Nkrumah Bonner’s considerable reserves of patience and determination paid off with an invaluable second Test century as the West Indies closed the third day of the first Test against England at 373 for nine at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday. Bonner’s innings of 123 spanned more than nine hours and while it will
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Women’s World Cup Live: Pakistan face South Africa in their upcoming match.© AFP Pakistan face South Africa in their upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup league stage fixture at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday. Pakistan have already lost their first two games and will be hoping to rebuild against South Africa. South Africa
A private jet flew the body of Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne home to his native Melbourne Thursday, six days after his death at the age of 52 provoked shock and grief around the world. Carrying the cricketing great’s coffin wrapped in an Australian flag, a chartered Dassault Falcon 7X jet landed in the evening at
The body of Shane Warne left Thailand early Thursday, flying back to Australia where the cricket superstar will receive a state funeral. Wrapped in the Australian flag, the coffin of the 52-year-old — who died on Thailand’s Koh Samui island Friday — left Don Mueang International airport at 8.24 am local time (0124 GMT) on
Women’s World Cup Live: India face New Zealand in their second league stage game.© AFP India face hosts New Zealand in their upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup league stage fixture at Seddon Park, in Hamilton, on Thursday. Recently, the Mithali Raj-led side faced New Zealand in a bilateral ODI series with the White Ferns coming
Nick Hockley told reporters on Wednesday that CA would be open to PCB’s proposal.© Twitter Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja is determined to float the proposal of an annual four-nation tournament, involving India, Australia and England, even after receiving cold response from the BCCI. A reliable source in the PCB said Ramiz was still
File photo of Faheem Ashraf Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf was on Wednesday ruled out of the second Test against Australia, starting Saturday, after testing positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Karachi. Faheem, who also missed the first Test due to a fitness issue, arrived with the home squad and was forced into a five-day
Vilified multiple times for running out non-strikers backing up too far, former India spinner Murali Kartik was a happy man on Wednesday after custodian of the game’s laws, the MCC, amended its code to “stop the criminalisation” of bowlers in the name of “spirit of cricket”. One of the finest left-arm spinners of his era with
IND vs SL: Axar Patel has been added to the India squad for 2nd Test.© Instagram Axar Patel has been added to India squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka set to be played in Bengaluru from March 12, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release. “The All-India
AUS-W vs PAK-W, Women’s World Cup, Live Updates: Australia will face Pakistan in the 6th match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday. Both teams have experienced contrasting starts to their campaigns. While Australia beat England by 12 runs in a high-scoring thriller on Saturday, Pakistan had
Steve Smith said he was annoyed at missing out on a century Monday as Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in nearly a quarter of a century headed for a draw in Rawalpindi. Mitchell Starc was on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins four as Australia reached 449-7 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 476-4
Hosts New Zealand registered their first win of the tournament as they inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed ICC Women’s World Cup match on Monday. New Zealand bowlers first restricted Bangladesh to 140 for 8 after a long rain delay before Suzie Bates hit a strokeful unbeaten half-century to power the hosts
Bangladesh will eye victory against New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup on Monday.© AFP ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, New Zealand Women vs Bangladesh Women, live cricket score and updates: New Zealand and Bangladesh face off in a 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup match at the University Oval in Dunedin on Monday. Both sides began
Ravichandran Ashwin went past Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 wickets on Sunday.© BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a special milestone on Sunday as he overtook Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 Test wickets in Mohali. The off-spinner took his 435th Test wicket on Day 3 of the first Test match against Sri Lanka, dismissing Charith Asalanka, to
IND vs SL: Ravindra Jadeja celebrates his century during the ongoing first Test.© BCCI Sachin Tendulkar led the reactions on Twitter as Ravindra Jadeja became the sixth cricketer to register a 150-plus score and take five wickets in the same Test. The all-rounder achieved the feat on Day 3 of the ongoing first Test match
Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid were involved in some epic duels in the past.© AFP Team India head coach Rahul Dravid on Saturday paid tribute to Shane Warne after the Australian spin great died at the age of 52. The iconic spinner succumbed in Thailand following a suspected heart attack. Earlier on Friday, Rodney Marsh had also
Out of the knockout race, Delhi gave a good account of themselves after following on to reach 83 for no loss in their second innings on the third day of their final Ranji Trophy elite group H match against Chhattisgarh on Saturday. At stumps on day three, India’s latest U-19 World Cup-winning team skipper Yash
South Africa cricketers celebrate Ayabonga Khaka returned with four wickets as South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 32 runs in the second match of the ongoing ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup here at University Oval, Dunedin on Saturday. Chasing 208, Bangladesh got off to a steady start as opening batters Shamima Sultana and Sharmin Akhter put on 27