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MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET, 2025 The in-form San Francisco Unicorns will be eyeing a hat-trick © MLC San Francisco Unicorns could not have asked for a better start to the 2025 season. They comprehensively beat the defending champions by 123 runs in their first game and followed it up with a comfortable victory against Los Angeles Knight Riders, and scored 200-plus totals in the process in both games. MI New York, on the other hand, narrowly fell short against their rivals Texas Super Kings, having failed to score nine runs in the last over. The Unicorns have a power-packed batting lineup…
Oakmont, Pennsylvania CNN — Rory McIlroy just wants to go home. After three rounds at Oakmont Country Club at this year’s US Open, the Northern Irishman is over it. When asked what he wanted from Sunday’s final round after a frustrating first three rounds at the 125th US Open, the Masters champion said: “Hopefully a round in under four-and-a-half hours and get out of here.” McIlroy’s triumph at Augusta earlier this year made him the sixth golfer in history to complete the career grand slam. It was his first major championship win in more than a decade after multiple close…
Oakmont, Pennsylvania CNN — It must surely be one of the best and most joyous moments of this year’s US Open: Philip Barbaree is pinching himself in disbelief after making the cut at the brutally tough Oakmont Country Club. It’s a dream that’s now a reality for a young American golfer who just four years ago was still working at his father’s steakhouse. But it’s also a dream that may never have happened had life events taken a different path. Oakmont is a notoriously challenging course, a venue that has already seen big-name players like defending champion Bryson DeChambeau fail…
Oakmont, Pennsylvania CNN — It’s shaping up to be a dramatic Sunday at the US Open as American Sam Burns goes for his first major win and leads the field by one stroke, just ahead of Australian Adam Scott and his compatriot J.J. Spaun Saturday was moving day at the US Open and Scott took that to heart, charging up the leaderboard. The Australian is now 3-under for the tournament after carding a 67 at Oakmont Country Club during Saturday’s third round. It was a turn-back-the-years round from Scott, the talented Aussie who somehow only has one major championship to…
Monank scored 62 off 44 against Texas Super Kings after a slow start ©MLC It’s an absolute nightmare for any batter to find themselves stuck in first gear during a T20 innings, especially during the powerplay, where the modern-day mantra is to go flashbang from ball one. Add to that a soaring asking rate north of 10 runs an over with 15 overs still to go and the pressure compounds exponentially. Then comes the invisible weight: the judgmental gaze of thousands in the stands and millions more watching across screens. It’s a cocktail of scrutiny, noise, and self-doubt. In such…
Australia have ‘decisions to make’ as new WTC begins: McDonald Australia have been forced into a squad change for their upcoming three-Test tour of the Caribbean with Sean Abbott called up to replace injured quick Brendan Doggett. Doggett, Australia’s travelling reserve for the World Test Championship final, is headed back home after picking up a minor hip issue.The uncapped 31-year-old was also set to be part of the squad to face the West Indies after claiming the best ever match figures in Sheffield Shield final history (11-140) to lift South Australia to a drought-breaking title last season. Doggett was also…
Temba Bavuma-led South Africa conquer Lord’s, and with it, the world ©Getty The South African fans in the Grand Stand had not stopped cheering or singing from the moment Kyle Verreynne had scored the winning run. If anything, they’d kept at it for most of Saturday morning. But then, minutes before the start of the presentation ceremony, they broke into the loudest rendition of their most popular number for the day. “Ohhhhh Temmbaaa Bavvuuuumaaa..” echoed around Lord’s. Temba Bavuma, the subject of the song of course, however, stood there staring blankly at his adoring fans serenading him. Like he couldn’t…
Australia will leave no stone unturned in their search for the best combinations to take on England in the Ashes with coach Andrew McDonald flagging Sheffield Shield cricket as key to the build up to the blockbuster home summer. A day after letting slip a second consecutive World Test Championship as South Africa completed a stunning comeback at Lord’s to claim their first ICC major title, Australia’s attention has turned to the next two-year Test cycle as they kick off their campaign in Barbados on June 25. Day 4 Wrap | Markram magic seals Test title for Proteas While that…
MLC 2025 Fraser-McGurk’s assault helped Unicorns take firm control early on in the powerplay © MLC Led by Jake Fraser-McGurk’s blazing 38-ball 88, followed by Xavier Bartlett’s 4-fer, San Fransico Unicorns registered their second successive victory in MLC 2025. Yet again, it was a comprehensive thumping, this time faced by Los Angeles Knight Riders, who were beaten by 32 runs in a high-scoring encounter in California. Put in to bat, Unicorns lost Tim Seifert early, but Finn Allen and Fraser-McGurk’s assault helped Unicorns take firm control early on in the powerplay. The most brutal of the assaults was reserved for…
MLC 2025 Ian Holland returned figures of 4 for 19 © MLC After a big defeat in the season opener, Washington Freedom bounced back with a commanding five-wicket win over Seattle Orcas at the Oakland Coliseum. Chasing a modest 146, the defending champions made light work of the target, polishing it off with 6.3 overs to spare. The chase was set up in the powerplay itself as Mitchell Owen and Rachin Ravindra added 90 runs in the first six overs, their best powerplay score in MLC history. Owen (25 off 11) set the tone with a six off the very…