Cricket

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 ...

Shoaib Akhtar says young breed of Pakistani fast-bowlers only want to play Twenty20 cricket, and do not even want to play one-day internationals.—Photo courtesy: Shoaib Akhtar/Youtube 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 ...

While all eyes will rightfully be on Lasith Malinga ahead of his final ODI, the Sri Lanka quick’s swansong also brings into the focus the journey both these sides have been on over the last several years. In 14 ODIs against Bangladesh, Malinga has tasted defeat just three times, and remains probably the last member of the Sri Lanka squad, ...

COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka paceman Nuwan Kulasekara has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 37-year-old, who reached No.1 in the ODI bowling rankings during his international career, is quitting as Sri Lanka’s fifth-highest ODI wicket-taker with 199 scalps in 184 games. The news comes just a few days after it was announced that fellow quick Lasith ...