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Anderson in England squad for second Ashes Test

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Adelaide, Australia, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):Bowling great Jimmy Anderson said Wednesday he wants to play all four remaining Ashes Tests after being included in England’s 12-man squad for the second Test against Australia this week. Test cricket’s most prolific quick with 632 wickets was controversially left […]

India’s Rohit out of South Africa Tests due to injury

Posted on December 14, 2021 by News Desk

New Delhi, Dec 13 (AFP/APP):India batsman Rohit Sharma has been ruled of the three Tests in South Africa due to a hamstring injury he suffered while training, the country’s cricket board said on Monday. Rohit, who has replaced Virat Kohli as the national limited-overs skipper, […]

Rashid assures Australia of ‘foolproof security’ for cricket team’s tour

Posted on December 11, 2021 by News Desk

Islamabad – December 10 (Online): Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Friday assured foolproof security for the Australian cricket team scheduled to visit Pakistan in March 2022. A security delegation of Cricket Australia Friday met with Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in Islamabad to discuss security […]

Cricket Australia chief backs Tim Paine to make Test return

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Melbourbe -December 10 (Online): Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive officer Nick Hockley hopes Tim Paine returns to country’s Test side “as quickly as possible” after the wicket-keeper resigned from the captaincy because of his involvement in a “sexting” scandal. Paine disrupted Australia’s Ashes preparations weeks […]

Root and Malan dig in for England at tea in first Ashes Test

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Brisbane -December 10 (Online): Joe Root and Dawid Malan dug in to give England some badly needed cheer at tea on the third day of the opening Ashes Test against Australia at the Gabba on Friday. England were 107-2 at the break with skipper Root […]

Malan admits he thought Test cricket had passed him by

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Brisbane, Australia, Dec 10 (AFP/APP):England number three Dawid Malan admitted Friday that he thought his Test cricket career was over before his recall to the team earlier this year. The 34-year-old South African-born Malan was speaking after his gritty 80 not out in England’s second […]

Stokes no-ball controversy spices up second day of Ashes

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Brisbane, Australia, Dec 9 (AFP/APP):England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes was at the centre of a no-ball drama in the first Ashes Test on Thursday at the Gabba. David Warner was on 17 when Stokes bowled him, only for the Australian opener to be given a […]

Hasan, Afridi push Bangladesh to brink after Sajid heroics

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Dhaka, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi claimed two wickets each after Pakistan enforced the follow-on in search of victory on the final day of the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Wednesday. The hosts were 72-4 by lunch on the fifth day […]

New Zealand must learn from batting debacle, says Latham

Posted on December 8, 2021 by News Desk

Islamabad – December 7 (Online): New Zealand had very little left to salvage from the second test after getting bowled for 62 in their first innings at the Wankhede Stadium but stand-in skipper Tom Latham hoped there were lessons to be learned for the young […]

Anderson out of first Ashes encounter