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“Ab toh point ka fielder ho gaya hoon main,” joked Bumrah in practice. ©AFP On a warm evening in Dubai, Jasprit Bumrah was standing at point. Not running in, not preparing for one of his yorkers, not even shadow-practising his short, staccato run-up but just manning the point region, a fielding position more often associated with the athleticism of Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, and Ravindra Jadeja than with India’s lead fast bowler. In that game against Pakistan, he caught the very first legitimate ball at point. Saim Ayub, attempting a cut shot, guided it straight to him. Bumrah,…
After a day which saw cricket take the backseat and politics deliver the drama, Pakistan advanced in a tournament they had been looking to boycott hours earlier. The United Arab Emirates became the casualty as Salman Ali Agha’s men knocked the hosts out of the men’s Asia Cup in the final Group ‘A’ match on Wednesday to book a spot in the Super Four stage. And surprise, surprise; they have been drawn against archrivals India for Sunday’s Super Four opener, which is expected to be a heated affair after the handshake controversy and Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav’s post-match comments left…
CPL 2025 Pooran and Hales put on 143 for the second wicket in chase. © Getty Trinbago Knight Riders comfortably saw off the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the Eliminator of CPL 2025 to seal their berth for Qualifier 2. After the Falcons put on a score of 166 for 8, the Knight Riders eased through the chase to seal the win with nine wickets and 2.3 overs to spare. Nicholas Pooran (90*) and Alex Hales (54*) put on an undefeated 143-run stand for the second wicket to coast to victory. With the Falcons put in to bat first, Amir…
Surrey need 249 for victory in their potential title decider against Nottinghamshire after persistent bad light interrupted play on day three at The Oval.Rory Burns (41 not out) and Dom Sibley (18 unbeaten) took Surrey to 66 without loss at the close after Nottinghamshire, who had resumed on 219-8, extended their second-innings lead to 314 after being bowled out for 256. Surrey’s Matt Fisher followed up his five-wicket haul in the first innings with six for 73 to help leave the top-of-the-table clash hanging in the balance.Somerset spinner Jack Leach took a season’s best seven for 69 to help leave Hampshire…
Phil Salt produced another match-winning performance for England’s T20 side in Ireland but admitted he is in the dark about his prospects of earning an ODI recall.Salt was the star of the show in the series opener in Malahide, crashing 89 off 46 balls to set up a four-wicket win for the visitors. He pummelled four sixes and 10 fours to take the heat out of the chase, with the Irish scoring almost 10 an over to leave a target of 197. Just five days earlier, he had nailed a remarkable 141 not out against South Africa. Image: England’s Phil…
England’s prowess with the bat ensured Jacob Bethell savoured victory on his record-breaking outing as captain as Ireland’s bowlers failed to replicate their heroics with the bat in a four-wicket defeat in the first T20I in Malahide.Bethell, leading in Harry Brook’s absence at the age of 21, put Ireland in to bat but his bowlers toiled as the hosts piled on 196-3 in 20 overs to set England what appeared to be a competitive 197 for victory. But Phil Salt (89 off 46 balls) and Jos Buttler (28 off 10) proved it was anything but, blasting 74 off 28 balls…
ASIA CUP 2025 Representative Image: Pakistan are slated to face UAE today. © Getty The uncertainty over Pakistan’s further participation in the Asia Cup continues, but there is a sense of optimism for a resolution before the scheduled start of the match on Wednesday evening. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written another letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC), even as midnight oil was burnt over the Andy Pycroft issue among administrators of the game. Pakistan officials said the PCB wrote another letter to the ICC “reiterating its demands” after the world body rejected its initial request for the…
A Smriti Mandhana masterclass and an India attack inspired by the return of Renuka Thakur have brought Australia crashing back down to earth with a record 102-run defeat in the second ODI in New Chandigarh. Mandhana’s brilliant 91-ball 117 laid the foundation for India’s 292 all out at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, ensuring Australia would have to pull off their highest ever ODI run chase to seal a series win. Smriti Mandhana was simply sublime // Getty Australia had reeled in 282 with ease just three days earlier, but Thakur, playing her first international game since December…
Pycroft was officiating after an apology; bowlers hand Green Shirts a comprehensive win after batting falters. Pakistan won with ease by 41 runs after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won the toss and elected to bowl first in their much-delayed men’s Asia Cup encounter. The Pakistan-UAE clash was set to go through on Wednesday after Zimbabwean referee Andy Pycroft apologised to the manager and captain of the Green Shirts after much uncertainty surrounding the fixture in the fallout of the Pakistan-India match last Sunday. Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha at the post-match ceremony said his team hasn’t batted at their…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Batsmen Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze were recalled to the West Indies ranks when they were named in the squad to tour India on Tuesday while left-arm spinner Khary Pierre is included for the first time. The two-Test series, with matches in Ahmedabad and Delhi, marks the West Indies’ first tour to India since 2018 and forms part of the World Test Championship. Neither Chanderpaul nor Athanaze were involved in the recent series against Australia but have been included to bolster the top-order batting. “The return of Tagenarine Chanderpaul is to help transform our fortunes at…