Liverpool hold Manchester City in title showdown, Newcastle crush Chelsea
LONDON: Trent Alexander-Arnold’s late equaliser rescued Liverpool in their 1-1 draw at title rivals Manchester City after Erling Haaland bagged his 50th Premier League goal, while Newcastle routed woeful Chelsea 4-1 on Saturday. Alexander-Arnold struck 10 minutes from the end of a tense summit meeting at the Etihad Stadium after Haaland’s landmark strike looked like […]
Imad Wasim announces retirement from international cricket
Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim announced on Friday that he would be retiring from international cricket. “In recent days, I have been doing a lot of thinking about my international career and I have come to the conclusion that now is the right time for me to announce my retirement from international cricket,” the 34-year-old said […]
Pro-Palestinian pitch invader disrupts World Cup final
A pro-Palestinian protester in India broke through security cordons to invade the pitch at the ICC World Cup final on Sunday, stopping play briefly while he hugged superstar batsman Virat Kohli. The incident occurred in the 14th over of India’s innings. Wearing a face mask in the colours of the Palestinian flag and a T-shirt […]
Wahab Riaz appointed as Pakistan chief selector
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday appointed former fast bowler Wahab Riaz as the national team’s chief selector months after he announced his retirement from international cricket. The development comes as part of a series of changes across the team’s management structure, which started from Babar Azam’s resignation as captain, Shan Masood taking […]
Maxwell was in ‘full body pain’ during ‘greatest’ ODI innings
MUMBAI: Overcoming an attack of full body cramping, Glenn Maxwell’s outrageous double-century to beat Afghanistan at the World Cup was quickly hailed as the greatest ODI innings of all-time by cricketing luminaries. For the Australian all-rounder, though, it was just “great fun”. The mercurial Maxwell smacked a remarkable 201 not out 201 off 128 balls […]
Afghanistan ambush Sri Lanka to boost semi-final bid
PUNE: A spirited Afghanistan upset another former champion on Monday when Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men defeated 1996 winners Sri Lanka by seven wickets to continue their memorable campaign at the 50-overs World Cup and maintain their hopes of a semi-final place. Their bowlers — led by recalled left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi (4-34) — had laid […]
Bowling ’em over, glamorously
It was just a 25-ball stay eventually but Jasprit Bumrah’s night out with the bat appeared to be a battle with himself more than the bowlers. For every shot he tried, and miscued, he knew what the right one was a few moments later as he shadow-practiced it with gusto, be it the cut, pull […]
‘Friendly atmosphere’ fails to inspire as Pakistan left staring at early exit
CHENNAI: Pakistan finally had the atmosphere they’d been craving, the sounds they wanted to be ringing in their ears, the positive energy they needed to spur them on during what has been a spiralling World Cup campaign at the M.A. Chidamabaram Stadium here on Friday. But they just couldn’t match it with the result. There […]
Pakistan’s batting standards need to improve: Iftikhar
PAKISTANI cricket fans have always had a knack of perceiving their misery with a comic angle. One of the popular notions among them is how when their team bats, the pitch looks like a bowling friendly surface and that when they bowl, it turns into a batting paradise. That was very well the case in […]
Kohli shines in chase as India beat New Zealand despite Mitchell ton
Virat Kohli’s crafty 95 trumped Daryl Mitchell’s rapid 130 as India beat New Zealand by four wickets in a top-of-the-table clash in the 50-overs World Cup on Sunday. Kohli could not complete the chase but his matured knock helped India to reach a victory target of 274 with two overs to spare to maintain their […]