LONDON: Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen says defending champions Mumbai Indians can ill-afford a typical slow start when the Indian Premier League (IPL) resumes and MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have a “fantastic shot” at regaining the title after a poor 2020 season. Four-time winners Mumbai Indians, two-time champions Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore […]
Wellington: India will not be touring New Zealand later in the year due to a packed calendar and COVID-19 related restrictions. India would have had to quarantine for 14 days to play three ODIs as part of the World Cup Super League. A New Zealand Cricket (NZC) spokesperson confirmed to Stuff that the India games […]
The Scarlet Plague, written by Jack London, a US writer and journalist, was one of the first examples of post-apocalyptic novel in modern literature. Set in a devastated and wild America, the story takes place in 2073, sixty years after the spread of Red Death, an uncontainable contagion that desolated and depopulated the world. The […]
MANCHESTER: A “gutted” England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison on Friday said it was the Indian players’ anxiety over “what might happen” and not the COVID-19 outbreak itself that caused the cancellation of the fifth and final Test here even though all efforts were made to comfort the visitors. Harrison said the developments of […]
DUBAI: Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara wants to see different players of his side becoming match-winners in different games as they look forward to the resumption of the IPL season in the UAE. The Royals, who are placed fifth in the IPL points table, will begin the second leg of IPL by taking […]
Manchester: The fifth Test between India and England was cancelled on Friday amid a chaotic turn of events during which the host board’s statement on the visitors changed from “unable to field a team and will instead forfeit the match” to “regrettably unable to field a team”. The development came after the visiting team was […]
KARACHI: In a shocking decision, Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis have stepped down from their respective roles one month before the T20 World Cup. The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced that Misbah and Waqar have resigned and that former Pakistan Test players, Saqlain Mushtaq and Abdul Razzaq would be interim […]
Islamabad: With the 2021 T20 World Cup a little over a month away, Pakistan cricket received a major shock on Monday as their head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis resigned from their positions effective immediately. Misbah, who had tested positive for Covid-19 at the conclusion of the team’s tour of the Caribbean last month and […]
KUPWARA: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Imam Din today appealed youth below the age of 45 years to come forward and vaccinate themselves at nearest vaccination centres established across the district so that the possible 3rd wave of COVID-19 could be defeated. He was addressing a presser in his office chamber, here today. Giving details, […]
Srinagar: J&K Government has set the target of administering One lakh Covid vaccine doses per day. The decision was taken during the weekly meetings chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to review the Covid scenario in J&K. The Lt Governor asked the DCs and Health department to effectively utilize the existing available stock of vaccines […]