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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL “Going to Dubai Stadium, are you? Which teams are playing? Ever since Babar Azam was dropped from the Pakistan team, I’ve stopped watching cricket altogether,” the taxi driver said. Hearing this, I smiled. He’s not alone—many fans think the same way. Undoubtedly, Babar is Pakistan’s biggest star at the moment, with a massive fan following. However, the team management is now relying on new players for modern-day cricket. Only when they perform well will people’s opinions begin to change. The match against India will be a golden opportunity—strong performances there could make a big difference. Since…
A Pakistan-India cricket match is always a blockbuster, but emotions will run even higher in Sunday’s Asia Cup clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who engaged in a four-day military conflict earlier this year. Even before the clashes in May, which nearly escalated into a full-blown war, bilateral cricket ties were suspended. The arch-rivals now play each other only in multi-team tournaments. Political relations have deteriorated further since the clashes, with several former Indian players urging the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to boycott what will be the first meeting between the teams since the recent hostilities. While…
CPL 2025 Green’s match-winning spell restricted to TKR to a par total which was chased down by the Royals © CPL via Getty Images. Chris Green’s stirring spell of bowling (3/7) helped set up Barbados Royals’ seven-wicket win over Trinbago Knight Riders. The already-qualified TKR were restricted to 166 for 8 which was chased down in 19 overs, courtesy a flying start from Quinton de Kock and Kadeem Alleyne, and finished emphatically by captain Rovman Powell. With this loss, TKR end the league stage with 12 points. Their finish in the top-two will rely on the results of Guyana Amazon…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan crushed Oman by 93 runs in the Asia Cup after a dominant all-round display at the Dubai Cricket Stadium on Friday. Chasing a target of 161, Oman folded for just 67 runs in 16.4 overs. At 41 for 2, they appeared steady, but a dramatic collapse saw them lose seven wickets for only 10 runs. Hammad Mirza top-scored with 27, while the rest of the batting lineup offered little resistance. Saim Ayub, Sufiyan Muqeem and Faheem Ashraf led the bowling charge, picking up two wickets each. Earlier, Pakistan opted to bat first after winning the…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 141* by Salt is the highest individual score by an England batter in a T20I © Getty Stats highlights from England’s record breaking efforts in the second T20I against South Africa in Manchester. 304/2 by England is the third instance of a team passing 300 in T20 Internationals and the first such instance achieved against a Full Member team, the previous highest being India’s 297/6 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad last year. Highest totals in T20Is Team Total Against Venue Year Zimbabwe 344/4 Gambia Nairobi (Ruaraka) 2024 Nepal 314/3 Mongolia Hangzhou 2023 England 304/2 South…
Record-breaking opener Phil Salt said that he wants to be the “best in the world” after he notched England’s highest T20I score of 141 not out.Salt led England to their highest T20I total on an extraordinary night in Manchester, with the hosts scoring 300 for the first time. Salt struck 15 boundaries and eight sixes on his home ground as he notched a 39-ball ton to also best Liam Livingstone’s previous record-fastest mark off 44 deliveries.”I obviously really enjoyed that, especially playing at Old Trafford on my home ground, and it was even more fun with the fact we made…
Pace bowling great Wasim Akram has urged Pakistan and India’s cricketers to ignore the noise and enjoy the game when they meet in a highly charged Asia Cup T20 match on Sunday. The Group A match in Dubai is the first clash on the cricket field between the countries since a military conflict four months ago took relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours to their lowest point in decades. India resisted calls to boycott the match between the pair, who have not played in any bilateral series since deadly attacks in Mumbai 2008. “Enjoy, it’s a game of cricket,” legendary left-armer…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Phil Salt hit 15 fours and 8 sixes in his 60-ball 141* © Getty England became the first team to breach 300 against a full-member team in T20Is with a score of 304/2 against South Africa in the second T20I at Old Trafford in Manchester. On a night of terrific ball-striking, Phil Salt led the charge with 141 off 60 balls – the highest individual score by an English batter in T20Is – while Jos Buttler 30-ball blitzkrieg of 83 began the onslaught early on in the innings. In reply, the visitors were bowled…
Sitanshu Kotak (background) insisted that most of the batting order after No.3 is malleable ©AFP “Making it a habit!” Fielding coach T Dilip’s praise for Shubman Gill rang out at the ICC Academy in Dubai. India’s vice-captain had just flung himself full length to his left, plucking a low, one-handed catch out of thin air. Two days before their Asia Cup clash with Pakistan, India’s training session was all about fielding. Players dived across narrow spaces between cones, flinging themselves around like goalkeepers to cut off balls and scoop up catches inches from the turf. Gill and Rinku Singh were…
ZURICH: More than 1.5 million ticket applications from fans in 210 countries have been received by FIFA within 24 hours of the pre-sale draw for the 2026 World Cup being launched, the governing body of world football said on Thursday. The extraordinary global demand for the tournament came primarily from the United States, Mexico and Canada, followed by Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, England, Spain, Portugal and Germany. The response highlighted the international appeal of the expanded 48-team tournament, which will be hosted by Mexico, Canada and the US and will feature 104 matches across 16 host cities. The draw is open…