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Pat Cummins has pointed to long gaps between Tests as a reason why he could still feature in all five Ashes matches, despite nursing a back issue Pat Cummins is aiming to play in all five Ashes Tests, but Australia’s grounded pace ace will only know if it’s a realistic option closer to the series. The will-he-or-won’t-he storyline surrounding Cummins’ fitness is set to dominate the build up to the Ashes, with the nation’s top-ranked bowler nursing a back issue. Cummins has fronted media three times this month since news of the injury, first at a Cricket Australia event a…
Kuldeep has been excellent in the Asia Cup so far. ©AFP Mid-June in Beckenham, Kuldeep Yadav stood on the sidelines of India’s warm-up game and squinted at the surface. He thought it looked good for spinners: dry, with just enough bite and some bounce to work with too. He said as much in an informal press meet. A five-Test series against England was about to begin, and with no Ravichandran Ashwin in the squad, Kuldeep seemed to have allowed himself a little hope. The pitches, when the series began, were exactly that: dry, flat, crying out for something wild. India…
HONG KONG SIXES Ashwin recently quit from the IPL to play in global leagues. © Sportzpics Ravichandran Ashwin has signed up for Hong Kong Sixes 2025, Cricket Hong Kong, China, announced on Thursday. This will perhaps be his first tournament post his retirement from the IPL. The six-a-side championship will be held from November 7 to 9. Ashwin (39), one of the finest match-winners of the country, adds depth, experience, and star power to not just Team India but also to the tournament, known for its fast-paced action. There will be 12 teams in all and other members of the…
TOKYO: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone brought the house down on Thursday by coming within a whisker of breaking the four-decade-old women’s 400 metres world record while Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi impressively won the men’s one-lap title. McLaughlin-Levrone ran through the rain to take gold and post the second fastest time in history of 47.78sec at the Tokyo National Stadium. It will surely only be a matter of time before the 400m hurdles world record holder breaks the mark of 47.60 set by East Germany’s Marita Koch in 1985, which has long had question marks hanging over it. McLaughlin-Levrone’s decision to switch from…
PARIS: Virgil van Dijk scored a dramatic late winner to grab Liverpool a 3-2 Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid, while Paris St-Germain kicked off their title defence by thrashing Atalanta on Wednesday. Elsewhere, Harry Kane scored twice as Bayern Munich downed Club World Cup winners Chelsea 3-1 as Pafos and Bodo/Glimt marked their Champions League debuts with hard-earned draws. Liverpool, with club-record signing Alexander Isak on debut, raced into a two-goal lead inside the first six minutes as Atletico struggled to get out of their own half on Merseyside. A Mohamed Salah free-kick flew in off Andy Robertson for…
TOKYO: The night was Keshorn Walcott’s from the start. Right from the second throw, he had the lead in the men’s javelin final. The highly-anticipated clash of the South Asian titans — Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra — failed to gain momentum in the sold-out Japan National Stadium that turned its attention to Walcott on his way to winning his maiden world title. Walcott’s win, thanks to a season’s best 88.16m throw, was pleasantly surprising but not entirely unexpected given he was ranked fourth in the world coming into the World Athletics Championships. Anderson Peters of Grenada was the favorite…
If England are to emulate their success from 2017 then new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is likely to play a major role in the run given she sits high in all categories of the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings and was the side’s best player at the most recent World Cup in New Zealand in 2022. Sciver-Brunt also has the added pressure of being captain after she took over from long-time skipper Heather Knight earlier this year and Beaumont expects the star all-rounder to lead from the front at the World Cup. “I think it’s been brilliant for Nat to take…
For Hong Kong, the Asia Cup was more than just about results ©AFP What does the Asia Cup mean to a team like Hong Kong? It’s about gaining experience against Test-playing nations, brushing shoulders with stars like Rashid Khan, and understanding exactly where they stand in the bigger picture. Fielding, though, became their undoing. Dropped catches seemed to be a recurring theme – starting against Afghanistan and culminating in a disappointing finish against Sri Lanka, where they put down as many as six chances. In total, Hong Kong shelled 11 catches in the tournament, a costly lapse that denied them…
Rehan Ahmed is in contention to be included in England’s squad for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia.It is understood Ahmed is in the frame ahead of Liam Dawson, who played the fourth Test of the drawn series with India after Shoaib Bashir broke his finger. The all-rounder has had an impressive summer with bat and ball for his county Leicestershire, who were this week confirmed as champions of Division Two of the County Championship.Rehman has also featured for England in white-ball matches this summer, including in the T20I win on Wednesday against Ireland.Ahmed has not played for the Test…
Rehan Ahmed is in contention to be included in England’s squad for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia.It is understood Ahmed is in the frame ahead of Liam Dawson, who played the fourth Test of the drawn series with India after Shoaib Bashir broke his finger. The all-rounder has had an impressive summer with bat and ball for his county Leicestershire, who were this week confirmed as champions of Division Two of the County Championship.Rehman has also featured for England in white-ball matches this summer, including in the T20I win on Wednesday against Ireland.Ahmed has not played for the Test…