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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Two more teams have booked their spots for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, as Italy and the Netherlands secured qualification through the Europe Region Final held in The Hague. The Netherlands finished top of the standings with six points in four matches, while Italy, despite losing their final match against the hosts, finished second on net run rate to grab the final qualification spot. Both teams will now join the global tournament, scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka next year. In their final match of the qualifier, the Netherlands produced a…
CNN — Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski has only played five MLB games. But in that short time, the Milwaukee Brewers starlet has produced such impressive performances that he was named a National League All-Star on Friday, an honor he achieved after the fewest MLB games ever. The 23-year-old was named as a replacement for the Chicago Cubs’ Matthew Boyd, who will be inactive since he is expected to start on Saturday against the New York Yankees ahead of Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Wielding a fastball that has reached speeds as high as 103 mph (166 kph), Misiorowski has long been tipped…
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES, 2025 West Indies have suffered two heavy defeats in the first two Tests of the series © AFP There will be lights. After months of uncertainty over whether the scheduled day-night Test in Jamaica will go ahead as a pink-ball Test, the air has cleared, and been lit up, literally. On Wednesday evening, July 9 to be precise, the lights officially went on for the first time for a cricket session at the Sabina Park. For nearly half hour or so after they were switched on, all concerned parties around the ground, went about adjusting…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced an 18-member squad for the Pakistan Shaheens’ upcoming multi-format tour of England, scheduled to begin later this month. The tour will run from July 17 to August 6. Left-handed batter Saud Shakeel has been named captain and will lead a team that includes three other Test players: fast bowler Musa Khan, left-arm pacer Mir Hamza, and off-spinner Sajid Khan. The squad also features 14 emerging players, 11 of whom are under the age of 25. Among them are the top scorers from the most recent Quaid-e-Azam Trophy — Azan…
MLC 2025 Pollard was named Player of the Match © MLC “Not sure how we got to the final, but we are in the final now” The words of Nicholas Pooran, the MI New York captain, following his team’s thumping seven-wicket win over Texas Super Kings in the Challengers, on Friday, encapsulates the dramatic turn of events which saw them make it to the second final of Major League Cricket in three years, this time after having endured six losses in the first seven games. Put in to bat, Smit Patel and Faf du Plessis made a watchful start. Smit…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 The fuss around the ball, it’s quality, the shape and softness continued on Day 2 at Lord’s © Getty And then there was more ball drama on the second day of the Lord’s Test. India had a ball changed after just 10.3 overs because it went out of shape and failed the ring test. The ball they gave up had swung 2.6 times more than the one that replaced it – and had already brought Jasprit Bumrah three wickets in a burst of 14 deliveries early in the morning. India captain Shubman Gill clearly felt…
The best fast bowler of this generation will have his name etched on Lord’s honours board ©Getty The inevitable finally arrived early on the second afternoon at Lord’s, though it still needed a couple of assists from Mohammed Siraj. Shubman Gill, brushing aside the morning’s ball-changing drama, turned straight to his two best bets. Siraj opened one end up by dismissing Jamie Smith, ending the stand that had frustrated India. Then came Jasprit Bumrah, whose first ball to Jofra Archer nipped back sharply to tilt the stumps. He’d already done it to Harry Brook. To Ben Stokes. To Joe Root.…
LONDON: Jannik Sinner crushed Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday to set up the latest instalment of his gripping rivalry with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who earlier tamed Taylor Fritz to reach his third straight final at the All England Club. The showdown between the top two players in the world on Sunday will mark another chapter in a rivalry that has defined recent Grand Slam tournaments. Alcaraz and Sinner have now claimed the past six majors between them. World number one Sinner swept aside Djokovic in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory on Centre Court to reach his…
LAHORE: Former Olympian and twice-elected president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Akhtar Rasool Chaudhary, who currently serves as an advisor to the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), has suggested that the upcoming Asia Cup — scheduled to be held in India —should either be moved to a neutral venue or, at the very least, Pakistan’s matches should be staged at a neutral location. “Given the current tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of the recent Pahalgam incident, I believe the AHF should consider relocating the event or arranging Pakistan’s fixtures at a neutral venue to ensure the safety…
Fraser-McGurk and Bartlett bound for the Caribbean ahead of the T20Is Australia have called up big-hitting top-order bat Jake Fraser-McGurk and paceman Xavier Bartlett for the five-match T20I leg of their current Caribbean tour. The pair will replace quicks Josh Hazlewood, who is heading home after playing four Tests in quick succession, and Spencer Johnson, who hasn’t played since the Indian Premier League and continues to recover from a back issue. After exploding in the 2024 edition of the IPL, Fraser-McGurk rocketed into the national T20I set-up last September, playing seven matches for a top score of 50. Fraser-McGurk gives…