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LONDON: The opening day of the Ashes series between England and Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday also marks the start of the International Cricket Council’s new World Test Championship. The aim is to give individual Test series greater context and spark a worldwide revival of interest in the five-day game What is it? The top nine nations will compete in ...

LAHORE: Pakistan batsman Imam-ul-Haq has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for an online scandal involving multiple women who accuse him of “cheating and manipulation”. The opening batsman had landed in hot waters last week when a few women posted alleged screenshots of his objectionable Whatsapp and Instagram conversations, accusing him of misleading and manipulating them. The PCB had ...

LAHORE: Leading fast bowler Mohammad Amir was set to retire from Test cricket two years ago, but timely intervention from coach Mickey Arthur persuaded him to change his mind, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday. 27-year-old Amir, who is regarded as one of the best left-arm pacers after countryman Wasim Akram, announced his retirement ...

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was pleased to see both David Warner and Steve Smith perform in the World Cup despite being jeered by the English crowd. “I’m sure it’s been difficult, but you wouldn’t know from the way they’ve been around the team. The important thing for those guys coming back into the side was, if they ...

Standing in the middle of the Trent Bridge outfield during warm-ups for the pivotal Test match of the 2015 Ashes series, Peter Siddle confided to Ricky Ponting that he thought his international career was at an end. Siddle had just been told by the selectors Darren Lehmann and Rod Marsh that he was being left out for the fourth Test ...

Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has plans to obtain a British passport and permanently settle down in England, reports in the Pakistan media said. Amir, who is married to British citizen Nargis Malik, has already applied for a “spouse visa”, which means he can stay in England for 30 months. He is also looking to purchase a home in London, cricketpakistan.com.pk ...

Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned the retirement of paceman Mohammad Amir from Test cricket, asking if Wahab Riaz and Hasan Ali will also follow soon in his footsteps. In a video posted on his Youtube page, the ‘Rawalpindi Express’ said Amir was taking his retirement at a very young age of 27. “What I find as troubling news ...

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 franchise, Peshawar Zalmi, “wholeheartedly” hopes to make the fifth season of the series to be memorable for the country and its fans. In a press release issued Sunday, its media team said Peshawar Zalmi “will conduct promotional campaigns throughout the country with International Stars”. In this regard, the team’s owner, Javed Afridi, said: ...

Australia 226 for 3 (Lanning 133*, Mooney 54) beat England 133 for 9 (Winfield 33, Schutt 3-25) by 93 runs Not content to have retained the Ashes, Australia captain Meg Lanning ground England into the dirt with a record-breaking knock before her bowlers ensured their opponents stayed down, consigning them to their worst-ever T20 International defeat, with two more matches ...

England announced the much anticipated 14-man squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia, starting on August 1 at Edgbaston. Joe Root will lead the squad with biggest highlight being the reappointment of Ben Stokes as Test vice-captain. Also, Barbadian-born fast bowler Jofra Archer was named in the Test squad for the first time. Recently, Ben Stokes led England to ...