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LAHORE: Having performed impressively in Test cricket during the past few years, Pakistan off-spinner Sajid Khan vows to play white-ball cricket for the country. The 31-year-old Sajid, who made his Test debut in 2021 at Harare, played match-winning roles in a number of Tests but has not featured in One-day Internationals and T20 Internationals. “I am trying to play T20I and One-day International cricket for Pakistan and league cricket, too. I am working on it. Insha Allah I will play white-ball cricket for Pakistan,” Sajid said while talking to reporters during the Skill Development camp, which is in progress at…
Every team to play a home match inside the first 10 days of KFC BBL|15 with fan-friendly scheduling and Ashes hype to supercharge the summer Pakistan superstar Babar Azam and the Sydney Sixers will head across the country to launch the 15th KFC BBL season with a blockbuster in Perth with as league officials pin hopes this will be the biggest bash yet. League boss Alastair Dobson declared BBL|15 was “the season we’ve been waiting a long time for” as a perfect storm of a clear window for fixturing and international star availability meets the huge wave of hype an…
South Australia’s Sheffield Shield final hero Jason Sangha feels he is developing the batting blueprint to help him transition from one-time wunderkind to domestic run machine as he prepares for Australia A’s five-match series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin. Sangha scored three hundreds in six Sheffield Shield matches last summer – the same number he managed for New South Wales in 37 games from 2018-23.With three half-centuries to boot and a tally of 704 runs at 78.22, it was comfortably his best campaign since he entered the world of professional cricket as a 16-year-old in 2015, when he became…
Ben Manenti hopes to feature in another unlikely triumph as he joins Italy’s attempt to qualify for their first ever men’s ICC tournament Built for the 1960 Summer Olympics, the Roman Olympic Village has hosted sportspeople from all disciplines, from athletics to football, rugby and tennis. And now cricketers can be added to the list of those lucky enough to have graced the esteemed sporting precinct. Just months after helping South Australia to an improbable Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup double, Ben Manenti has been one of those cricketers and is chasing another unlikely triumph. Manenti’s next mission is with…
Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 114 gave England to plenty to contend with and India a solid start to the second Test at Edgbaston England have experienced another taxing first day against India as Shubman Gill’s century built firm foundations for the visitors in the second Test at Edgbaston. Buoyed by his side’s fearless fourth-innings chase at Headingley last week, home captain Ben Stokes did not hesitate to repeat his tactics from that match – winning the toss and sending the opposition in on a good batting pitch. The initial outcome was better this time – India reaching stumps on 5-310 compared…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Hasaranga celebrates a wicket © AFP A monumental collapse for Bangladesh, triggered by the Sri Lankan spinners, saw the hosts take an early lead in the series with a comfortable 77-run win in the first ODI at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Wednesday (July 2). A measured century from skipper Charith Asalanka and a useful 45 from Kusal Mendis helped Sri Lanka finish with a competitive 244. Bangladesh, in reply, got off to a good start but lost their way completely from the 17th over of the chase. Jaker Ali scored a…
Yorkshire moved off the bottom of the Rothesay County Championship Division One table after completing a convincing 10-wicket win over Essex in York. Essex entered the final day 33-3 in their second innings but were unable to set any sort of meaningful target to save the game, with Jack White (4-37) and Ben Coad (3-33) helping Jonny Bairstow’s side skittle out the visitors for 131. Yorkshire required just nine overs to make the 41 runs required, with Adam Lyth (15 not out) and Finlay Bean (18 not out) guiding them to just their second win of the season and seeing…
England were left frustrated by bowling misfortune and a valiant century by Shubman Gill after electing for repeat tactics during the opening day of the second Test at Edgbaston.Ben Stokes won the toss and sent the opposition in on a good batting pitch, just as he did during the series-opening victory, with his decision seemingly validated when two quick wickets early in the evening session left India in trouble at 211-5. Stokes’ opposite number Shubman Gill followed his 147 in the opening Test with an unbeaten 114, putting on an unbroken 99-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja to help India reach…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Shubman Gill’s fine knock of 114* ensured a productive Day 1 for India at Edgbaston © Getty A fine century under pressure from skipper Shubman Gill, aided by a solid 87 from Yashasvi Jaiswal, helped India consolidate to 310/5 on Day 1 of the second Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday (July 2). In overcast conditions at toss, unchanged England had no hesitation in opting to bowl whereas India made three changes and some key position swaps in their XI from Leeds in their quest for greater batting depth that was tested on the opening day…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Bangladesh suffered a dramatic collapse in the opening ODI against Sri Lanka © BCB Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed admitted that the manner of their collapse in the ODI series opener against Sri Lanka was both “painful and unexpected”. Chasing a modest target of 245 at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday (July 2), Bangladesh were well placed at 100 for 1 in the 17th over before an extraordinary meltdown saw them slip to 107 for 8 – losing seven wickets for just five runs, the worst such collapse in men’s ODI history. The…