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DUBAI: Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott demanded improvement from his team after an unsteady batting performance in Tuesday’s T20 Asia Cup victory against minnows Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan were 95-6 in 13 overs before dropped catches allowed them to post a match-winning total of 188-6 after electing to bat in the tournament opener. Opener Sediqullah Atal topscored with 73 but was spilled three times, including in the very first over. “We were a bit fortunate with a few dropped catches that sort of let us off. We need to make sure we improve on a few areas for the…
PARIS: France captain Kylian Mbappe said top athletes are still reluctant to speak freely about mental health because they fear being judged, adding that his passion for the game is what keeps him from becoming disillusioned with football. In a wide-ranging interview with LEquipe Magazine on Wednesday, the 26-year-old forward spoke candidly about the pressure he faces and the perception that elite players cannot show vulnerability. “The complexity is that people struggle with it. You’re not supposed to show it,” Mbappe said, when asked about cyclists such as four-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar acknowledging moments of distress during…
NEW YORK: Former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Olympic champion Sifan Hassan will make their New York City Marathon debut in November, organisers New York Road Runners said on Wednesday. The pair headlined the Sydney Marathon last month as the 25-year-old race was elevated to the World Marathon Majors series, and the Dutchwoman broke the tape in two hours, 18 minutes and 22 seconds. Hassan, the third-fastest woman of all time over the distance, finished third in London in 2:19:00 earlier this year. The 40-year-old Rio and Tokyo Olympic champion Kipchoge has not notched a marathon win since his…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 South Africa went 1-0 up in the T20I series. © Getty On a rain-marred evening in Cardiff, South Africa came out on top by 14 runs courtesy of the DLS method. The game was initially delayed by two hours before the hosts won the toss and elected to bowl, in what was supposed to be a nine-over contest. Dewald Brevis, Aiden Markram and Donovan Ferreira lit up the Cardiff sky before their bowlers defended a DLS-adjusted target of 69 from five overs with ease. In just the second ball of the game, Luke Wood…
Kuldeep Yadav and Shivam Dube have done the damage for India with seven wickets between them Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav and seamer Shivam Dube have helped India rip through the United Arab Emirates batting line-up, skittling them for just 57 before they swept to a nine-wicket win in the Asia Cup. Kuldeep baffled batters with his sharp googlies and bagged 4-7, while Dube claimed 3-4 to dismiss the UAE in 13.1 overs — the lowest-ever T20 total against India. In the group A game on Wednesday, India cruised to their target, reaching 1-60 off just 4.3 overs with opening batter…
Days after completing an ODI series win over England, South Africa claimed the rain-shortened T20 opener in Cardiff South Africa have won a rain-shortened first T20 international by 14 runs after England failed to chase down a revised target of 69 off five overs in Cardiff. England’s batters tried to slog pretty much every delivery to the boundary on Wednesday but could only manage 5-54 at Sophia Gardens.Rain initially reduced the match to a nine-overs-per-side contest and the Proteas, after being put into bat, made 5-97 before another heavy shower arrived in the Welsh capital, further truncating the game. Captain…
Will Sutherland added to Australia A squad for second red-ball match against India A in Lucknow Australia A have suffered another blow ahead of their multi-format tour of India with allrounder Aaron Hardie sidelined with a shoulder injury. With fellow West Australian Lance Morris and Queenslander Callum Vidler already withdrawn from the four- and one-day series respectively with back injuries, Hardie becomes the latest to be ruled out after injuring his left shoulder at state training last Friday.Victorian allrounder Will Sutherland, who was already part of the Australia A squad for three 50-over matches that follow in Kanpur, has been…
England fell to a 14-run defeat to South Africa in a farcically short first T20I against South Africa ravaged by rain in Cardiff.Persistent downpours delayed the start of the game by two hours and 20 minutes, leaving only a nine-overs-a-side contest possible. Aiden Markram (28 off 14 balls) and Donovan Ferreira (25 not out off 11) powered South Africa to 97-5 in 7.5 overs before another deluge brought their innings to a premature halt.England were set a revised target of 69 from five overs, but their chase never ignited after Phil Salt fell to the first ball.Jacob Bethell managed seven,…
ASIA CUP 2025 Bangladesh will be favourites in their contest against Hong Kong © Getty Litton Das, the Bangladesh skipper, indicated that they are not losing their sleep over run-rate as they prepare to take on Hong Kong in their Asia Cup opener at the Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium on Thursday. The question of run-rate came up for discussion after Afghanistan earned a 94-run win over Hong Kong. This single factor could prove handy going forward in case three teams find themselves level on points at the end of the group stage. Litton warned of that approach backfiring if they…
MLC 2026 The final will be held on July 18, 2026. © MLC Major League Cricket (MLC) has confirmed that its fourth season will run from June 18 to July 18, 2026, continuing with the same month-long June-July window adopted in 2025. The league will once again feature 34 matches involving six teams, timed to avoid clashes with major global competitions such as The Hundred. This announcement comes at a time of renewed public tension between MLC’s owners, American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), and USA Cricket (USAC), which recently sent and then withdrew a termination notice of its 50-year commercial agreement…