England beats Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in 1st test
Jonny Bairstow and Dan Lawrence held their nerve in a 62-run unbroken stand to guide England to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday on the fifth and final morning of the series-opening test. England ensured it didn’t have any more hiccups in erasing the remaining 36 required on the last day after Sri […]
Hospital Ward: With Bumrah and Ashwin’s fitness issues, Team India’s list of injury concerns grows
On Monday, whenever the TV cameras panned towards the Indian dressing room, Ravichandran Ashwin could be seen either standing at the SCG balcony or leaning against the railing. But not for once was he sitting. For the viewers, it might come across as a case of a senior player being tense as the pair of […]
PCB announces PSL 2021 schedule
LAHORE: Due to Covid-19 pandemic the Pakistan Cricket Board’s plan to hold matches of the 2021 HBL Pakistan Super League at five centres instead of four, has now been reduced to just two — Karachi and Lahore — as the PCB on Friday announced the schedule of the league starting on Feb 20. Last year, […]
Messi scores, Koeman glows
FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was glowing with pride after his side’s 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday and said the performance was a benchmark for the remainder of the season. Barca fell behind in the third minute on an Inaki Williams goal during a counterattack but responded emphatically with goals from Pedri and […]
Sourav Ganguly rushed to hospital following chest pain
BCCI president and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was hospitalised on Saturday after he complained of chest pain, a hospital official said. Ganguly, 48, is ‘stable’ and admitted to the emergency ward of a private hospital. He complained of chest pain following a workout session on Friday evening and family members took him to the […]
A riposte to savour
IT is seldom that anyone has to tolerate so much bitterness and anguish that Fawad Alam had to endure when he was unceremoniously thrown out of Pakistan Test side as long ago as November 2009 in New Zealand and since his return to the fold during the England tour this year, the left-hander with the […]
Resilient India thump Australia in second Test to silence critics
Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane led India to a dominant eight-wicket win over Australia in the second Test Tuesday, levelling the series 1-1 and capping an extraordinary turnaround after their record collapse in the opening game. Rahane, deputising during Virat Kohli’s paternity leave, hit an unbeaten 27 in Melbourne — after a century in the first […]
India rip through Australian batting to eye series-levelling win
A depleted Indian attack ripped through Australia’s top order to leave the world’s number one team with a slender two-run lead and in deep trouble on Monday after day three of the second Test. At stumps in Melbourne, Australia were 133 for six with Cameron Green on 17 and Pat Cummins on 15 in their […]
Bumrah, Ashwin help India take Day 1 honours of MCG Test
Indian bowlers, led by ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, came out with a brilliant bowling performance on Saturday to help the team take Day One honours against Australia in the Boxing Day Test being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Losing the toss, the Indian team, led by stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, first bowled out […]
‘England cricketers exempt from UK travel ban’
COLOMBO: The England team will be allowed to fly to Sri Lanka despite flights from Britain being suspended because of a new coronavirus strain, the island’s cricket authorities said on Wednesday. England are due to arrive in Sri Lanka on Jan 3 for two Tests — played without spectators — in Galle starting on Jan […]
