Essex 32 for 1 trail Kent 226 (Bell-Drummond 55, Podmore 54*, S.Cook 5 for 42, Amir 4 for 48) by 194 runs “Babe, I love you so I want you to know That I’m going to miss your love The minute you walk out that door.” KC & The Sunshine Band’s “Please Don’t Go” may not be everyone’s obvious earworm ...

Steven Smith will need to bat against top pace within the next three days and show no further signs of discomfort in order to be passed fit for the third Test at Headingley on Thursday. He said that he did not want to return unless he was “100% fit” to play in the next chapter of this Ashes series. While ...

Steven Smith has leapfrogged Kane Williamson to second place on the ICC Test rankings for batsmen after amassing 378 runs in three innings at an average of 126 in the ongoing Ashes series. Pat Cummins, meanwhile, has consolidated his place at the top of the bowlers rankings to such an extent that only four men have ever accumulated more rating ...

LONDON: England named an unchanged squad on Monday for this week’s third Test against Australia at Headingley. The injured James Anderson, England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker, will continue his bid to return later in the series by playing in a county 2nd XI match starting Tuesday. England’s selectors kept faith with the XI that drew the rain-affected second Ashes Test ...

ISLAMABAD: Olympian Zakir Hussain, former goalkeeper for Pakistan’s national hockey team, passed away on Monday. He was 85. Zakir Hussain’s funeral prayer will be held at his home town Gulshen Anwar Masjid, Jinnah Colony, Wah Cantt. Zakir Hussain won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico and a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday met with Sharjeel Khan and agreed with him for his re-entry into competitive cricket. According to a PCB statement, Sharjeel Khan will complete rehabilitation designed by the board’s Security and Anti-Corruption Department, before the end of the year and then be reintegrated into top-level cricket. Part of the rehabilitation will include Sharjeel ...