Cricket

England have dropped Jason Roy for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia that starts today, as they look to level the series at 2-2. One-day specialist Roy was handed his Test debut against Ireland in July after making a devastating impact at the top of the order during England’s victorious World Cup campaign. But the Surrey batsman failed to impress ...

KARACHI: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced it would reassess the security situation in Pakistan after it received a warning from its Prime Minister’s office of a “possible terrorist threat”. The SLC’s fresh statement — issued Wednesday evening — has once again thrown the possibility of the Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour to Pakistan under doubt. According to ...

KARACHI: Former captain of Pakistan’s women cricket team Sana Mir has been selected for prestigious Asia Game Changers Award by the Asia Society. According to a statement by Asia Society, Mir will receive the award along with five other women who have excelled in their respective fields. The award ceremony will be held in New York City on October 24, ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says the refusal of 10 senior Sri Lankan players to tour Pakistan “should not make a difference”, and that the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series will be held according to schedule. Officials said on Monday that at least 10 Sri Lankan players, including T20 skipper Lasith Malinga and former captains Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera, have ...

Andrew Strauss launched the Ruth Strauss foundation after losing his wife to a rare form of cancer Former England captain Andrew Strauss has been described as “an exceptional person” after receiving a knighthood in ex-Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation honours list. Strauss, 42, led England to two Ashes wins, as well as the number one Test ranking, in his 50 ...

David Warner, who served a one-year ban from international cricket due to his involvement in ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, apparently told former England opener Alastair Cook that he once “used substances attached to the strapping on his hand to accelerate the deterioration of the ball during a first-class match”. As per an interview published in The Guardian, Cook has ...

In a move aimed at improving West Indies’ standing in limited-overs cricket, Kieron Pollard has been appointed the captain of their white-ball teams with immediate effect. Pollard replaces Jason Holder as the ODI captain and Carlos Brathwaite in T20Is. Pollard, 32, was recently recalled to the T20I squad in the home series against India, but has not played an ODI ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has denied Niroshan Dickwella a no-objection certificate (NOC) to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and will also prevent Thisara Perera from playing in the majority of the T20 league, after the two players – and eight others – refused to tour Pakistan in September and October. According to SLC CEO Ashley de Silva, it ...

South Africa have hinted at the possibility of Quinton de Kock being a captaincy candidate keeping in mind next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. De Kock will lead a fairly young side in the three T20Is against India in regular captain Faf du Plessis’ absence, as their new team director Enoch Nkwe wants to “start building for the future”. ...

England’s failure to reclaim the Ashes in a home series for the first time in almost two decades can in part be put down to unhelpful pitches, according to the team’s senior fast bowler James Anderson. While a calf injury limited Anderson’s involvement to bowling just four overs in the first Test at Edgbaston, he suggested that the playing surfaces ...