File photo of Team India© AFP A clean sweep of Zimbabwe helped India maintain their third spot in the latest ICC ODI Team Rankings, released here on Tuesday. India now have 111 rating points on the back of the 3-0 series win in Harare. Pakistan too was rewarded for their recent series sweep against the
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UAE vs Singapore, Asia Cup Qualifier Highlights© Twitter UAE vs Singapore, Asia Cup Qualifier Highlights: After losing the match against Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team returned to winning ways with 47-run victory over Singapore. Batting first, UAE scored 160/8 in 20 overs. Singapore were all out for 113 in 18.3 overs. The winner
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India star Virat Kohli will be action after a long break during the upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE. The 33-year-old former India captain has been plagued by a run of poor form. Kohli was rested for the white-ball series in West Indies, as well as the ongoing ODI series against Zimbabwe. Amid uncertainty with
Captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Naseem Shah starred as Pakistan edged the Netherlands by just nine runs in the third and final one-day international in Rotterdam on Sunday. The Netherlands were all out for 197 in the last over in which they had needed 14 runs for a first-ever victory over Pakistan. Tight bowling
NED vs PAK, 3rd ODI: Pakistan have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.© Twitter Netherlands vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI Live Score Updates: Pakistan pacers have put Netherlands in trouble in their 207-run chase in the third and final ODI at Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam on Sunday. The hosts lost Max O’Dowd early and later lost Musa Ahmed and
File photo of Babar Azam.© Twitter Netherlands and Pakistan face each other in the final ODI of the three-match series on Sunday. While Pakistan will look for a series sweep by winning the third ODI, Netherlands will look to register a consolation victory. In the first game, the hosts came really close to a win
South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje paid tribute to captain Dean Elgar‘s “honesty” after the Proteas’ innings and 12-run rout of England in the first Test at Lord’s. Nortje finished with match figures of 6-110 as South Africa completed a crushing victory inside three days in London to go 1-0 up in a three-match series.
Deepak Chahar meets with fans during second ODI.© Twitter Deepak Chahar, who took three wickets in the first ODI against Zimbabwe, was not named in the Indian cricket team playing XI for the second ODI. With the T20 World Cup in two months’ time, Chahar is one of the players whose performance is expected to
India led the way in the development of Test cricket under former skipper Virat Kohli, according to South African legend Graeme Smith, who reckons only five or six countries may be playing the longest format in the coming years. Smith feels just a handful of nations are contributing to the development of Test cricket at
England batter Alex Hales, wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings, West Indies bowler Sheldon Cottrell and Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga were among overseas signees revealed by Desert Vipers for the inaugural edition of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cricket’s International League T20 on Friday. England all-rounder Tom Curran, batter Ben Duckett have also signed with the team. The
ENG vs SA, 1st Test, Day 3: Anrich Nortje’s triple strike has put England in serious trouble.© AFP England vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 3 Live Score Updates:Anrich Nortje dismissed Jonny Bairstow, Alex Lees and Ben Foakes in quick succession to increase the problems for England as the side struggles to get going in its second
New Zealand on Friday announced a strong ‘A’ squad, including seven cricketers with international experience, for their upcoming tour of India featuring both red and white ball series in September.It will be the first time that a New Zealand ‘A’ side will be playing overseas since the 2018 tour to the United Arab Emirates, where
Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj took South Africa into a first-innings lead over England of more than a hundred runs in the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday following a fine fifty from Sarel Erwee. England captain Ben Stokes had bowled his side back into the game when he removed well-set opener Erwee (73) and
Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam has been breaking records on the field for the national team and is undoubtedly one of the best batters in the world on current form. He has already been hailed as a modern day great by Pakistani experts and former cricketers. Without any doubt he
File photo of Glenn McGrath.© Instagram Former pacers Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath were two of the most feared bowlers during their playing days. The duo dominated the Australian bowling line-up in the early 2000s. McGrath, who had a uncanny ability to be very consistent with his line and length, took 563 wickets in his
File photo of Andrew Balbirnie© Twitter Ireland vs Afghanistan, 5th T20I Highlights: Ireland defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets (D/L method) in the rain-reduced fifth Twenty20 international. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 95/5 in 15 overs with Usman Ghani (44) top scoring for them. M Adair took 3/16 for Ireland. Ireland took just 6.4 overs to reach the revised
Jonny Bairstow was clean bowled by Anrich Nortje on day 1 of the Lord’s Test match© AFP Jonny Bairstow has been the man of the summer for England in Test cricket, scoring runs aplenty and that too at rapid pace to help the Three Lions beat formidable opponents like New Zealand and India on home