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India will most likely not play a day-night Test during their 2018-19 tour of Australia. Cricket Australia still hopes the first Test in Adelaide, which is scheduled to start on December 6, will be a pink-ball, day-night game, but ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is not in favour of the idea and has made its position clear to the Australian board. ...

Canterbury:- Persistent rain prevented any play on day two of Pakistan’s opening four-day tour match against Kent at Canterbury. Although the umpires ruled that lunch would be taken early in the hope of a resumption in the afternoon, play was abandoned for the day at 13:30 BST. The tourists were bowled out for 168 on day one, with Imam-ul-Haq hitting ...

Bangalore :-Opener Chris Lynn anchored his innings to perfection as Kolkata Knight Riders were back to winning ways with a comfortable six-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL encounter on Sunday night. Chasing a sub-par target of 176, KKR reached the target in 19.1 overs with Lynn scoring an unbeaten 62 off 52 balls with seven fours and ...

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RAWALPINDI: Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar predicts that Pakistani batsmen will face difficulty when playing in England. The ‘Rawalpindi Express’ added it can take up to at least 15 days before players get accustomed to a country’s conditions. Speaking to the media at a National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) awareness seminar on Saturday, Akhtar said, “the English conditions will prove ...

Mumbai:-Defending champions Mumbai Indians made heavy weather of the run chase but held their nerves in the end to beat table-toppers Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets and return to winning ways in the Indian Premier League match at the MCA stadium on Saturday night. Languishing at the bottom with only one win from six matches, Mumbai Indians restricted Chennai ...

Sarfraz Ahmed shakes hands with Kent captain at the toss. Photo: PCB CANTERBURY: Imam-ul-Haq top scored with 61 as Pakistan were bowled out for 168 on the first day of their tour opener against Kent at Canterbury on Saturday. Left-hander Imam, the 22-year-old nephew of chief selector and former Test batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, resisted with 61 off 111 balls while Hasan ...

London:- Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful that the time of the year will help them overcome the loss of legspinner Yasir Shah for the Tests against Ireland and England. Yasir has taken 89 wickets in the last two years – more than double Pakistan’s next most successful bowler in the period – but was ruled out of this tour ...

Delhi:- Fast bowler Junior Dala has replaced his injured South Africa team-mate Chris Morris at Delhi Daredevils for the rest of IPL 2018. Morris, who was the only overseas player to be retained by Daredevils, for INR 7.1 crore (USD 1 million approx.), has been sidelined with a back injury. Dala had set a base price of INR 20 lakh ...

It is the last over of the 2016 World T20 final. West Indies need an absurd, improbable, 19 runs to win. Carlos Brathwaite is on strike. In his entire T20 international career, he has only scored 25 runs before this innings. “I was numb,” he recalled later. “It was a state that I’ve only reached a couple times since. I ...