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THE MEN’S HUNDRED, 2025 Jordan Cox smashed a 32-ball 58 in his team’s victory © Getty In a battle of the top two sides, the Oval Invincibles came up trumps in a game for the history books over the Trent Rockets. Jordan Cox (58) and Sam Curran (54) starred with half-centuries to completely smash the Rockets out of the game. The Invincibles needed 102 off the last 40 balls but Cox’s and Curran’s blitzkrieg knocks sealed the game with 11 balls to spare. In the chase, the opening bowlers of the Rockets kept the scoring down in the first four…
Raghvi Bist’s superb 93 helped India A recover on day two in Brisbane, piling the pressure on the hosts Australia A v India A | Four-day match | Day 2 Australia A’s middle-order will look to bat big on Saturday, following a mixed second day with bat and ball in their four-day game against India A. Nicole Faltum (30no) and Sianna Ginger (24no) will resume on day three with Australia A 5-158, still 141 runs shy of India A’s first-innings total of 299. Australia A would have hoped to bowl the tourists out for a far smaller total after reducing…
Pakistan’s javelin sensation Muhammad Yasir Sultan threw a season’s best of 77.43m to clinch a bronze medal at the Asian Throwing Championships in Mokpo, South Korea on Friday. The 27-year-old threw a massive 77.43m on his sixth and final attempt to snag a podium finish and smash his previous season’s best of 76.07m set at the Asian Athletics Championships in May. Sri Lanka’s Pathirage Rumesh Tharanga won gold with an 82.05m throw and became the only athlete to cross the 80m barrier this morning. Behind him was Japan’s Gen Naganuma with 78.60m. Yasir opened his campaign with a no-throw, followed…
CPL 2025 Jason Holder celebrates after winning the game for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots © CPL via Getty Images. Jason Holder scored 38, added a crucial 55-run stand with Kyle Mayers and then returned to pick four wickets to end his team’s losing run in CPL 2025. St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots posted 174 for 8 and then proceeded to defend it – by 12 runs – against the Barbados Royals. The Patriots were on a slippery slope early in the innings after the Royals asked them to bat. Evin Lewis, Rilee Rossouw and Mohammad Rizwan were dismissed inside…
ZIMBABWE V SL Hasaranga picked up a hamstring injury in July © AFP Wanindu Hasaranaga isn’t part of the Charith Asalanka-led 16-member Sri Lanka squad for the two-match ODI series in Zimbabwe. Hasaranga, who picked up a hamstring injury during the T20I series against Bangladesh in July, was subsequently ruled out of the ODIs against Bangladesh and has now been sidelined for the 50-overs matches against Zimbabwe as well. The squad features the return of 25-year-old top-order batter Nuwanidu Fernando, who last played an ODI in early 2024 against New Zealand. Pavan Rathnayake, the uncapped 22-year-old top-order batter, has also…
Lahore: One thing Nolberto Solano is very clear about is that being head coach of Pakistan’s football team is no bed of roses. Things didn’t come easy for him as a player, he says. And he doesn’t expect them to be any better for him as coach. That’s what has brought the Peruvian former Newcastle United cult hero to football’s backwaters in Pakistan. The sport in the country has seen little progress due to a decade-long institutional crisis in the Pakistan Football Federation. There have been some highs, notably Pakistan’s historic victory over Cambodia in 2023 — the first time…
TAIPEI: Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach told AFP on Thursday. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they both won gold medals in different weight classes. World Boxing said on Wednesday that women wanting to compete at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool would have to undergo “mandatory sex testing” under its new policy that took effect the same day. “They announced that everyone must submit, so we will submit as well,”…
LONDON: Leeds United enjoyed a triumphant return to the Premier League with a home victory over Everton at Elland Road this week, but Saturday’s trip to north London to face Arsenal could prove a reality check for Daniel Farke’s side. Their clash at Arsenal is one of several intriguing fixtures on the second weekend of the top-flight season which kicks off on Friday with Chelsea at West Ham United. Manchester City will aim to build early momentum as they face Tottenham Hotspur at home on Saturday while champions Liverpool travel to Newcastle United in the final offering on Monday. It…
See all the official squads for this year’s women’s ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka as they are announced Australia Alyssa Healy’s squad is expected to be announced on Friday, September 5 Bangladesh: TBC England Squad: Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge Nat Sciver-Brunt leads the team that includes former skipper Heather Knight, who is on the comeback trail from injury. England have opted for four specialist spinners in the squad, including a return…
ASIA CUP 2025 Shreyas Iyer failed to make the cut in India’s squad for Asia Cup 2025 © Getty Shreyas Iyer’s omission from the Indian team for the Asia Cup has triggered a deafening uproar, particularly on social media, which is abuzz with memes, cryptic posts and direct criticism. So much so, even his father, Santosh Iyer, questioned Ajit Agarkar’s selection committee decision. Even R Ashwin and Irfan Pathan have joined the chorus, asking how both Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal could be ignored. Those, indeed, seem fair and legitimate posers considering the rules of the Asia Cup. The Asian Cricket…