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ASIA CUP 2025 ICC has sent a formal response to PCB’s demand © Getty The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially rejected PCB’s demand to replace match referee Andy Pycroft from the ongoing Asia Cup. The possible rejection, which Cricbuzz had reported about on Monday, is believed to have been conveyed to the PCB last night. The communication, purported to have been sent either by the ICC operations or legal department, makes it clear that the Match Referee had no role in the handshake controversy during India-Pakistan match in Dubai on Sunday. The PCB pointed out that Pycroft asked Pakistan…
Tasmanian pair put on unbeaten 101 runs to snatch victory from Blues in one-day season opener Unlikely Tasmanian batting pair Matt Kuhnemann and Brad Hope have produced a record ninth wicket stand to snatch victory from NSW in the final over of the opening match of the men’s domestic season. It came after experienced New South Welshman Kurtis Patterson started his Ashes audition with a sterling century, but his Blues slipped to a two-wicket One-Day Cup loss to the Tigers. Patterson, watched by Australia’s men’s selection chair George Bailey, struck 110 from 125 balls in the Blues’ 224 all out…
After scoring his first Shield hundred in eight years, the Queensland allrounder’s best years could be still to come Queensland allrounder Jack Wildermuth is riding a wave of confidence as he heads into the 2025-26 season, courtesy of a couple of dashing Sheffield Shield hundreds and a rock-solid belief in the mindset that underpinned them. Wildermuth broke an eight-year century drought with the Bulls when he slammed 104 and 111 in consecutive games against South Australia to close out the Shield season in March. The second of those was part a stellar fightback in the competition decider, which kept his…
Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton have delivered their verdict on England’s cricketing summer – one that soared to generational highs and sank to schedule-induced lows.England began their summer with an emphatic one-off Test victory over Zimbabwe in May. This was followed by successive ODI and T20 whitewashes of West Indies as the stage was set for a thrilling, drawn five-Test series against India. Despite the momentum, England struggled to sustain the high standards that made the India series so memorable. They lost the ODI series to South Africa and drew a rain-affected T20 series against the Proteas. Spreaker This content…
Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton have delivered their verdict on England’s cricketing summer – one that soared to generational highs and sank to schedule-induced lows.England began their summer with an emphatic one-off Test victory over Zimbabwe in May. This was followed by successive ODI and T20 whitewashes of West Indies as the stage was set for a thrilling, drawn five-Test series against India. Despite the momentum, England struggled to sustain the high standards that made the India series so memorable. They lost the ODI series to South Africa and drew a rain-affected T20 series against the Proteas. Spreaker This content…
Axar Patel stood tall for India with figures of 2-18 ©Getty Axar Patel is a tall bloke. Six-foot-one, with long arms and a heavy mop of hair. The height helps him stand out in India’s huddles and team anthems, but it is also what makes his four-and-a-half step run-up deceptive. Some balls spear in, others straighten with bounce, all delivered in a style that looks ungainly until it lands exactly where he wants it to. But for all the physical presence and skill, Axar is rarely the one who hogs the spotlight. In the build-up to this India-Pakistan game in…
With a must-win clash against Bangladesh at the Asia Cup on the horizon in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and less than six months until the next edition of the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, Trott has challenged his side to continue to evolve and create even more memories on the big stage. “Since I’ve been with the side, we’ve had some memorable moments,” Trott recalled. “I think back to when we beat Bangladesh in a 50-over series in Bangladesh for the first time (in 2023). It had never been done before, and given how strong Bangladesh have…
NEW ZEALAND CRICKET The quintet – Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert – have committed themselves to New Zealand’s T20 World Cup campaign next year in India and Sri Lanka © Getty Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert have agreed terms to play on New Zealand Cricket casual playing agreements for the 2025-26 season. The arrangement ensures they can ply their trade on the franchise circuit but will remain part of the New Zealand high-performance system, “receiving coaching, medical and mental skills support, alongside access to gym and cricket facilities.”…
DUBAI: Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson has urged his side to show greater discipline with bat and ball after their defeat to India in the Asia Cup on Sunday, warning that improvement is essential ahead of their must-win fixture against the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Hesson conceded that Pakistan had been “soundly beaten” on a spin-friendly track where Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav dictated terms. “We were a little frenzied at the start,” he said, noting his side’s inability to adapt to conditions. “We got to the end of the powerplay and were in the game, but we were…
TOKYO: The world athletics championships were, not for the first time, the Armand Duplantis show on Monday although New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish did his best to share the spotlight after a shock win in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. Duplantis kept the drama going to the end in Tokyo — after the Swede retained his crown he went on to break the world record for the 14th time, on his third and final attempt at 6.30 metres. The 53,000-strong crowd had stayed rooted to their seats even though the action on the track had ended long before. They witnessed Duplantis jumping…