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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Jasprit Bumrah picked all three wickets to fall in England’s riposte ©Getty A small ritual played out repeatedly in the early moments of the post-Tea session on the second day of the Headingley Test. Each time Jasprit Bumrah walked in from fine leg to his bowling mark at the start of an over, Karun Nair would jog up and meet him halfway to take his cap and hand it to the umpire. The game was at a delicate point, a time when superstitions can hit overdrive. England had motored off to 129 for 2, having…
GALLE: Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews gestures as he is carried around the field by team-mates at the end of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Mathews, who made his debut in 2009 on the famous pitch perched beneath the fortress in Galle in 2009, will hang up his boots with over 8,000 runs, after playing his 119th and final Test, behind only Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in Sri Lanka’s all-time charts.—AFP GALLE: Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto blasted twin centuries to help his side draw the first Test against Sri Lanka in…
KARACHI: Pakistan are likely to get a rare opportunity to play opposition outside Asia in next year’s FIFA World Series with team’s possible participation coming under discussion when FIFA chief Gianni Infantino met recently-elected Pakistan Football Federation President Mohsen Gilani at the FIFA Executive Football Summit. The summit, held on the sidelines of the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, was the first event attended by Mohsen since he won the long-awaited elections of the PFF last month and football development plans for the country were also discussed during his meeting with Infantino in Miami, according to…
MLC 2025 Matthew Short scored a 29-ball 61 in his team’s comprehensive win © Sportzpics Matthew Short, 29, has nothing flashy about him or his stroke-making. He’s not the kind of technical purist that makes connoisseurs swoon, nor a brute power-hitter in the mold of Pollard, Klaasen, or Stoinis. No tattoos, no loud hairstyles, no cheeky one-liners in press conferences. A late bloomer, he wasn’t a child prodigy either. There were no glowing headlines about him in his early years. Neither any ringing endorsement from a former legend to get him on the swimlanes of higher honors. All things considered,…
Aaron Finch joined The Surge podcast to share his thoughts on every club’s draft selections Having played 107 BBL matches, it’s fair to say Aaron Finch knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a proven BBL performer. The former Australian T20I captain turned broadcaster joined The Surge, Big Bash Podcast to dissect the BBL|15 Draft. Here’s what the Melbourne Renegades’ most-capped player said about your club’s prized selections. For a full recap of the BBL|15 Draft, listen or watch the latest episode of The Surge featuring Aaron Finch and the No.1 pick, Shaheen Afridi. Brisbane Heat…
LEEDS TEST Pope scored his second hundred against India © AFP There was something about the way Ollie Pope celebrated his ninth Test century that spoke volumes about the moment’s weight. After inside-edging a Jasprit Bumrah in-seamer towards the leg side, he scampered for the single and extended the run beyond the stumps with a yelp and a leap, a spontaneous burst of relief and joy. Pope had scored his eighth Test hundred in his previous innings, a fluent 171 against Zimbabwe. But that knock didn’t shield him from the selection squeeze brought on by Warwickshire’s rising star, Jacob Bethell.…
The BBL’s top draft pick has reflected on his memories of the Gabba after being snapped up with pick No.1 in the draft Pakistan superstar and Big Bash top draft pick Shaheen Afridi says he cannot wait to have Aussie fans cheer his name when he lines up for the Brisbane Heat this summer. Shaheen could barely disguise his delight at being taken first by the Heat at last week’s Big Bash Draft, knowing he will call the Gabba home.”As a fast bowler, we always hear about Australia, and the fast wickets (and) for fast bowling, Gabba is the place…
Ollie Pope’s century has spearheaded England to 3-209 after India were bowled out for 471 on day two of the Test series opener in Leeds A superb unbeaten century from Ollie Pope helped drag England back into the first Test against India at Headingley, with the home side closing day two on 3-209, 262 runs behind the touring side. India were cruising late in the morning session on 3-430, only to be all out for 471, England taking the last seven wickets in an hour either side of lunch to give themselves hope of mounting a disappointing day one revival.In…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 A fine hundred from Ollie Pope led England’s strong reply © Getty After a day of dominance with the bat by India, England fought their way back into the game, to claim the day’s honours even with a 265-run deficit. Ollie Pope registered his second Test ton in succession, leading England’s strong reply after bowling India out for 471. For the visitors, despite three centurions in the innings, it ended in a hurry. From 430/3 at one point, India lost their last seven wickets for just 41 runs to be bowled out for 471 -…
Sean Abbott knows his place in Australia’s pace bowling pecking order but that doesn’t stop him preparing like he’s going to be picked for every tour. A late call-up to Australia’s first Test tour of the West Indies in a decade following a hip injury to Brendan Doggett, Abbott hit the ground running at training on Saturday after spending the past four weeks at home in Sydney with his young family and just “being a dad” following a long stint on the road. That followed a “hectic” and “traumatic” return from the Pakistan Super League in early May when the…