Lahore: Former South African pacer Morne Morkel on Monday resigned as the Pakistan cricket team’s bowling coach without completing his contract and two days after the team’s elimination from the World Cup in India. The Babar Azam-led Pakistan lost five of the nine matches in the ODI showpiece event, losing the last match to England […]
Gold Coast: A third division club cricketer from Australia has pulled off a rare feat of taking six wickets in six balls to help his side win a local match here. Gareth Morgan, captain of Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts Cricket Club, claimed a sextuple-wicket maiden in a dramatic four-run win over Surfers Paradise CC in […]
New Delhi: Talismanic India striker Sunil Chhetri believes his team is “strong” and “more prepared” than previous occasions to make it to the next round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers as the players have had good game time under their belts this year. The 39-year-old Chhetri will lead India into Round 2 of […]
‘The way they are playing, this is probably their best chance’ New Delhi: India will probably have to wait for another three World Cups to have a shot at the title if they are not able to extend their dominant run in the ongoing edition, reckons Ravi Shastri. Speaking to Club Prairie Fire podcast, Shastri […]
Kolkata: Calling for a change in “cultural” mindset, Pakistan’s vice-captain Shadab Khan has voiced his support for skipper Babar Azam, who is being blamed for the team’s disastrous showing in the World Cup. There has been a growing demand from several former Pakistan cricketers for the removal of Babar as captain after the team could […]
New Delhi: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has demanded President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assurance to ensure that there would not be any political interference in the country’s cricket-related matters. SLC, the sport’s governing body in the island nation, sought the President’s assurance before approaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) to request the global governing body of […]
Kolkata: England joined the party after everything was done and dusted, finding enough reasons to smile while humiliating a demotivated Pakistan by 93 runs in their final World Cup game here on Saturday. By virtue of winning their last two games, England finished seventh in the 10-team table and qualified for the Champions Trophy, scheduled […]
Karachi: Skipper Babar Azam has been advised against putting in his papers by his national teammates even as he has rested case with the Pakistan Cricket Board headed by Zaka Ashraf to take a call on his future. Pakistan finished fifth in 10 team table and missed out on semi-final qualification, leading to a lot […]
Pune: Star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh displayed his six-hitting prowess on way to a magnificent 177 not out as Australia warmed up for the semifinals with an eight-wicket thrashing of Bangladesh in the World Cup here on Saturday. Set a target of 307, Australia rode on Marsh’s third ODI hundred and fifties from David Warner (53) […]
Ganderbal: The Department of Youth Services and Sports (YS&S) Ganderbal celebrated B2V-5 program in around 40 panchayats of the district during which various cultural and sports events were conducted. The events witnessed the participation of around 768 students of the said panchayats. DYSSO Ganderbal, Sheikh Shafqat Iqbal visited the Panchayat Kurhama where he felicitated the […]