Category: Sports

LUCKNOW: Rahkeem Cornwall, the heaviest man in Test cricket, took seven wickets as West Indies skittled out Afghanistan for 187 on the opening day of their one-off match here on Wednesday. West Indies reached 68-2 at the end of the day, further boosting captain Jason Holder’s decision to send Afghanistan in to bat at their […]

KARACHI: Long-forgotten Pakistan batsman Fawad and former national skipper Sarfraz Ahmed shared the limelight as Sindh reached a competitive fist-innings total against Southern Punjab in their First XI Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture headed for a draw at the National Stadium. Fawad led Sindh’s dominance with a brilliant double century which also enabled the 34-year-old to go […]

LONDON: England paceman James Anderson will step up his recovery from a calf injury at a specialist pace bowling camp in Potchefstroom ahead of the four-Test series in South Africa starting next month, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has said. Anderson, England’s top Test wicket-taker with 575 victims, sustained the injury playing for […]

12-year-old Mallak Faisal Zafar became the first Pakistani to win first-place laurels for figure skating this week at the 24th International Eiscup Inssbruck, Austria’s largest figure skating competition in the Basic Novice Girls II category. Mallak came out ahead in the two-day competition, where she represented Spain, against 22 skaters from Italy and Austria, among other countries. […]

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia paid tribute to Phillip Hughes on the eve of the five-year anniversary of his death after he was felled by a short-pitched delivery in a domestic first-class match. Hughes died at the age of 25 after being struck by a bouncer while batting for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match on […]

ADELAIDE: A seven-digit send-off has star Australia batsman Steve Smith motivated for an improved performance against Pakistan in the second Test. Smith was looking to extend his strong form that netted him 774 runs in seven innings when Australia retained the Ashes in England. But in the first innings of the first Test at the […]

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: The chief executive of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has apologised in person to England fast bowler Jofra Archer for the racist abuse he received from a spectator Monday on the final day of the first cricket Test at Mount Maunganui. David White visited the 24-year-old Archer to offer an apology and an assurance […]

KOLKATA: Few expected Mominul Haque and his men to upset India on their home soil, but the tourists’ back-to-back defeats, both inside three days, underlined just how much Bangladesh have stagnated in the long format. Since debuting as a Test nation in 2000, Bangladesh have played 117 matches and won 13, six of them against […]

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: The England and New Zealand cricket boards launched a probe on Monday after England fast bowler Jofra Archer said he was subjected to racial insults by a spectator while batting during the final day of the opening Test here at the Bay Oval. Archer scored 30 and combined in a 59-run partnership for […]

KOLKATA: India’s maiden pink-ball match lasted a little over two days but the buzz surrounding the event proved that proper marketing is essential for the future of Test cricket, said captain Virat Kohli. India’s board has often been accused of neglecting the longest format of the game, which has been losing fans to limited overs […]