Author: admin
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan’s women cricketers have made notable progress in the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings, released on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has retained her position as the number one T20I bowler in the world with 746 points. She remains ahead of several top international players and continues to lead the rankings with consistent performances. Captain Fatima Sana has moved up one spot in the all-rounder rankings and is now placed 13th, while Nida Dar has climbed to 33rd in the bowling rankings. Nida is also ranked sixth in the world among all-rounders. Nashra Sandhu is another…
Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova survived a stiff examination from promising 20-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala before finding her groove to triumph 3-6 6-2 6-1 on her return to Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Tuesday. Czech Krejcikova, a shock winner as 31st seed last year and seeded 17th this time, came into the tournament short on form after a succession of injuries and initially had no answer to the confident, free-swinging Eala, who is the first woman from the Philippines to play at Wimbledon. Eala turned 20 in May and was making her first Wimbledon appearance, but she immediately looked at home in…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Shaheens are all set to return to Darwin for the third straight year as part of the 2025 Top End T20 Series, which will take place from August 14 to 24. The team will kick off their campaign against Bangladesh ‘A’ on Pakistan’s Independence Day (August 14) at TIO Stadium. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially confirmed the team’s participation, marking a continued commitment to giving young and emerging players valuable international exposure. This year’s tournament will feature 11 teams playing a total of 36 T20 matches across five venues in Australia: TIO Stadium,…
CNN — Wilyer Abreu made history Monday night at Fenway Park, joining an elite club after hitting both a rare inside-the-park homer and a grand slam in the Boston Red Sox’s 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Fenway Park erupted into cheers in the bottom of the fifth as Abreu hit his inside-the-park homer – his 15th HR of the season – off a fly ball to right-center field. The inside-the-park home run – when a player hits a ball in play and manages to run around all four bases to score – was the first by a Red Sox…
Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal sent English giants Manchester City crashing out of the Club World Cup on Monday, snatching a shock 4-3 victory in extra time in the biggest upset of the tournament so far. The match finished 2-2 at full-time but at the end of an eventful extra-time Marcos Leonardo grabbed the winner and pulled off one of the greatest wins in Middle Eastern football history. The Saudi club advances to the quarter-finals where they will face Brazilian club Fluminense, ensuring a non-European team will reach the last four. City had taken the lead in the ninth minute…
INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 In the last three years, Duckett has hit 98 runs with reverse sweeps behind square and 61 in front of it. ©Getty Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill huddled briefly, then set an interesting plan in motion on the fifth day at Headingley. They took mid-off out and pushed him to a deep-ish cover. Deep point, short third, and a lone slip made up a hollowed-out off-side. A push past Jadeja and there was four to be had. India were gambling on the trade-off, baiting Ben Duckett into driving against the spin from the rough. The…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan’s preparations for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh have been hit by injury concerns, with several key players likely to miss the tour. According to sources, the training camp for the series will begin on July 8 at the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi. However, vice-captain Shadab Khan is facing a serious fitness issue and is unlikely to be available. Shadab has been dealing with persistent pain in his right shoulder, and doctors have advised surgery, which is expected to be carried out in the United Kingdom. The surgery would rule him out…
Oklahoma City AP — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed on a record-setting four-year, $285-million extension that would give him the highest single-season average salary in NBA history, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Tuesday. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been publicly announced and likely won’t be until the league’s moratorium on most offseason signings is lifted on Sunday. ESPN first reported on the agreement. News of the deal comes on Canada Day, a fitting coincidence for the 26-year-old from Ontario who is coming…
Ben Stokes is relishing the “awesome” Edgbaston atmosphere as England look to seize a 2-0 lead against an India side yet to decide whether bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will play.England clinched a stunning chase of 371 – their second-highest in Tests – to win the series opener at Headingley and now return to the ground where they secured their highest, having knocked off 378 versus India during the maiden ‘Bazball’ summer of 2022. The hosts have lost three of their last five Tests in Birmingham – two to Australia, once to New Zealand – but before that had gone unbeaten…
Pakistan women’s left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal took the top spot in the International Cricket Council Women’s Twenty-20 International (T20I) Bowler Rankings once again, cricket’s governing body announced on Tuesday. Sadia was pivotal to Pakistan’s win in the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Lahore and was named in the team of the tournament for her nine scalps for an average of 16. “Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal remains at the top of the list for T20I bowlers, but it’s tight at the top with just 44 rating point separating the top 10 players,” the ICC statement said. The statement…