Lee has impressed at PSG since joining from Mallorca last summer and he got Jurgen Klinsmann’s side out of trouble in their Group […]
KUPWARA, JANUARY 13: The final ceremony of Winter Cricket Championship being organized by the Department of youth services and sports District Kupwara in collaboration with the District administration Kupwara culminated at Sports Stadium Galizoo Kupwara yesterday. The competition was carried out at 4 designated venues viz Galizoo Stadium Kupwara, Sports Stadium Haqaniabad Punzwa, Sports Stadium Pandithpora, […]
The Afghanistan Cricket Board, on Sunday, announced the dates for Afghanistan’s all-formats away tour of Sri Lanka which will be held in February. Afghanistan will play a one-off Test followed by three ODIs and three T20Is. They will then head to the UAE where they will host Ireland for a full series which includes one […]
MANCHESTER: Phil Foden scored twice as holders Manchester City cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 5-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Sunday, with playmaker Kevin De Bruyne making a welcome return after four months out with a hamstring injury. Fielding a strong side, City suffered a setback when they lost […]
Pakistan captured the key wickets of Australia openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja before rain washed out the second day’s play in the third Test in Sydney on Thursday. Marnus Labuschagne was on 23 and Steve Smith six in their team’s 116 for two before play was ended by bad light and rain before tea. […]
SYDNEY: David Warner has been given the hometown farewell from Test cricket he craved after the opening batsman was named in an unchanged Australia line-up for the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sydney next week. Warner said in June he wanted to call time on his 12-year Test career at the Sydney Cricket […]