Scotland shocks Bangladesh with 6-run win in T20 World Cup
MUSCAT: Chris Greaves starred with bat and ball as Scotland shocked Bangladesh with a six-run win on Sunday’s opening day of the Twenty20 World Cup. Greaves’ 28-ball 45 guided Scotland to 140-9 and he then took two key wickets with his leg spin to keep down Bangladesh to 134-7 in the second first-round Group ‘B’ […]
Kolkata Knight Riders: The puzzlers without the middle piece
It shouldn’t have mattered who’s on strike. But with 73 needed from five overs, Kolkata Knight Riders had a clear favourite on the night of the IPL final. It wasn’t Eoin Morgan, the captain of the side who wields his high bat like a sabre every time he meets the ball. It instead was Rahul […]
GDC Tral wins Inter- College T-10 Cricket Tournament
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 15: The final of the South Kashmir Inter- College T-10 Cricket Tournament held today at Degree College Kulgam was won by GDC Tral by 4 wickets and chasing a target in just 7 overs. The final of the Cricket Tournament was played between GDC Tral and GDC D.H. Pora. Batting first, GDC D.H. […]
NZ’s Grant Bradburn resigns as Pakistan’s high-performance coaching head
Former New Zealand cricketer Grant Bradburn has decided to step down from the role of Pakistan cricket’s head of high-performance coaching “to pursue further coaching opportunities”, it was announced on Friday. During his three years with the PCB, Bradburn served Pakistan cricket as the national side’s fielding coach from September 2018 to June 2020, before […]
Pakistan well-prepared for World Cup opener against India, says Babar
LAHORE: While underlining that Pakistan’s record against India in World Cups is a story of the past, captain Babar Azam on Wednesday said his players were well prepared to produce their best show in their ICC T20 World Cup opener against the arch-rivals to take a winning start that would put them on the right track to […]
Dananjaya among four changes in Sri Lanka World T20 squad
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have added spinner Akila Dananjaya, batter Pathum Nissanka, and seamers Lahiru Kumara and Binura Fernando to their revised 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, the country’s cricket board said on Sunday. The quartet replaced all-rounders Lahiru Madushanka and Kamindu Mendis, spinner Praveen Jayawickrama and veteran fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep. Madushanka missed […]
Paine expects strong England side for Ashes tour
SYDNEY: Australia Test captain Tim Paine said on Friday he expects a ‘really strong’ England side to commit to the Ashes tour, revealing he had been in touch with Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the series. Paine ruffled feathers in England a week ago when he insisted all five Tests would go ahead with or […]
CUK holds T20 cricket final at Gadoora stadium
By: Sofi Ayaz VOV Ganderbal The final of central university of Kashmir’s interdepartmental t 20 cricket tournament was played between the department of Physical Education and department of education at Gadoora stadium on 06-10-2021. Batting first the department of Physical Education scored 152 runs. For the Department of Physical Education Amir Hassan Khan scored 68 […]
Stokes undergoes second surgery on troublesome finger
Ben Stokes has undergone a second surgery on the troublesome left index finger, the ECB confirmed on Thursday (October 7). Stokes fractured his finger when he took a catch in the outfield during an IPL game in April earlier this year and was ruled out for a prolonged period of time. He underwent a surgery […]
NZ coach Stead says no tension around World T20 opener against Pakistan
New Zealand coach Gary Stead played down suggestions of any tension around their Twenty20 World Cup opener against Pakistan after the Black Caps recently abandoned their limited-overs tour of the South Asian country citing a security alert. New Zealand’s withdrawal dealt a massive blow to Pakistan’s hopes of staging regular international cricket, with England subsequently calling off their men’s […]
