LONDON: It has been described as “the most evocative four walls in world cricket” and somewhere to watch the game in an atmosphere of almost monastic calm, far from the madding crowd. Yet the usually tranquil Long Room at Lord’s became a seething cauldron of hate on Sunday as Marylebone Cricket Club members abused Australia […]
SRINAGAR, JUNE 27: Secretary Tourism and Culture, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, had an exclusive interaction with VM Sports foundation regarding promotion of adventure and motor sports in Jammu and Kashmir. The foundation representatives headed by Vamcy Merla desired to join hands with Tourism Department in its initiatives towards promotion of Adventure Sports and Motor […]
LAHORE: Wicket-keeper-batter Mohammad Haris will take the helm as captain of Pakistan Shaheens in the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup. The tournament is being held in Sri Lanka from July 14 to 23, featuring eight formidable teams vying for glory. Haris, an exciting talent, has five ODIs and nine T20Is under his belt and will […]
A “very excited” pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi was included in Pakistan’s Test squad for their two-match series against Sri Lanka next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a press release on Saturday. “After missing our entire home season because of the injury I suffered in Sri Lanka, I am eager to make an […]
New Delhi: Ending months of speculation around the Asia Cup, the the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday announced that the tournament will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and nine in Sri Lanka from August 31 to September 17. The deadlock over the staging of the 50-over tournament was […]
LONDON: Veteran seamer James Anderson is still addicted to cricket at 40 and only getting better with age, his strike partner Stuart Broad said, with the prolific England pair expected to play key roles as they enter their ninth Ashes campaign. Anderson appears to be improving with time and has shown no signs of losing […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday called up uncapped batsman Shahadat Hossain and fast bowler Mushfik Hasan for the one-off Test against Afghanistan later this month. The Afghan Test side will arrive on June 10 to play the match, which starts on June 14 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the capital Dhaka. Chittagong Division’s 21-year-old middle-order […]
4. Dot. 4. 4. Four balls is all it took for Zak Crawley in the second innings to power England to a win in the one-off Test against Ireland at Lord’s. What seemed like an obvious conclusion more than 24 hours back eventually stretched more than expected courtesy a record 163-run stand between Mark Adair […]
Former Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has earned a recall to the 50-over squad for the upcoming series against Afghanistan at home. Karunaratne, who led Sri Lanka in the previous ODI World Cup in 2019, hasn’t played the format in over two years, with his most recent appearance coming in March 2021. His inclusion now […]
Despite losing out on bringing Faf du Plessis back to the CSK fold, the four-time champions have been shrewd enough to find another potent opening partner for Ruturaj Gaikwad this season. On a day that he and Devon Conway took their tally of fifty-run partnerships past that of Gaikwad and Du Plessis, the Indian opener reckoned he […]