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AUSTRALIA’S Alex de Minaur in action during his Wimbledon round-of-16 match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Monday.—Reuters LONDON: Novak Djokovic survived a scare to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a tense four-set victory over Alex de Minaur on Monday. Seven-time champion Djokovic endured a nightmare start to his last-16 match against the Australian 11th seed on Centre Court, but eventually battled back to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Fresh from his 100th win at Wimbledon on Saturday — making him the third player to achieve that feat after Martina Navratilova…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Wiaan Mulder celebrates his triple-ton © Zimbabwe Cricket On a day when records tumbled at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, Wiaan Mulder declared South Africa’s innings at Lunch on 626 for 5. At that point, batting on 367, he was only 34 runs short of registering the highest individual score in Test cricket. Nonetheless, en route his marathon innings, he broke several records, including the highest score by a South African in Tests. Resuming the second day on 264, Mulder got off to a scratchy start, edging the ball through slips to find…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday unveiled a significantly revised domestic calendar for the 2025-26 season, featuring 522 matches across 12 competitions, with major changes made to the format and structure of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and other key tournaments. In a notable shift, only eight regional sides will participate in the upcoming Quaid-i-Azam Trophy — the country’s premier first-class competition — compared to 18 in the 2024-25 season. The decision comes just a year after the PCB had introduced a new domestic structure, which was initially said to be given a constitutional cover for consistency. According to the…
HOUSTON: Mexico defeated the United States 2-1 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday to successfully defend their CONCACAF Gold Cup crown and capture their 10th title in a pulsating final that delivered drama from start to finish. The US went ahead just four minutes in when Sebastian Berhalter’s free-kick found Chris Richards, whose powerful header struck the underside of the crossbar and cannoned straight down, with the referee confirming the goal was good. Mexico found the equaliser through Raul Jimenez in the 27th minute after the striker converted from close range. He then dedicated the goal to the…
Cummins delighted with ‘dream start’ to new WTC cycle Australia are yet to sight the pink Dukes balls they will use in the third Test in Jamaica as mystery remains over the side’s first day-night Test abroad. Australia received official confirmation the final Test of the series would indeed be a day-night affair two days ago with concerns over upgraded floodlights at Sabina Park resolved. Fittingly, Mitchell Starc – the most prolific Test bowler with the pink ball with 74 wickets – is set to play his 100th Test, becoming just the second fast bowler for Australia to reach the…
The possible inclusion of Archer isn’t the only change England are considering to their line-up for the Lord’s Test, with fellow fast bowler Gus Atkinson and back-up batter Jacob Bethell also in the running for the crucial contest at the Home of Cricket. Bethell has only three Test appearances to his name with his most recent match coming against New Zealand at the end of last year, while Atkinson hasn’t played since he hurt his hamstring in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Nottingham in May. While Bethell’s inclusion would provide England with another spin option, McCullum said he won’t…
NEW ZEALAND TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Fisher (left) has taken 51 first-class wickets in 14 matches © Getty Pace bowler Matt Fisher earned his maiden Test call-up as the New Zealand selectors announced a 15-member squad on Monday (July 7) for the two-match Test series against Zimbabwe. Kane Williamson, Kyle Jamieson and Michael Bracewell were unavailable for selection along with Ben Sears. Meanwhile, Ajaz Patel returned to the Test squad for the first time since his match-winning show against India in Mumbai last November that paved the way for New Zealand’s historic 3-0 sweep. Henry Nicholls was also back in…
Tim David has knocked back interest from other BBL clubs to stay with the Hobart Hurricanes After claiming their maiden BBL title last season the Hobart Hurricanes have shored up their title-defence aspirations by securing powerful middle-order batter Tim David on a fresh deal. A new two-year deal ends months of speculation regarding David’s future in the men’s Big Bash. Since becoming a BBL champion in January, the previously out-of-contract Hurricane was understood to have attracted interest from rival clubs. The 28-year-old was not signed during the 10-day Player Movement Window following BBL|14, opening the door for clubs to make…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 McCullum singled out Akash Deep for his excellent bowling display © Getty After a difficult five days at Edgabston which saw England lose to India by 336 runs, head coach Brendon McCullum admitted that the hosts got it wrong at the toss with the pitch not playing out as they had expected it to. The English head coach also praised India’s exceptional batting display led by their captain Shubman Gill. “I think, as the game unfolded, we probably looked back on that toss and said did we miss an opportunity there and it’s probably fair,”…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Wiaan Mulder was only 34 runs short of registering the highest individual score in Test cricket when he decided to declare ©Zimbabwe Cricket Why Wiaan? Why would you declare when you are 34 runs away from surpassing Brian Lara – Brian bloody Lara! – and becoming the highest individual scorer in an innings among all the 3,234 men who have yet played Test cricket? Are you sated by having made the most runs by anyone in an away Test, more even than Hanif Mohammad? Or by breaking Hashim Amla’s South Africa record? Or by…