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Haris Rauf has been designated a marquee player as six Pakistan internationals made the top 50 “hero” list for this year’s men’s Hundred auction.Fourteen Pakistan men’s players in all are included in the longlist of 247, despite reports their players would not be considered by the four Indian-owned franchises amid geopolitical tensions between the two countries. This year’s Hundred also clashes with a Pakistan Test series. Rauf joins South Africa pair Aiden Markram and David Miller, New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine in the group labelled “Marquee Players International”, and carries the maximum reserve price of…
Haris Rauf has been designated a marquee player as six Pakistan internationals made the top 50 “hero” list for this year’s men’s Hundred auction.Fourteen Pakistan men’s players in all are included in the longlist of 247, despite reports their players would not be considered by the four Indian-owned franchises amid geopolitical tensions between the two countries. This year’s Hundred also clashes with a Pakistan Test series. Rauf joins South Africa pair Aiden Markram and David Miller, New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine in the group labelled “Marquee Players International”, and carries the maximum reserve price of…
If the Proteas are to keep their winning streak intact and qualify for that final in Ahmedabad that Conrad mentions then it’s likely that skipper Aiden Markram will be leading the way following his excellent tournament to date with the bat. Markram is the leading run-scorer at the T20 World Cup across the four teams remaining in the semi-finals and Conrad believes the South Africa captain has learnt a lot since the Proteas’ runner-up finish behind India at the most recent edition of the tournament in 2024. “I think obviously the guys are richer for that (2024 final) experience,” Conrad…
India looked to be in trouble when skipper Suryakumar Yadav fell for 18 in the 11th over of the run chase, but Samson combined well with Tilak Varma (27) and then Hardik Pandya (17) to bring the side within sight of victory. While India didn’t get past the West Indies’ total until the final over, Samson always had the run chase in control according to current coach Gautam Gambhir. “He is a world class player, we all know how good a player Sanju is,” Gambhir said after the victory. “And it was all about backing him. And then when the…
India opener Sanju Samson saved his finest international performance when his country needed it the most Within the space of a handful of days, Sanju Samson has gone from the outer to leading his nation into a home World Cup semi-final as India produced their highest successful run chase in men’s T20 World Cup history to down West Indies in a virtual elimination clash in Kolkata. Set 196 to seal a semi-final spot after both India and West Indies crushed Zimbabwe but lost to undefeated South Africa in their opening two Super Eight matches, Samson peeled off an imperious 97…
CREMONA: AC Milan moved closer to Champions League football next season after two late strikes gave them a 2-0 win at Cremonese on Sunday. Strahinja Pavlovic put Milan ahead in the 90th minute with his shoulder before Rafael Leao’s simple finish in stoppage time gave the away side a result which flattered a drab display in Cremona. Milan, who have been without European football this season, have little realistic hope of winning the Serie A title as the seven-time European champions are 10 points behind league leaders Inter Milan. Next weekend’s Milan derby has little more than local pride riding…
On the eve of the first ODI against India late last month, Alyssa Healy observed that very few athletes get to retire on their own terms. Even fewer among that number could claim a fairytale finish. Healy took matters into her own hands at Bellerive Oval on Sunday, scripting her own perfect farewell to one-day international cricket with her highest ODI knock on home soil. Rampaging Healy obliterates India in fairytale ODI swansong An emphatic 185-run win and 3-0 sweep of the 50-over leg of the multi-format series was the icing on the cake, and only one thing could have…
Rachel Trenaman and Maitlan Brown have been drafted into Australia’s Test squad Australia have called Rachel Trenaman and Maitlan Brown into their injury-hit squad for this week’s day-night Test at the WACA Ground, with Kim Garth ruled out of the pink-ball match. The uncapped pair will join their teammates in Perth this week, adding depth following the quad injuries to Garth and Ellyse Perry, and Sophie Molineux’s back complaint. Australia Test squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Lucy Hamilton, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham Australia…
India found a new hero in Kolkata as Sanju Samson conjured up a special knock to guide the co-hosts to the semi-finals Sanju Samson has delivered a mighty match-winning innings against the West Indies to become the toast of all India by guiding them into the semi-finals of their home T20 World Cup. India’s new opener proved nerveless under the most intense pressure in the winner-takes-all group clash in Kolkata on Sunday, hitting the first two balls of the final over for six and four to finish 97no in the five-wicket victory. Samson, who’d previously perhaps not quite delivered enough…
India produced a stunning run-chase victory over West Indies to secure a semi-final place and knock their opponents out of the T20 World Cup in a five-wicket victory in their last Super 8s match. A swashbuckling Sanju Samson innings (97no off 50), bettering Virat Kohli’s record to notch the highest score by an Indian batter in a chase at a T20 World Cup, secured the winning runs with 10 runs in two last-over balls to match West Indies’ substantial total of 195 with just four balls to spare. India will now face England in Mumbai in their T20 World Cup…