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CPL 2025 Pollard smashing his way to 65 © CPL via Getty Images. Kieron Pollard continued to turn back the clocks as he smashed six sixes and four fours in a 29-ball 65 to help Trinbago Knight Riders down the holders St. Lucia Kings at their home. Before Pollard’s middle-order fireworks, Colin Munro and Nicholas Pooran made key contributions that helped the Knight Riders finish with 183/7. St. Lucia Kings began well through Tim Seifert and Johnson Charles but the Knight Riders kept hitting back with wickets. Even with sizable efforts from the middle-order, the Kings eventually fell short by…

The ‘Wild Thing’ has looked to his long-term cricket future, electing to undergo surgery that will see him sidelined for at least 12 months Lance Morris is set for a long stint on the sidelines after opting for surgery to fix his troublesome back. Morris was set to add to his three caps for Australia in the ongoing BKT Tyres ODI series against South Africa and joined the squad early in Darwin in preparation.However, the fast bowler experienced lower back soreness after a session and was sent home to Perth for investigation where it was revealed he was carrying a…

Australia will name their World Cup squad early next month with selectors keeping a close eye on several players recovering from injury Darcie Brown has avoided a World Cup-threatening quad injury, but Tess Flintoff’s hopes of forcing her way into Australia’s squad for the ICC tournament have been dealt a blow after injuring her hamstring playing for Australia A. Brown left the field during the final one-dayer between Australia A and India A in Brisbane on August 17, but the fast bowler’s low-grade quad complain is not expected to impact her availability for the upcoming ODI series in India, starting…

THE WOMEN’S HUNDRED Jess Jonassen, who made 44 off 17 and picked up 3 wickets, was named Player of the Match © Getty Jess Jonassen (44 off 17; 3 for 24) and Hayley Matthews (34* off 33; 3 for 21) starred with commanding all-round performance as Welsh Fire downed Birmingham Phoenix by a comfortable 36-run margin at Edgbaston to snap their five-match losing streak at last. Sophia Dunkley’s fifty was followed by contrasting contributions from the two allrounders helped visitors post a formidable 150/3 in their 100 balls before restricting Phoenix to just 114 in reply despite skipper Ellyse Perry’s…

The last phase of prep for Bangladesh women’s team will be a nine-day camp in Sylhet next month, featuring day-night intra-squad games. ©Getty The Bangladesh senior women’s team, which is preparing for the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup scheduled to be played in India and Sri Lanka, lost back-to-back games against Bangladesh’s Under-15 boys in the ongoing Challenge Cup, a tournament organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board as part of the team’s preparation for the global event. The 50-over tournament, in BKSP, featured Bangladesh Women’s Team Red and Bangladesh Women’s Team Green along with Bangladesh U-15 team. The Bangladesh Under-15…

LAHORE: Under cloudy skies, the semi-final round of the Pakistan Open MMA Championship rolled into action on Saturday as fighters displayed their prowess, recording multiple submission wins across various weight categories here at the Brave Gym. The strawweight (52.2kg) fight between Tayyab and Bismillah kicked off the action, with the former displaying superior grappling skills throughout three electrifying rounds to secure a unanimous decision victory. In the opening round, Punjab’s Tayyab secured a half-guard and landed several significant strikes. Bismillah managed to escape and secure a dominant position by the end of the round, but it was too little, too…

LAHORE: The confidence radiating from Rizwan Ali is palpable. As he prepares to move into the cage on Sunday at the Pakistan Open MMA Championship, the undefeated lightweight fighter isn’t just predicting a win; rather he is forecasting a swift and decisive conclusion to his bout against Egypt’s Adham “Warrior” Mohamed. “It will, hopefully, be a knockout finish,” Rizwan told Dawn, a prediction backed by the momentum of two back-to-back knockout wins that have solidified his status as one of Pakistan’s top mixed martial artists. Speaking on his upcoming clash, Rizwan framed it as a classic striker versus grappler match-up.…

PARIS: Fabian Ruiz scored the only goal of the game while Ousmane Dembele missed a penalty as a rusty Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 1-0 on Friday to make it two wins out of two at the start of the Ligue 1 season. Spain midfielder Ruiz drilled home from inside the box five minutes into the second half at the Parc des Princes, handing European champions PSG the win in a game in which they dominated but lacked sharpness. Luis Enrique’s side, who showed off their trophy haul from last season at the end of this game, edged Nantes 1-0 away…

THE HUNDRED, 2025 Welsh Fire strangled Phoenix’s innings in the middle of the game to restrict the opposition © Getty A rounded bowling effort and the flexing of batting muscles by the top-three helped Welsh Fire to a comprehensive win that keeps them alive in the race for the playoffs in the Men’s Hundred 2025. The win, coming at the cost of Birmingham Phoenix, puts both teams on eight points and with each team having two games left to play. The road to the knockouts is still arduous for both sides – they need to win both the games to…

DULEEP TROPHY, 2025 If Gill participates in the Duleep Trophy, he would have featured only in North Zone’s first game owing to national duty in the Asia Cup © Getty Shubman Gill is likely to miss the upcoming Duleep Trophy, starting in Bengaluru in a few days, as the India skipper is reportedly unwell. He was appointed skipper of the North Zone team. The North Zone selection committee has been anticipating the possibility of Gill’s unavailability for the inter-zonal competition, scheduled to begin on August 28 at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, for the last few days. However,…