Cricket

Dhaka, May 26 (AFP/APP): Shakib Al Hasan and Ebadot Hossain claimed nine wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for a formidable 506 runs at the second Test in Dhaka on Thursday. Angelo Mathews was unbeaten for Sri Lanka on 145 after a 199-run stand with […]

ISLAMABAD – May 24 (ONLINE) Pakistan men’s cricket team’s captain Babar Azam said on Tuesday his team is eying to start new season with a series win over West Indies, as the Windies are set to play ODI series in Pakistan this June. Talking to […]

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 […]