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LAHORE: National volleyball team’s captain Murad Jehan wants an international league in Pakistan, saying it will help the local players sharpen their skills while facing stronger opponents. “Though six, seven Pakistan players are competing [currently] in different international leagues, the players who are not getting chances in these leagues, have to play with local contestants which is destroying their game,” Murad told reporters at a reception hosted in the honour of the Pakistan team in Lahore on Saturday for winning silver medal in the Asian Volleyball Championship held in Bahrain earlier this month. “A volleyball league in Pakistan is necessary…
England edged a final-ball thriller to end their T20 series against India on a high, pulling off a women’s record run-chase at Edgbaston of 168 to win the fifth international by five wickets.Danni Wyatt-Hodge (56 off 37 balls) struck a 21st T20I fifty as she celebrated her 300th international cap, the opener – who was dropped on five – getting England off to a flier with Sophia Dunkley (46 off 30) as they shared in their second century stand as a partnership. Both departed in the space of seven balls, while Tammy Beaumont – after tonking 30 off 20 -…
Zak Crawley has left India fuming at Lord’s over his time-wasting tactics at Lord’s England opener Zak Crawley has infuriated India with time-wasting tactics as the third Test built towards a fascinating climax at Lord’s. The scores were tied at 387 each after England’s bowlers finally showed their teeth late on day three on Saturday, leaving enough time for two nerve-racking overs deep in the evening session. But Crawley ensured there would only be one, pulling out of his stance on three occasions as Jasprit Bumrah roared in from the Nursery End. He appeared to be citing distractions behind the…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 KL Rahul struck his second Test hundred at Lord’s © Getty KL Rahul’s second century of the series, aided by Rishabh Pant (74) and Ravindra Jadeja’s (72) supporting acts, saw India draw level with England’s first innings score of 387 in the closing minutes of play on Day 3 of the Lord’s Test. India’s overnight batters stretched their partnership to 141 to keep England at bay for nearly all morning before falling on either side of the Lunch break. Jadeja then stitched two crucial half-century stands to push India close but the English pacers packed…
Australia believe the harder pink Dukes ball and longer night sessions in Jamaica will result in spin having little impact during the third Test as Nathan Lyon was left out for the first time in 12 years. Scott Boland replaced Lyon in Australia’s XI for the day-night Test at Sabina Park that began early Sunday morning Australian time, which is the first time the Victorian quick has played in a four-man pace attack alongside captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. National selector Tony Dodemaide told reporters at Sabina Park after the toss that it was a “conditions-based decision…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW “I think I probably pushed my body to the limit that it can go” – Glenn Phillips © Getty Glenn Phillips is often seen airborne on the field and off it, he quite literally takes flight. A certified pilot, Phillips was found mid-flight on his hotel room’s full-fledged flight simulator when Cricbuzz dropped by for a chat. In this freewheeling conversation, the dynamic New Zealand all-rounder opens up about the intricacies of his blessed cricketing body, his remarkable comeback from a career-threatening injury, his deep-rooted passion for red ball cricket, the historic Test series win in India, and…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND Jadeja and Reddy shared an unbeaten 62-run stand © AFP One wicket, 68 runs and plenty of drama ensued as India made slow progress to 316/5 by Tea on Day 3 of the third Test at the Lord’s. Nitish Reddy (25*) survived as many as three run out scares in a chancy knock, and together with Ravindra Jadeja (40*) forged a crucial unbroken stand of 62 to bring England’s lead down to 71 runs in a slow-moving yet action-packed middle session once KL Rahul departed in its early moments. Unbeaten on 98 at Lunch, Rahul got…
Eighth-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland overwhelmed No 13 Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon championship on Saturday in London. It is the sixth Grand Slam singles title for Swiatek, 24, and her first tournament victory since Roland Garros in 2024. She has never lost a Grand Slam final. The lopsided 57-minute result was the first “double bagel” in a major final since Steffi Graff routed Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 to win the 1988 French Open. It was the first 6-0, 6-0 women’s final at Wimbledon since 1911. “It seems super surreal,” Swiatek said in her on-court interview.…
Nathan Lyon has been left out of Australia’s Test team for the first time in 12 years with selectors opting for a four-man pace attack in the side’s first ever day-night Test overseas. Scott Boland has been recalled for the pink-ball series finale in Jamaica, the first time he has played alongside all three of captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the same XI. Having already secured the Frank Worrell Trophy with wins in the first two Tests in Barbados and Grenada, Cummins’ side will be out to sweep West Indies with victory in the third Test…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 The Bangladesh T20I captain has not scored a fifty in his last 17 international innings across ODIs and T20Is © BCB Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons admitted that T20I captain Litton Kumar Das is short on confidence, and the team is working hard to help him rediscover his form ahead of the second T20I against Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Sunday (July 13). Sri Lanka currently lead the three-match series 1-0, having won the opening T20I by seven wickets. Litton has not scored a fifty in his last 17 international innings across ODIs and…