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Allrounder joins Josh Philippe and Joel Davies in committing to Sydney Sixers until BBL|16 Sydney Sixers have made their first local list move for the upcoming men’s Big Bash season, re-signing allrounder Hayden Kerr on a two-year deal. Kerr, who lost his NSW state contract at end of last season before securing a late move to Queensland in July, extends his stay at the Sixers though to the end BBL|16. The left-armer made his T20 debut in BBL|09 and is the club’s fourth leading wicket-taker of all-time with 54 wickets. But the defining performance of his 52 games to date…
WELL PREPARED File Photo: Litton Das happy with the game time in the build up to the continental event. © Getty Bangladesh T20I skipper Litton Kumar Das said on Thursday that his side is well prepared for the upcoming Asia Cup, scheduled to begin in the UAE on September 9 Bangladesh sealed the three-match T20I series against Netherlands 2-0, with the third game washed out by rain. This was their third successive series win in the format, following victories over Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and came on the back of a strong showing against the Dutch. Litton credited their pre-series…
CPL 2025 Tabraiz Shamsi finished with 3 for 12. © Getty Saint Lucia Kings decimated the high-flying Trinbago Knight Riders in Trinidad with 53 balls and 7 wickets to spare. The win was set up by Kings’ spinners with Tabraiz Shamsi taking a three-fer while the spin duo of Khary Pierre and Roston Chase took a brace of wickets. By virtue of this win, the Kings became the second team, behind the Knight Riders, to qualify for the CPL 2025 playoffs. TKR got off to a terrible start with Colin Munro departing second ball off Pierre. Darren Bravo hit a…
LAHORE: Arch-rivals India and Pakistan may not get any tournament of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and of its Asian chapter in future until the two neighbouring countries establish normal political relations, a well-informed source close to the matter exclusively told Dawn on Wednesday. The sporting relations between India and Pakistan is recent times have taken a significant hit amid heightened political tensions particularly following a brief but intense military clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May. As a result, Pakistan decided not to send its teams to India for the ongoing Asia Cup and the Junior World Cup —…
PHNOM PENH: Nolberto Solano’s Pakistan suffered an inauspicious start to their 2026 AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualifying campaign when they were handed an 8-1 thrashing by Iraq in their Group ‘G’ opener on Wednesday. Reduced to 10 men after Mohibullah Afridi’s red card past the half-hour mark, Pakistan trailed 1-0 at half-time in Peruvian Solano’s first game in-charge of the national team. But they were eventually swamped by Iraq, who used their numerical superiority — Pakistan ended the game with nine men after an injury to defender Haseeb Khan in the 66th with all substitutions having been made — to…
HARARE: Pathum Nissanka top-scored with a swift 55 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in Harare in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals on Wednesday. Zimbabwe posted 175-7 in 20 overs, thanks mainly to 81 runs from opener Brian Bennett, and Sri Lanka reached 177-6 with five balls to spare. The teams meet again on Saturday and Sunday. After 27-year-old right-hand bat Nissanka played a pivotal role with a half century and a century in a 2-0 One-day International series victory, he proved equally successful in the shorter format. His 15th T20 half-century came off 32 balls and…
KAMPALA: Uganda’s half-marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo and double Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei will miss this month’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo due to personal reasons, the country’s athletics federation said late on Tuesday. Kiplimo, 24, became the first person to run the half-marathon in under 57 minutes when he set a stunning world record of 56 minutes, 42 seconds in Barcelona this year. Cheptegei, 28, won gold in the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and in the 10,000 metres at last year’s Paris Games, but finished ninth in the Tokyo Marathon in March this year.…
Northamptonshire booked their place in the Vitality Blast semi-finals with a narrow seven-run victory over Surrey in a tense quarter-final clash at The Oval. Match Analysis Put in to bat, the Steelbacks were in immediate trouble as Ricardo Vasconcelos and captain David Willey both departed without scoring. The setback was quickly forgotten thanks to a superb innings from veteran all-rounder Ravi Bopara, who produced one of the knocks of the tournament. His unbeaten 105 from just 46 balls, featuring 12 fours and five sixes, powered Northamptonshire to 154 for 4 from their 14 overs. Tim Robinson chipped in with 20…
Tasmania have a full pace battery to choose from after being hampered by injuries last season Towering Tasmanian quick Billy Stanlake has put another season of injury setbacks behind him and is pushing for a return to regular red-ball cricket when the Sheffield Shield season kicks off next month. Stanlake has played just one first-class match in the past four years following a string of back, hamstring and shoulder injuries, but having terrorised the Tigers’ batters in the nets through pre-season, the 204cm right-armer is back at full flight to start the domestic summer.It’s welcome news for men’s head coach…
Ravi Bopara rolled back the years with a scintillating century as Northamptonshire stunned Surrey in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast at The Kia Oval.In a rain-reduced 14-overs-a-side contest, Bopara (105no off 46 balls) smashed 12 fours and five sixes to notch the third T20 ton of his career at the age of 40, Northamptonshire posting 154-4 after being inserted by Surrey. In reply, the home side took a thrilling contest down to the wire courtesy of a fine fifty from Sam Curran (69no off 38), who further bolstered his claims for an England recall.The 27-year-old all-rounder starred for Oval…