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ICC announces Test Championship rankings

Dubai – January 15 (ONLINE): International Cricket Council (ICC) has released latest rankings for ongoing Test Championship. After latest defeat by South Africa, India dropped one more rank while South Africa came fourth in the rankings and India reached the fifth position in the ICC […]

England bowled out for 188, trail Australia by 115

Hobart, Australia, Jan 15 (AFP/APP): Australia will take a lead of 115 into their second innings after they bowled England out for 188 in the final session on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test at Hobart on Saturday. England earlier dismissed Australia for […]

Rattanon survives demanding test to hold lead in Singapore

Singapore, Jan 15 (AFP/APP):Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan on Saturday retained his position atop the leaderboard as he battled testing conditions at the Singapore International with a third round one-over 73. The Thai struggled in his opening front-nine where he bogeyed holes two and nine. After making […]

Odermatt soars to sixth win of the World Cup season

Wengen, Switzerland, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):Marco Odermatt’s dominance of the World Cup season shows no sign of abating as the Swiss swept to victory in Thursday’s super-G for his sixth win of the campaign. The 24-year-old extended his lead in the overall standings at the halfway […]

Head scores century to put Australia in command at tea

Hobart, Australia, Jan 14 (AFP/APP):Travis Head scored a magnificent century to put Australia in command on the first day of the fifth and final Ashes Test against England in Hobart on Friday. At tea, Australia were 215-5, with Cameron Green on 57 and Alex Carey […]

Root backs Silverwood to continue as England coach

Hobart-January 13 (Online): Joe Root has publicly backed Chris Silverwood to keep his job as England coach despite their heavy Ashes series defeat, suggesting that he had been let down by his players. Silverwood has maintained since his promotion from bowling coach to head coach […]

Khawaja to open for Australia, Harris dropped for final Ashes test

Melbourne-January 13 (online): Usman Khawaja will open for Australia in the fifth Ashes test in Hobart against England in place of the dropped Marcus Harris, captain Pat Cummins said on Thursday. Khawaja, who replaced Travis Head in the middle order in the fourth test, scored […]

PSL anthem is unnecessary, says Aqib Javed

Lahore-January 13 (Online): Lahore Qalandars head coach Aqib Javed said Thursday that the anthem for the Pakistan Super League is “unnecessary”. “There is no need for an advertising campaign; it is just a plain waste of money, nobody wants to see singers,” the head coach […]

World Cup forces delay to AFC Champions League final

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):The final stages of this year’s Asian Champions League have been moved to 2023 to allow the region’s national teams to prepare for the rescheduled Qatar World Cup, officials said Thursday. The decider of Asia’s premier club competition will be played […]

Captain Mominul warns Bangladesh despite historic Test win

Dhaka, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):Captain Mominul Haque has warned Bangladesh that they will be stuck as the world number nine Test team “all our lives” unless they are more consistent. Bangladesh won their first Test ever in New Zealand but were crushed by an innings and […]

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