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ASIA CUP 2025 Pakistan threatened to boycott their game against UAE unless Pycroft was replaced as match referee © Getty It’s supposed to be a virtual knockout between UAE and Pakistan on Wednesday for a berth in Super 4s in Asia Cup 2025. It will still be, provided Pakistan take the field. India’s stance on skipping the customary toss and post-match handshakes with Pakistan – conveyed across by match referee Andy Pycroft – has had a cascading effect on entire Group A. Pakistan protested by not showing up for the post-match presentation after the loss to India, their coach called…
Sam Konstas was “pretty stoked” with his Australia A century in India, particularly having stared down “a few demons, mentally”. The 19-year-old, who admitted conditions were “good for batting” made a classy 144-ball 109 against a strong India A attack, with his final 50 runs coming off just 36 balls.And while rapt with the ton from Konstas, Australia head coach Andrew McDonald says the teen now must sustain his promising form. “To come from the West Indies, to go away and work on your game, that winter investment, to get an immediate return gives a lot of confidence,” McDonald told…
Temba Bavuma and Co. ready to celebrate their WTC triumph despite recent setbacks ©Getty These are strange days indeed for South Africa’s men’s team. They suffered their biggest defeats in both white-ball formats in the space of four days this month, which followed what was then their heaviest ODI hiding last month. But they have come home from Australia and England with only one loss from the four rubbers they played in the past five-and-a-half weeks. As if that wasn’t incongruous enough, in the coming days they will parade around the country the ICC mace they earned by beating Australia…
WEST INDIES TOUR OF INDIA, 2025 Tagenarine Chanderpaul © Getty Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze have earned Test recalls as the West Indies have named a 15-member squad for the two-Test series in India starting October 2. Left-arm spinner Khary Pierre has also been handed a maiden Test call-up. A bruising 3-0 defeat to Australia at home which culminated with them being bowled out for just 27 in the second innings of the final Test led to Cricket West Indies calling an emergency meeting of its Cricket Strategy Committee. Legends of West Indian cricket Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Brian…
TOKYO: Arshad Nadeem’s formula for winning Olympic gold in Paris was simple. He set himself a goal, and God gave it. The response was typical for the 28-year-old Pakistani, who made himself comfortable on a lobby couch at the athletes’ hotel for the World Athletics Championships, kicking off a slipper and tucking one foot under his thigh as he spoke about his win a year on. Faith in God and a supernatural sense of being seemed to be the only explanation for Arshad’s monstrous throws, forged from ancient, decrepit facilities back home in Lahore, where he trained in intense heat.…
DUBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board will take a final call regarding the national team’s participation in the Asia Cup on Wednesday after the handshake controversy that unfolded in their match against archrivals India. “The Pakistan Cricket Board has not yet made any final decision regarding the Asia Cup,” PCB spokesperson Amir Mir said in a statement that came late on Tuesday night, following what Dawn learnt was a meeting involving officials from the board and the government in Islamabad. “Consultations are ongoing in this regard, and a final decision will be made by tomorrow,” the spokesperson added. “The decision will…
ABU DHABI: Spinner Nasum Ahmed produced a miserly spell to help Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by eight runs on Tuesday and keep their Asia Cup hopes alive. Bangladesh posted 154-5 batting first as opener Tanzid Hasan starred with his 52 off 31 balls in Abu Dhabi. Nasum and fellow spinner Rishad Hossain then took two wickets each before pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman returned figures of 3-28 to help bowl out Afghanistan for 146. Taskin Ahmed also claimed two wickets as he wrapped up the innings with the final ball of the match. Bangladesh ended Group ‘B’ with two wins and one…
NEW DELHI: Indian sport is battling to shake off its reputation for being one of the world’s worst doping offenders as the country pushes an ambitious bid to host the 2036 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has raised concerns about the number of Indian competitors taking performance-enhancing drugs and so too has the country’s best-known athlete. The 2021 Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra made a blunt admission earlier this year. “Doping is a big problem in India among our athletes,” he told local media, saying they instead should “eat well, rest well and work hard”. The Indian Olympic Association…
ASIA CUP, 2025 The Pakistan team’s continuation in the ongoing Asia Cup hangs in the balance © AFP The Pakistan team’s continuation in the ongoing Asia Cup hangs in the balance, with no clarity as of Tuesday (September 16) night, less than 24 hours before their final and must-win league fixture against the UAE. After the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) demand for the expulsion of Andy Pycroft from the match referees’ panel for the tournament over handshake row – as first reported by Cricbuzz on Tuesday morning – the PCB has sent out mixed…
CHAPPELL-HADLEE TROPHY The squad also features Matt Henry who’s the No.1 ranked bowler in T20Is © Getty Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears are back in the New Zealand squad for the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee Trophy T20I series against Australia. Jamieson had missed the recent tour of Zimbabwe owing to the birth of his first child while Sears was ruled out of the tour due to a side strain. Apart from Jamieson and Sears, New Zealand’s seam attack also features Matt Henry, the No.1-ranked T20I bowler Jacob Duffy and Zak Foulkes. Youngster Bevon Jacobs keeps his place after an impressive unbeaten 44…