Cricket

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 […]

Sydney, May 15 (AFP/APP): Andrew Symonds, who has died aged 46, was widely considered one of the most skilled all-rounders Australian cricket has seen, routinely thumping runs and taking wickets. Affectionately nicknamed “Roy”, he was also a rebel. AFP Sport looks at some of his […]