Category: Sports

Former skipper Mark Taylor Thursday backed Steve Smith to captain Australia again after his incredible Ashes exploits, as support mounts for the 30-year-old to be given a second chance. Smith was banned for 12 months over a brazen attempt to alter the ball with sandpaper under his captaincy in a Cape Town Test, and slapped with […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday vowed to continue working with the SLC in providing the Sri Lankan team with complete safety and security after the latter issued a statement that it was reassessing the security situation in Pakistan ahead of its scheduled tour later this month. “We have seen the SLC statement, […]

MUMBAI: Finding a solution to India’s top-order batting conundrum will be top of selectors’ agenda when they meet on Thursday to pick the squad for next month’s home Test series against South Africa. Despite being the world’s top-ranked Test side, India have struggled with their opening combination, which, in turn, has heaped pressure on the […]

LONDON: Greg Chappell could not do it, while Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, who had both had two attempts each, were unable to manage it either. But if his side avoids defeat in the fifth Test against England at The Oval starting from Thursday, Tim Paine will join the list of Australia captains who have […]

Sri Lanka on Wednesday named depleted squads for a six-match tour of Pakistan, after 10 top players opted out citing security concerns. Lahiru Thirimanne has replaced one-day international skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who refused to join the tour along with Twenty20 skipper Lasith Malinga. Thirimanne will lead a 15-member ODI squad, while the 16-member T20 squad […]

England have dropped bastman Jason Roy for the fifth and final Ashes Test starting at the Oval on Thursday as they try and square the series. Roy is one of two changes to the side that lost the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Sunday, with bowler Craig Overton also missing out. They are replaced […]

Bangladesh dropped off-spinner Mehidy Hasan and pace bowler Rubel Hossain in a new-look Twenty20 squad named on Tuesday for the first two matches of the tri-nations series against Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. All-rounder Ariful Haque, pace bowler Abu Hider, spinner Nazmul Islam and batsman Mohammad Mithun were also left out from Bangladesh’s last Twenty20 squad that […]

When Abdul Qadir bowled his last for Pakistan, I wasn’t around. As a 90s kid, I know what his protege Mushtaq Ahmed was like, especially in England. I know what Shane Warne was like, especially everywhere. Anil Kumble showed me something different. I lived through Danish Kaneria. Yasir Shah gave me a new lease of […]

The Sri Lankan cricket authorities on Monday announced the selection of a T20 and One Day International (ODI) squad to tour Pakistan as 10 players excused themselves from playing in the country while citing security reasons. The Sri Lankan side is set to visit Pakistan to play three ODIs and three T20I matches from September […]

Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title in thrilling fashion on Sunday by winning the US Open final, outlasting Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to seize his fourth crown in New York. The 33-year-old Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer’s all-time men’s record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and […]