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Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Mike Hesson dismissed concerns about the national squad’s batting performance on Thursday ahead of the upcoming Asia Clup clash with India. The arch-rivals will clash in a geopolitically-charged men’s Asia Cup contest in Dubai on Sunday. It will be the first cricket match between the sides since four days of military conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May. While reigning T20 world champions India are the firm favourites to retain their title, Pakistan are on a high, having convincingly beaten Afghanistan in the final of a tri-series, also involving hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday.…
Nottinghamshire maintained their push for a first County Championship title since 2010 with a nerve-jangling, three-wicket win over rock-bottom Worcestershire ahead of their crunch clash against Surrey from Monday, live on Sky Sports.Notts resumed on 40-1 in chase of 136 on the final morning at New Road and plummeted to 83-6 before a combination of Liam Patterson-White (23), Lyndon James (17no) and Josh Tongue (14no) edged the visitors over the line. Tongue – set to be part of England’s Ashes squad in Australia this winter – also took seven wickets in the match for Nottinghamshire as Worcestershire were bowled out…
Leicestershire will play in the top flight of the County Championship for the first time in over two decades after sealing a long-awaited promotion.The Foxes were relegated from Division One in 2003 after finishing bottom and have featured in the second tier ever since. Leicestershire were the only team yet to be promoted since the Championship split into two divisions in 2000 but ended that hoodoo after a draw at home to Gloucestershire. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.…
CPL 2025 Seales celebrates one amongst his four wickets © CPL via Getty Images. Antigua & Barbuda Falcons qualified to the playoffs for the first time in Caribbean Premier League history following a tense four-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Providence Stadium. On a tricky pitch, Falcons’ momentous victory was setup by Jayden Seales and Usama Mir, who combined to take seven wickets and restricted a powerful Warriors line-up to their lowest total at home – 99. The chase still proved to be tricky but Amir Jangoo batted through for a sedate half-century to get the team over…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch took two wickets apiece as South Africa beat England by 14 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-marred 1st T20 in Cardiff on Wednesday. The start of the match was delayed by nearly four hours and a further rain interruption meant what should have been a 40-over contest at Sophia Gardens was reduced to just 12.5 in total. England chasing 69 in five overs for victory, were held to 54-5 as they failed to keep pace with a daunting run rate of nearly 14 an over against a quality attack.…
All you need to know ahead of the 13th, history-making edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, which is live in full on Sky Sports this autumn.When is it?The 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup runs from Tuesday September 30 to Sunday November 2 in India and Sri Lanka. The two co-hosts meet in the opening match in Guwahati, while the final will take place in either Navi Mumbai or Colombo.Every game will be shown live on Sky Sports, including England’s first fixture against South Africa in Guwahati on Friday October 3 (10.30am first ball). Image: England begin their World Cup…
ASHES TARGET Cummins will have very little running and zero bowling over the next few weeks © Getty Pat Cummins hopes to resume bowling at least a month before the start of the Ashes on November 21 but admits there is still no fixed recovery timeline from his lumbar bone stress. The Australian captain, 32, has been dealing with back trouble since the Test series win in the Caribbean two months ago and has already been ruled out of the upcoming white-ball assignments against New Zealand and India. Even in his downtime, Cummins remains intent on leading Australia into the…
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday said the upcoming Women’s Cricket World Cup would feature an all-female panel of umpires and match referees for the first time in the 50-over tournament’s history. “While three recent events — the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the two most recent ICC Women’s T20 World Cups — have featured all-female match official panels, this is the first time in the history of the Women’s World Cup the feat will be achieved,” the ICC said a statement. The 13th edition of the Women’s World Cup is set to be held in India and…
SQUAD ASSEMBLED Chamari Athapaththu (left) will hope to inspire her side to a memorable campaign. © Getty Sri Lanka have handed maiden World Cup call-ups to five players in their 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, which begins on September 30. The first-time World Cuppers include Kavisha Dilhari, Malki Madara, Vishmi Gunaratne, Imesha Dulani, and Dewmi Vihanga. The side will be captained by veteran Chamari Athapaththu. From the squad that featured in the tri-series against India and South Africa earlier this year (April-May), Hansima Karunaratne, Manudi Nanayakkara, and Rashmika Sewwandi have missed out. Imesha Dulani and senior…