Cricket

Birmingham, United Kingdom, July 1 (AFP/APP): England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field in the Covid-delayed fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Friday. Stokes started his reign as skipper with a 3-0 series whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand, […]

GrosIslet, Saint Lucia, June 28 (AFP/APP): West Indies wasted no time on a day when more than five hours were lost to the elements to complete a 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh on the fourth day of the second and final Test in St Lucia on […]

HEADINGLEY, UK – June 27 (ONLINE) Former New Zealand international Simon Doull has highly praised Pakistan skipper Babar Azam while commentating on third test between England and New Zealand. “Not many could argue that Babar Azam is the best player in the world at the […]

Headingley, UK – June 27 (ONLINE) England remained on top of third test against New Zealand at Leeds, with only 113 required on final day, having eight wickets in hands. England concluded day four at 183-2, with Joe Root not out at 55* and Olie […]

ISLAMABAD – June 26 (ONLINE) Pakistan’s opening batsman Ahmed Shahzad, who has been out of green colours since a long time, has said senior players are unable to “digest” juniors’ success and achievements. In an interview with a cricket website, Shahzad reacted to former and […]

Colombo, June 25 (AFP/APP): Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka’s 18-man squad for the two-match Test series against Australia, which starts next week in Galle, the island nation’s cricket board said Saturday. The first Test starts on June 29 and the second will be from […]

LONDON, UK – June 24 (ONLINE) Stylish Pakistani left-handed batsman Shan Masood, who has been in the form of his life during recent times, has given the due credit to his team-mate and wicket-keeper batsman Muhammad Rizwan for his success. Talking to a sports website, […]

LAHORE – June 24 (ONLINE) The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Board of Governors (BoG) on Thursday decided to include more players in PCB’s central contract and to add up to their salaries, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja said Friday. The decision was made in PCB’s BoG’s […]

Leeds, United Kingdom, June 24 (AFP/APP): Jonny Bairstow was a hundred heroes for England once again as debutant Jamie Overton more than played his part in an astounding fightback against New Zealand on Friday. England were in dire straits when the pair came together at […]

Leeds, United Kingdom, June 23 (AFP/APP): Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the third Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Thursday: New Zealand 1st Innings T. Latham c Root b Broad 0 W. Young lbw b Leach 20 K. Williamson […]