Cricket

MELBOURNE – May 24 (ONLINE) Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has been appointed an assistant coach of the Australia men’s team alongside Andre Borovec as head coach Andrew McDonald builds his new team. The duo will take up their roles for the Test series […]

LAHORE – May 23 (ONLINE) Shadab Khan has returned to the Pakistan ODI squad, and taken back the vice-captaincy, after recovering from injury, while there are call-ups for top-order batter Abdullah Shafique and legspinner Zahid Mahmood for the three-match series at home against West Indies, […]

DHAKA – May 23 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis has been hospitalised after complaining of chest pain during the second away Test against Bangladesh on Monday, 23 May. Minutes before lunch on Day 1, the 27-year-old Mendis bent down on the ground to pick […]

NEW DELHI – May 23 (ONLINE) Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s red-hot form for Sussex earned him a place in the India squad on Sunday for the one-off test against England in July. India were 2-1 ahead when the final test at Old Trafford in September was […]

NEW DELHI – May 20 (ONLINE) Virat Kohli rediscovered his scoring touch to smash 73 off 54 balls and lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to an eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans on Thursday, keeping his side’s playoff hopes alive. Set a target of 169 […]

LONDON – May 20 (ONLINE) New Zealand Cricket on Friday said that there have been three COVID-19 cases in their camp in Brighton ahead of their three-match Test series against England. “Three of the BLACKCAPS touring party are in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 […]

London, May 18 (AFP/APP): England on Thursday recalled James Anderson and Stuart Broad, their two most successful Test wicket-takers of all time, for the opening two fixtures of a three-match series against New Zealand. The pair were controversially left out of the squad from the […]

JOHANNESBURG – May 17 (ONLINE) South Africa have recalled all rounder Wayne Parnell fast bowler Anrich Nortje, along with batsman Tristan Stubbs, for the five-match tour of India starting on June 9. According to a foreign news agency, Nortje, 28, was forced out of South […]

MELBOURNE – May 16 (ONLINE) A day after the tragic demise of former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds, local Australian media on Monday, 16 May reported that a man tried to revive the two-time World Cup winner in Queensland. The all-rounder, aged 46, succumbed to his […]

ISLAMABAD – May 16 (ONLINE) Star Pakistani cricketers on Sunday paid tribute to former Australia legend Andrew Symonds, as he breathed his last amidst a deadly car accident. ““Symonds was a man for the fast lane… can’t forget his 143 against us at Joburg in […]