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It’s the highlight of the domestic cricket calendar – and that’s just the mascot race!Around people in fluffy animal costumes sprinting (to a degree) across Edgbaston, there is the Vitality Blast title to be won with Lancashire, Hampshire, Northamptonshire and Somerset the four sides left standing after the group stage and quarter-finals. Saturday’s action in Birmingham starts with the first semi-final between Lancashire and Somerset (11am), followed by the thrills and spills of the Mascot Derby. Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Saturday 13th September 10:30am Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Saturday 13th September 2:15pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket Saturday…
Pakistan has been removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (Wada) watchlist, a spokesperson of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) said on Friday. The country was placed on Wada’s watchlist in September 2024 over outstanding non-conformities to the agency’s updated anti-doping code. According to the spokesperson, WADA confirmed that the compliance procedure against Pakistan’s Anti-Doping Organisation (Adop) was closed after all pending corrective actions were completed. “A follow-up confirmation from Wada in September reiterated that Pakistan was no longer under enhanced monitoring, ending speculation over possible sanctions,” the statement said. PSB Deputy Director General (DG) Shahid Islam was informed of the…
CPL 2025 Jason Holder stunned the Royals for the second time this season © Getty In a must-win game for both sides, St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots won an absolute thriller of a contest as they defended the target of 150 by the barest of margins – one run – against the Barbados Royals in Bridgetown. Just as in the reverse fixture between the two sides three weeks ago, Jason Holder came clutch again with an undefeated 53 off 30 balls and defended 13 runs in the final over. The loss sees the Royals eliminated from the CPL playoffs race.…
Any combination of 11 that shows up wearing the green of Pakistan should get the job done dominantly. Pretty much every international or continental tournament features a few entrants that have no competitive business being at that level but are still there. This boys-among-men mismatch can have a variety of reasons: representation being an important and fair one. But one suspects that it may also have something to do with some administrator somewhere thinking bigger the tournament, bigger the prize. Whatever the reason may be, fitting into this ugly narrative beautifully are Oman. As in Oh-man, what are we doing…
NEW SIGNING Sundar was a part of the India squad that recently toured England © Getty Hampshire have signed Indian allrounder Washington Sundar for their final two County Championship fixtures, in a move that follows a costly points deduction with potentially serious relegation implications. Hampshire were docked eight points following the decision of an Cricket Discipline Panel related to their Championship fixture in May against Sussex. They were referred to the CDP for preparing a sub-standard pitch and following a hearing last week, the county have been handed a fine and a points deduction. Following the developments, Hampshire are now…
When does it start? Tuesday, September 16! NSW and Tasmania will launch the men’s domestic summer at Cricket Central in Sydney. The Blues are fresh off a 3-0 sweep of Victoria in three one-day pre-season matches at the same venue last week and will be seeking their first points of the new campaign against a strong Tasmania side likely to feature Australian allrounders Beau Webster and Mitch Owen. Queensland and Victoria kick off their season the following day at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field, which will also host the Vics and Tasmania on Friday. Reigning champions South Australia and Western Australia…
As we celebrate 20 years of T20 internationals in this year’s Kit Week, take a stroll down memory lane to enjoy the weird and wonderful playing kits the Australian teams have sported in the game’s rock-and-roll format. 16. Gun metal grey Australia’s first men’s T20 international on home soil was at the Gabba against South Africa in early 2006 and they didn’t wear green or gold. They wore a strip that was marketed as “gun metal grey” and the kits featured the nicknames of players, rather than their surname. ‘Marto’ (Damien Martyn) top-scored with 96 while we also saw ‘Roy’ (Andrew…
ASIA CUP, 2025 Salman Agha and his men face a tough test come the Asia Cup © AFP Mike Hesson is no stranger to taking bold calls; some that even led to the burning of national blazers. He is at it again, in his latest role with the Pakistan national men’s team, where as the head coach, he moved past the veteran pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, to revive the team’s fortunes – or rather, to bring them up to pace – in the shortest format. In a way, it’s an extension of the larger plan that Pakistan…
LAHORE: Pakistan captain Fatima Sana and head coach Mohammad Wasim voiced optimism over their side’s preparations for the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup, stressing a spin-oriented strategy and collective harmony as central to their campaign. The World Cup, to be hosted under a hybrid model across India and Sri Lanka, will see all of Pakistan’s fixtures staged in Colombo, with political tensions ruling out travel between the two neighbours. Pakistan open their immediate run-in with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from Sept 16, following the conclusion of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy and…
LONDON: Chelsea were hit with 74 charges by the Football Association on Thursday after the London club were accused of breaching regulations covering football agents, intermediaries and third-party investment in players spanning more than a decade. The FA did not elaborate on the charges but Chelsea said the matters were ‘self-reported’ by the club after the change in ownership in May 2022. “The conduct that is the subject of the charges ranges from 2009 to 2022 and primarily relates to events which occurred between the 2010-11 to 2015-16 playing seasons,” the FA said in a statement. At the time, the…