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Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen says the hostile atmosphere Europe’s players faced during their Ryder Cup victory in the USA “pales into insignificance” when compared to the fan treatment he received on Ashes tours of Australia.Europe saw off a remarkable USA fightback on Sunday to seal a 15-13 success in New York, claiming the first away win for either side since 2012. Luke Donald’s team had to overcome extreme hostility from New York’s famed fans, with Rory McIlroy involved in several confrontations as the Northern Irishman faced the brunt of the abuse.Pietersen played in three Test series in Australia, featuring…
NEPAL VS WEST INDIES, T20I SERIES Amir Jangoo scored an unbeaten 4 off 45 © Getty West Indies brushed aside Nepal to pick up a consolation win in the final T20I in Sharjah on Tuesday (September 30). After conceding the series in shocking manner, West Indies bounced back hard to first bowl Nepal out for just 122 before chasing down the target inside 13 overs with all ten wickets intact. A buoyed Nepal outfit started off in decent fashion with Kushal Malla picking on Akeal Hosein for a boundary and Kushal Bhurtel following it up with a couple of sixes.…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended all no-objection certificates for players who want to take part in T20 leagues outside the country. According to ESPNcricinfo, the decision was confirmed in a notice sent by Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) chief operating officer, Sumair Ahmad Syed, on September 29. “With the approval of Chairman PCB, all No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for players with respect to participation in leagues and other out of country tournaments are hereby put on hold until further orders,” the notice read. No official reason was given, but reports suggest the board may link NOCs to…
ASIA CUP 2025 The Indian team celebrated their Asia Cup win without the trophy © Getty The much-awaited decision on the status of the Asia Cup trophy and medallions, which were not presented to the victorious Indian team after the final on Sunday, has been deferred. The members of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), who met in Dubai on Tuesday (September 30) afternoon, have left it to the five Test playing nations of the ACC. Effectively, it has now been left to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to resolve the impasse over the trophy which was taken away…
New Zealand are the defending T20 champions. ©AFP “It’s evident that this tournament will show the new blood on show in New Zealand as we look to clinch the title for the first time since 2000,” wrote Sophie Devine, the New Zealand captain, in a column for the ICC. For a team that has been part of women’s cricket since its very beginnings, New Zealand arrive at the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka determined to prove they are more than just underdogs with pedigree. The White Ferns have a proud history – champions back in…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Nepal produced a stunning performance to bowl the West Indies out for just 83 in the second T20I in Sharjah on Monday and claim a 2-0 victory in their first-ever series against a Test-playing country with a game to spare. After racking up 173 for six in their 20 overs with half-centuries for Aasif Sheikh and Sundeep Jora, Nepal, ranked 18th in the world skitted the West Indies in 17.1 overs to claim victory by a crushing 90 runs. Mohammad Aadil Alam took 4-24 while Kushal Bhurtel took 3-16 in just 2.1 overs of leg spin.…
Sophia Dunkley’s sparkling past few months have left her confidence at an all-time high heading into the Women’s World Cup, despite the England batter’s run-in with cricket’s “cruel” nature.A career with plenty of ups and downs is epitomised by Dunkley batting in every position from one to seven in both one-day internationals and Twenty20s, never able to establish herself fully in either of the white-ball sides. Tweaks to technique and temperament were made after a low-key 2023 Ashes, and Dunkley now feels she has a firmer grasp of what is expected of her under captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and head coach…
Sophia Dunkley’s sparkling past few months have left her confidence at an all-time high heading into the Women’s World Cup, despite the England batter’s run-in with cricket’s “cruel” nature.A career with plenty of ups and downs is epitomised by Dunkley batting in every position from one to seven in both one-day internationals and Twenty20s, never able to establish herself fully in either of the white-ball sides. Tweaks to technique and temperament were made after a low-key 2023 Ashes, and Dunkley now feels she has a firmer grasp of what is expected of her under captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and head coach…
Chris Woakes is confident he would have been “good enough” to do a job for England in the Ashes this winter following his retirement from international cricket. The 36-year-old last week missed out on selection for England’s upcoming Ashes series in Australia as he battled to recover from suffering a dislocated shoulder in the final home Test of the summer against India. That fixture at The Oval, which saw Woakes bravely come out to bat with his left arm in a sling as England slipped to a narrow defeat, was the 62nd and final appearance of a Test career that…
Chris Woakes is confident he would have been “good enough” to do a job for England in the Ashes this winter following his retirement from international cricket. The 36-year-old last week missed out on selection for England’s upcoming Ashes series in Australia as he battled to recover from suffering a dislocated shoulder in the final home Test of the summer against India. That fixture at The Oval, which saw Woakes bravely come out to bat with his left arm in a sling as England slipped to a narrow defeat, was the 62nd and final appearance of a Test career that…