Afghanistan cricket chiefs are still awaiting instructions from the country’s new Taliban government on the future of the women’s game and are not anticipating a decision any time soon, a top cricket official told Reuters. The Taliban named a new government on Tuesday, three weeks after sweeping to power when the Western-backed government collapsed in the wake of […]
Pakistan cricket was rocked yesterday when it saw its head coach Misbahul Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis relinquish their positions, with the T20 World Cup a little over a month away. The feeble fable told for the cameras was that Misbah walked away as he wasn’t in the ‘right frame of mind’ and did not […]
KARACHI: For a man regarded among the top batters in current world cricket, Babar Azam is a quiet individual in his role as the all-format Pakistan captain. While there is no denying his standing as the country’s best batter — who currently tops the ICC One-day International batting ranking and has been overtaken by England’s […]
TOKYO: After a dramatic evacuation from Taliban-held Kabul and a secret operation to fly him to Tokyo, Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli beat the odds on Tuesday to compete in the long jump. It was not the event he had been expecting to contest, after qualifying for the 100m T47, but then just about everything in […]
PERTH: Embattled head coach Justin Langer on Monday insisted the Australian cricket team was ‘in a better place’ after clear-the-air talks with senior players following discontent over his management style. Langer came under intense scrutiny in the wake of recent consecutive white-ball series losses to the West Indies and Bangladesh, with friction over his intense […]
India all-rounder Stuart Binny, who owns the record of the best bowling figures in ODI format, on Monday announced his retirement from first class and international cricket. The 37-year-old Binny began his career with his state Karnataka and represented India in six Tests, 14 ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals. “I would like to inform you […]
LEEDS: Cheteshwar Pujara was left eyeing a first Test century in more than two years as he held firm alongside India captain Virat Kohli to keep England at bay at Headingley on Friday. India were 215-2 in their second innings when bad light led to an early close on the third day of the third […]
LONDON: Former Test captain Ted Dexter, one of England’s greatest players, has died aged 86 after a recent illness, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Thursday. Dexter, nicknamed ‘Lord Ted’, was an aggressive batsman and part-time seam bowler who played 62 tests for England after making his debut in 1958 against New Zealand. He […]
KARACHI: An elated Babar Azam heaped praise on Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fawad Alam after the duo played pivotal role in Pakistan’s series-levelling victory in the second Test against the West Indies in Kingston. While addressing a tour-ending virtual presser on Wednesday hours before the squad was due to leave for Lahore via London, the […]
LEEDS: India captain Virat Kohli has dismissed talk that England’s injury crisis has bolstered his side’s hopes of victory in the third Test as they ‘don’t wait for the opposition to be weak’. Kohli’s men head into Wednesday’s clash at Headingley 1-0 up in a five-match series after a superb 151 run-win in the second […]