Pavlidis seals famous win for Greece over England
LONDON: Greece beat England for the first time as striker Vangelis Pavlidis’s double earned the visitors a richly-deserved 2-1 victory to put them in control of Nations League Group B2 at Wembley on Thursday. While Pavlidis’s winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time sparked wild celebrations amongst the Greek fans, England’s were left stunned […]
Root-Brook monumental stand deflates Pakistan
A monumental partnership between Joe Root and Harry Brook, which currently stands at 409 with no end to it anywhere in sight, has completely flattened Pakistan in the opening Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Root and Brook, who had already made merry on the third day, continued in the same vein and in the […]
The No 3 woes come hurting, this time for Africa
Heather Knight had forewarned her teammates of this. Teammates, who’d gotten used to commanding bigger audiences everywhere they go of late. When the Women’s T20 World Cup had to be taken out of Bangladesh – a cricket-crazy community that throngs the stadiums irrespective of their teams’ footing – to the scorching UAE heat, Knight was […]
Pakistan eye winning start to Women’s T20 World Cup
DUBAI: The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup begins on Thursday in the UAE with 10 teams featuring in the 18-day showpiece. Pakistan are placed in Group ‘A’ alongside Australia, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka while Bangladesh, England, Scotland, South Africa and the West Indies are in Group ‘B’. The Fatima Sana-led Pakistan take on […]
Ex-Real Madrid defender and World Cup winner Varane retires
PARIS: France World Cup winner Raphael Varane on Wednesday announced his retirement from football at the age of 31, adding that he will remain at Como in a non-playing capacity. Former Real Madrid and Manchester United centre-back Varane had joined the Italian club for this season but was then excluded from their Serie A squad […]
Bowlers, Markram give South Africa consolation win
South Africa’s bowlers delivered in unison which was then followed by a clinical batting display as they pulled off a consolation win over Afghanistan in the third and final ODI in Sharjah. Having lost the series, South Africa made a good start with the ball, getting two wickets inside the opening 10 overs to take […]
Pakistan recall spinner Abrar Ahmed for final test against Bangladesh
Pakistan recalled leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed on Wednesday for the second and final test against Bangladesh after their decision to play an all-pace attack on a slow track backfired in the series opener in Rawalpindi last week. Pakistan succumbed to their first-ever test defeat against Bangladesh on Sunday after fielding an attack, which did not contain […]
Karachi Test against Bangladesh shifted to Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Cricket Board in consultation with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to shift the second Test of the forthcoming two-Test series from Karachi to Rawalpindi, the PCB announced on Sunday. The National Bank Stadium in Karachi was to host the Test against Bangladesh from August 30-September 3, while the opening game […]
Crawley ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests; Cox gets maiden call-up
England opener Zak Crawley has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka with a fractured finger. The 26-year-old had hurt his little finger while taking a catch in the slip in the Edgbaston Test against West Indies last week and is likely to be replaced in the Playing XI by Dan […]
Bishnoi stars as India win rain-affected tie to clinch series
Ravi Bishnoi’s three-wicket haul headlined India’s excellent bowling performance and a seven-wicket victory in a rain-shortened match in Pallekele, which gave the visitors an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series. Chasing a rain-adjusted target of 78 in 8 overs, Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Suryakumar Yadav were among the runs once again as India […]