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NOBEL laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai has launched a new initiative to invest in women’s sports around the world. Recess — launched by Ms Yousafzai and her husband, Asser Malik, on Tuesday — will invest in professional and amateur teams to ensure more women participation in sports. In an interview with CNN, Ms Yousafzai, who was born in Swat, recalled her school days in Pakistan when women had limited opportunities to participate in sports. “I remember in school recess time when boys would go off to the local cricket playground and girls had to stay behind,” she said. “From that…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Shardul dismissed Duckett and Brook in successive deliveries. © Getty Ben Duckett’s 149 took England closer to the mammoth 371-run target but India fought back through Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur. The duo picked a brace each in the extended post-Lunch session, keeping the Test in the balance heading into the final session on Day 5. England scored 152 runs in this session but lost four wickets, requiring another 102 runs to clinch victory. Play resumed after Lunch amidst a persistent drizzle and the Indian seamers were led by Mohammed Siraj who found some seam…
ENG VS IND, 1ST TEST Ben Duckett top-scored with 149 © Getty England chased down 371 on Day 5 at Headingley to register their second-highest successful chase in Tests and take a 1-0 lead against India. Ben Duckett led the chase with a fabulous 149 and was ably supported by Zak Crawley (65) in a 188-run opening stand. Joe Root (53*) and Jamie Smith (44*) stitched together a 71-run partnership to take the hosts across the line. Before Smith and Root took control, at the start of the final session of the day, Ben Stokes began by toeing one to…
Australia’s build up to next year’s T20 World Cup will take in a three-game trip to New Zealand in October Australia’s T20 World Cup preparations will include a whirlwind trip across the Tasman to face New Zealand for three games in four days in October. The three games against the Black Caps are a crucial part of the 19 T20 Internationals Australia will play between now and the next T20 World Cup, to be held in India and Sri Lanka next February-March. Australia play New Zealand first on Wednesday October 1, then in back-to-back nights on Friday October 3 and…
One of the underlying questions coming out of the first Test at Headingley is how on earth did India lose it.They often had England on the ropes yet contrived to throw those advantages away through batting collapses and grassed catches. Never before had a side notched five individual hundreds in a Test and lost but that’s exactly what happened to Shubman Gill’s men in Leeds, with tons for the skipper, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul plus two for the zany Rishabh Pant ultimately coming in vain. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Rishabh Pant scored two…
One of the underlying questions coming out of the first Test at Headingley is how on earth did India lose it.They often had England on the ropes yet contrived to throw those advantages away through batting collapses and grassed catches. Never before had a side notched five individual hundreds in a Test and lost but that’s exactly what happened to Shubman Gill’s men in Leeds, with tons for the skipper, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul plus two for the zany Rishabh Pant ultimately coming in vain. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Rishabh Pant scored two…
England do it again at Headingley with Ben Duckett’s day-five century guiding them to an extraordinary five-wicket win over India Ben Stokes has celebrated another red-letter day at Headingley after Ben Duckett’s 149 inspired England to an improbable chase of 371 to down India in the first Test. Duckett followed the likes of Ian Botham in 1981 and Stokes himself in 2019 into Headingley folklore with a titanic fourth-innings knock to underpin a five-wicket win and a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. England’s last visit also produced another nail-biting finale, with Chris Woakes and Mark Wood bringing the 2023…
NEW ZEALAND SCHEDULE The men’s team have a packed schedule ahead of the T20 World Cup next year © Getty New Zealand will host Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies across multiple formats over the 2025-26 home summer, NZC said while releasing the schedule. The women’s team is also scheduled for a twin white-ball series involving South Africa and Zimbabwe. New Zealand will kick off the summer with a three-T20I series against Trans-Tasman rivals Australia, starting October 1. This will be followed by a white-ball home series against England, comprising three T20Is (beginning October 18) and as many ODIs…
Nathan Smith led Surrey to a dominant nine-wicket Rothesay County Championship win over Worcestershire that keeps them on course for a fourth straight Division One title.Smith took 6-38 as Worcestershire were bowled out for just 125 in their second innings, losing their last five wickets for only 13 runs. That left Surrey needing just 49 to win, and they knocked them off in 15 overs as Ryan Patel made an unbeaten 35 off 55 balls.Closest challengers Nottinghamshire could move ahead of Surrey with a win but seem set for a draw against Yorkshire after Finlay Bean scored an outstanding 224…
England captain Ben Stokes hailed Ben Duckett’s outstanding performance as the hosts made more magical memories at Headingley.England beat India by five wickets in the first Test in Leeds to lead the series 1-0 after Duckett notched a brilliant 149 as the hosts chased 371 in 82 overs. It brought back memories of Stokes’ Headingley heroics in 2019, when his Ashes-saving century helped England stun Australia, but this time around it was Joe Root (53no) and Jamie Smith (44no) hitting the winning runs, with the Surrey wicketkeeper-batter smashing Ravindra Jadeja (1-104) over long-on for six to seal the deal.”We’ve got…