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Fast bowler Naseem Shah was the notable name when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced a list of 28 Under-19 players for a high performance training camp, with a view to prepare players for next year’s U-19 World Cup. Naseem, who is currently a part of the national team facing Australia in the first Test in Brisbane, qualifies ...

HARARE: West Indies batsman Rovman Powell said his side are focused on winning all their World Cup qualifying games, after his century led them to victory over Ireland on Saturday. Powell´s maiden one-day international ton dragged the Windies from a difficult position to beat Ireland in Harare and reach the Super Six stage of qualifying. “We didn´t come here for ...

Harare: Afghanistan crashed to their third straight World Cup qualifying defeat at the hands of Hong Kong on Thursday, while captain Jason Holder led the West Indies to victory over Papua New Guinea. After losses to Scotland and Zimbabwe, new Test side Afghanistan’s hopes were hanging by a thread, but they collapsed to 195-9 in pursuit of 242 to beat ...

NEW DELHI: Sixteen of the world’s best international hockey teams will take to the field to compete in the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 at the 16,000-capacity Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, scheduled from November 28 to December 16. The venue is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment in preparation for the prestigious event. Hosts India were joined by teams who qualified ...

Salle des Etoiles :-India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who is out of the national team reckoning, said that he is looking to play cricket till 2019 and will take a call on his career after that. In an interview to PTI, Yuvraj, who last played for India in June 2017 in an ODI, said, that he was looking forward to this ...

NEW DELHI: Hockey’s governing body indicated Thursday that Pakistan will take part in the men’s World Cup this year in India despite acute tensions between the two countries. Pakistan have qualified for the World Cup to be held in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar between November 18 and December 16. But fears have been raised that Pakistan could skip ...

PORT ELIZABETH: India´s first ever one-day international series victory in South Africa has laid a strong platform for the country´s hopes of a successful 2019 World Cup campaign, captain Virat Kohli said. “We are a team that always wants to think of ways we can improve and after this tour we will look be to even stronger with the 2019 ...

CHRISTCHURCH: India defeated Pakistan by 203 runs to reach the final of the ICC Under 19 World Cup on Tuesday. Playing the second semi-final in Christchurch, India chose to bat after winning the toss and determinedly scored run after run despite Pakistani bowlers’ persistent attempt at taking wickets, giving Pakistan a target of 272 runs against a nine-wicket loss. Pakistan batsmen failed ...

Sri Lanka has come out champions in the plate finals of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Like the PNG Under 19 Garamuts, Sri Lanka fell short of making the cut to challenge competition leaders Australia, India and Afghanistan in the Super League, thus falling back to the plate play-off. Having won only one of their ...

LONDON: England´s Anya Shrubsole will be the first woman to appear on the front cover of the fabled Wisden Cricketers´ Almanack after her heroics at last year´s World Cup. Shrubsole hit the winning runs in a tense semi-final victory over South Africa before her six for 46, which included five wickets in 19 balls, brought England back from the brink ...