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MLC 2025 Monank Patel has scored 359 runs in 8 innings at a blistering strike rate of 154 © Sportzpics USA captain Monank Patel, currently leading the run charts with two league games to go, has lauded the performances of domestic players in this year’s MLC. He contends that the consistent impact made by domestic talent this season has not only exceeded expectations but also strengthened the case for a potential reduction in the foreign player quota. If the league is indeed considering realigning the current six-foreigner rule to five or fewer next season, the MINY opener feels the domestic…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Director of High Performance, Aaqib Javed, has confirmed that the Pakistan squad for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh will be announced within the next couple of days. Speaking to the media after the conclusion of the Skills Development Camp at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, Aaqib said, “The national team will be announced in a day or two. A lot of work has already been done on selection, and the final decision will be made soon.” The T20I series against Bangladesh is scheduled to begin on July 20 at the Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket…
CNN — The champ is back. After a year away from the famed eating contest on the Coney Island boardwalk, Joey Chestnut returned to once again dominate at Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest by consuming 70 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win another Mustard Belt. Under sunny skies in 78-degree weather, which could be described as near-perfect conditions to spend July 4th outside in Brooklyn consuming frankfurters, Chesnut’s victory wasn’t even close, with the next closest competitor downing 24 fewer hot dogs. Chestnut’s record-extending 17th title in New York came after the Major League…
England’s ‘fight’ helped them dig deep to claim a dramatic final-ball victory over India at The Kia Oval, but can it spark a run to a comeback women’s T20 series success? The hosts had been in danger of falling into an unrecoverable 3-0 deficit in the five-match series against India, having lost the first two matches by 97 and 24 runs respectively before failing to build on their fast start to the third WT20I. England slumped from 137-0 to 168-9 by losing nine wickets in just 25 regular deliveries, with three players out for first-ball ducks, with India then seemingly…
England’s ‘fight’ helped them dig deep to claim a dramatic final-ball victory over India at The Kia Oval, but they will be without captain Nat Sciver-Brunt as they attempt to complete a comeback in the women’s T20 series.The hosts had been in danger of falling into an unrecoverable 3-0 deficit in the five-match series against India, having lost the first two matches by 97 and 24 runs respectively before failing to build on their fast start to the third WT20I. England slumped from 137-0 to 168-9 by losing nine wickets in just 25 regular deliveries, with three players out for…
MLC 2025 Bartlett held his nerve in the final over © MLC San Francisco Unicorns returned to winning ways and strengthened top-two hopes with a thrilling one-run victory over Texas Super Kings in Lauderhill, successfully defending 148 in a game that swung back and forth right until the final delivery. Matthew Short anchored the Unicorns’ innings with a gutsy 80 off 63 balls, dragging the side from 25/3 in the powerplay to a competitive 148/6, also thanks to Hassan Khan who struck a vital 40 off 25 balls. Akeal Hosein was the pick of the bowlers early on for Super…
CNN — Diogo Jota’s family and former Liverpool teammates gathered in Gondomar, Portugal on Saturday for the funeral of the late soccer star and his brother, André Silva. Jota, 28, and his 25-year-old brother – who was also a professional footballer – died in a car crash in Spain early on Thursday morning, plunging the soccer world into mourning. Jota’s wife Rute Cardoso, with whom he shares three young children and who he married less than two weeks before the crash, was pictured embracing other mourners as she arrived at the church ahead of the service, which lasted about an…
MLC 2025 Like SFU, Washington Freedom too did their chances of finishing in the top-two a world of good with a big win © MLC Glenn Maxwell (3-12), Saurabh Netravalkar (3-13) and Jack Edwards (3-19) picked three wickets each to set up Washington Freedom’s comprehensive victory over Seattle Orcas to strengthen their case for a top-two finish. This smashing win came on the same day when fellow aspirants Texas Super Kings were downed, allowing Freedom to usurp them to second spot with one league game each to go. The implications are far worse for Orcas, who remain on six points,…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Siraj averages 33.82 in Tests with Bumrah and 25.20 in those without him – a gentle reminder that he has often found something extra when asked to lead ©Getty At Headingley, Mohammed Siraj drew 69 false shots in 41 overs, a 27.8% false shot percentage, and yet walked away with just two wickets. So when Joe Root feathered a harmless ball down the leg side in Siraj’s first over on the third morning at Edgbaston, the reprieve felt overdue. What followed, though, was anything but fortune. A short ball. Not wild, not expressive, just tight…
EDGBASTON TEST The pair put on a sensational 303-run stand, helping England recover from 84/5 at Edgbaston © Getty Harry Brook praised fellow centurion Jamie Smith for a “phenomenal innings” at Edgbaston, where England’s keeper-bat carved out 184, a towering mark that eclipsed Alec Stewart’s 173, setting a new record for an England keeper in Test cricket. When England lurched at 84 for 5, Brook and Smith steadied the ship, stitching a dazzling 303-run partnership for the sixth wicket in just two sessions. Brook himself contributed a classy 158. Smith was the pulse of the revival, unleashing a flurry of…