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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2025 between South Africa and Australia is heading towards an exciting finish, but the atmosphere at Lord’s took a somber turn on the morning of Day 3. Before the start of play, both teams and the match officials gathered in the center to observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic Ahmedabad air crash. The players from both sides also wore black armbands as a mark of respect for the 241 people who lost their lives in the heartbreaking incident. The air crash occurred on…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Legendary Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram saluted on Thursday the “effort” of the artist who created a statue of him that has spawned scorn on social media. The statue of Akram — one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers to play the game — was installed outside the southwestern city of Hyderabad’s Niaz Stadium in April. Akram is shown bowling wearing the kit of the 1999 World Cup team, when Pakistan were runners-up. Nearby is a statue of a tiger. One fan mocked the statue, saying: “The only thing that looks real is the ball,” adding the…
CNN — An Australian dressage rider has been provisionally suspended and will be investigated, according to Equestrian Australia (EA), after a video emerged on social media that appears to show him repeatedly whipping a horse. Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times. Ryan said in a lengthy Facebook post defending the incident that everything in the video “transpired sincerely with the (horse’s) best interests the sole consideration.” CNN Sports has reached out to…
England have recalled spinner Sophie Ecclestone for their five-match T20 series against India.Ecclestone announced last week she was stepping away from domestic cricket to “prioritise her wellbeing” while she recovered from a quadricep injury. Head coach Charlotte Edwards said: “It’s great to have Soph back, and we’re looking forward to having her back in the group. She has obvious qualities and she’ll be an asset to us.”It does mean Sarah Glenn misses out, we are blessed with a strong group of spinners and we unfortunately can’t play them all. It’s now a great opportunity for Sarah to go back to…
INDIA’S HOME SEASON Guwahati is in the running to host an ODI or a T20I against New Zealand. © BCCI Jaipur, Mohali, Indore, Rajkot, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Trivandrum and Nagpur are in the shortlist for the eight white ball matches between India and New Zealand. A few other centres are also in reckoning for the series, scheduled for early next year. Tentatively scheduled for January 2026, the series against New Zealand will feature three ODIs followed by five T20Is. The white ball series will round off a packed home international calendar, which also includes two Tests against the West Indies in…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The curtains are set to come down on Angelo Mathews’ illustrious Test career in less than a weeks time in Galle – a fitting stage for a grand finale. A teenage prodigy once tipped to be the next big all-rounder, Mathews weathered many storms, reinvented his game and ultimately carved out a niche as a dependable middle-order batter. With 8,167 Test runs to his name, he signs off as Sri Lanka’s third-highest run-scorer, behind the towering twin pillars of Kumara Sangakkara (12,400) and Mahela Jayawardene (11,814). Unlike his two illustrious predecessors who batted with a touch…
BANGLADESH CRICKET Mehidy Hasan Miraz takes over as Bangladesh’s ODI captain © AFP Bangladesh made a sudden decision to remove Najmul Hossain Shanto as the ODI skipper and replace him with Mehidy Hasan for a one-year tenure. This unexpected call came around the time Shanto was meant to get together with head coach Phil Simmons to discuss the ODI squad for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka in July. He had to change his plans following a call from BCB cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedin to inform him about the board’s decision. If insiders are to be believed, it…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Former Pakistan captain and renowned batter, Mohammad Yousuf, has stepped down from his coaching duties at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), concluding his latest association with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Sources confirmed that Yousuf submitted his resignation to the PCB earlier this week, citing personal commitments as the primary reason for his decision to leave. The 50-year-old, who was previously involved with the men’s national team, had served as the batting coach during Pakistan’s recent tour of New Zealand. However, he was noticeably absent from the coaching staff during the home series against Bangladesh. His…
Oakmont, Pennsylvania CNN — Scottie Scheffler has been bending courses to his will in 2025. The No. 1 golfer in the world looked unstoppable only two weeks ago at the Memorial Tournament that he won by four strokes at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio. But the course at Oakmont Country Club outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, isn’t just any course. Oakmont is diabolical. The rough is deep enough that it covers your shoes. It’s thick enough that the PGA officials tasked with finding wayward shots look like someone trying to find a contact lens in a crowded room. The…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with the ball and Alex Carey made valuable runs following a dramatic collapse as the holders retained the advantage in the World Test Championship final against South Africa on Thursday. Fast bowler Cummins produced a sensational spell of four wickets for one run when South Africa were dismissed for 138 on the second day in reply to Australia’s first-innings total of 212 at Lord’s. Australia collapsed to 73-7 in their second innings, with Kagiso Rabada (3-44) and Lungi Ngidi (3-35) doing the bulk of the damage. But Carey (43) and Mitchell…