Cricket

New Zealand paceman Trent Boult took a hat-trick against Australia in a World Cup match at Lord’s on Saturday. The left-arm quick struck in the last over of Australia’s innings, dismissing Usman Khawaja for a top-score of 88 before he bowled tailender Mitchell Starc and then had Jason Behrendorff lbw, despite the batsman’s review. It was the first hat-trick by ...

BIRMINGHAM: Eoin Morgan says England need to adapt better to home conditions but is confident they will not buckle under pressure against India as they scrap to keep their World Cup hopes alive. England looked set for the semi-finals when they won four of their first five matches but losses to Sri Lanka and Australia opened the door for Pakistan, ...

LEEDS: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday declared that it would take appropriate measures to punish rowdy fans, who scuffled in and outside Headingley during the World Cup game featuring Pakistan and Afghanistan. “We are aware of some scuffles among a minority of fans and are currently working with the venue security team and the local police force, West ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday congratulated the Pakistani team “for keeping their nerve under pressure and in the end winning against Afghanistan”. In a message posted on Twitter, PM Imran said: “Congratulations to the Pakistan team for keeping their nerve under pressure and in the end winning against Afghanistan. Twitter/Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI)/Screenshot via Geo.tv “I also especially want to ...

LEEDS: Pakistan’s young pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi on Saturday became the youngest ever player to take four wickets in a World Cup match. Shaheen Afridi got wickets of Gulbadin Naib, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zardan and Rashid Khan to finish with bowling figures of 4/47 in World Cup match against Afghanistan at Headingley on Saturday. By doing so at the ...

LEEDS: Pakistan kept their nerve to avoid a huge shock on Saturday, beating a spirited Afghan side by three wickets with just two balls to spare to keep their World Cup semi-final hopes alive. All-rounder Imad Wasim hit Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib for a boundary through the covers to seal the win off the fourth ball of the last over, ...

Pakistan rode on a hundred by Babar Azam to beat New Zealand by six wickets, ending their unbeaten streak in the World Cup, to keep their campaign alive at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Wednesday. After the victory, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, wife of Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik, posted an inspiring message on Twitter, saying, “What an incredibly great leveler ...

Former England star Marcus Trescothick on Thursday announced he would retire at the end of the season, bringing down the curtain on a 27-season career with county side Somerset. The 43-year-old opening batsman, who played 76 Tests and 123 one-day internationals, has scored a total of 26,234 first-class runs since making his debut for Somerset in 1993. Trescothick, whose international ...

India, banking on their unbeaten run at the World Cup 2019, leapfrogged England to become the top One-day International (ODI) side in the world. According to an International Cricket Council (ICC) release, India now have 123 points while World Cup 2019 hosts England have 122, which saw them slip to the second spot. India are at the top of the ...

Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara’s record to become the fastest to score 20,000 international runs, a target he reached when he scored 37 runs in the World Cup 2019 match against the West Indies on Thursday. The Indian skipper took only 417 innings to achieve the record — 131 in Tests, 224 in ODIs and 62 in ...