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LunchSri Lanka 166 and 81 for 1 (Karunaratne 36*, K Mendis 11*, Noman 1-9) trail Pakistan 576 for 5 dec (Shafique 201, Salman 132*, Asitha 3-133) by 329 runs Pakistan batted two further overs on day three, seemingly to get Mohammad Rizwan to his half-century, then claimed the wicket of Nishan Madushka before lunch. Sri

Pakistan have upper hand against Sri Lanka in 2nd Test© AFP Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Day 3 LIVE:After an eventful Day 1 where Pakistan took charge of the proceedings by bundling out Sri Lanka for just 166, little happened on Day 2 as the heavens opened up, resulting in rain almost the entire

Hassan Ali having fun during rain delay in the second Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test.© Twitter Rain played spoilsport on Day 2 of the second Test between Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.  Abdullah Shafique and skipper Babar Azam steered Pakistan to a 12-run lead but rain halted their charge early. The tourists were 178-2

Leus du Plooy, Derbyshire’s captain, will leave the club at the end of the season after agreeing a five-year contract with Middlesex. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Middlesex were at the front of the queue to sign du Plooy, who had been offered an extension by Derbyshire but has opted to move to London after five

File photo of Babar Azam© AFP The promo for this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in India is out, and it’s fair to say that certain former Pakistan cricketers and the team’s fans aren’t thrilled. Shoaib Akhtar, one of the greatest Pakistani cricketers of all time, took to Twitter to express his disappointment after seeing

Surrey 433 (Smith 138, Burns 79, Clark 78, Helm 6-110) and 78 for 2 (Jacks 45*) beat Middlesex 238 (Simpson 60, Holden 55, Abbott 3-37, Overton 3-45, Lawes 3-57) and 272 (Stoneman 72, Bamber 46*, Abbott 4-60) by eight wickets Will Jacks struck a swift unbeaten 45 as Surrey motored to a comfortable eight-wicket victory

4th Ashes Test, Day 3 Live: England look to consolidate lead in must-win game.© AFP ENG vs AUS, 4th Ashes Test, Day 3 Live: England resume play on Day 3 at 384-4 in reply to Australia’s first-innings 317 in the ongoing 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Manchester. The hosts lead by 67 runs after Zak Crawley‘s

The year 2023 may hold a lot of importance for Virat Kohli. It will mark 15 years of international cricket for him next month. There’s an ODI World Cup coming up which will provide Kohli a rare second chance to lift the trophy at home. It will bring up his 500th international appearance when Kohli

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st Test, Day 4© AFP Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st Test Day 4 LiVE:Pakistan put in a resounding show with the bat in the first innings of the first Test, scoring 461 runs after Sri Lanka were bundled out for 312. Saud Shakeel scored an unbeaten 208 to put Pakistan in

Veteran Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin dropped a bombshell on fans as he revealed that players in the national team are more of ‘colleagues’ than friends. As Indian cricket lovers were trying to overcome Ashwin’s sentiments, young opening batter Prithvi Shaw echoed the all-rounder’s sentiments, suggesting the players hardly open up to each other. Shaw, who

The second installment of the BBL overseas draft is set to place on September 3 alongside the inaugural WBBL overseas draft. Both drafts will follow very similar rules to last year. Here is everything you need to know. What is the overseas draft and where will it be held? BBL and WBBL teams no longer

India take on Bangladesh in first Women’s ODI© Twitter After sealing the T20I series against Bangladesh 2-1, the Indian women’s cricket team would look to repeat the same result in the ODI series against Bangladesh. The two teams square-off in the first ODI at the Shere Bangla stadium in Dhaka. India captain Harmanpreet won the

Big picture: Sri Lanka start as favourites On July 16, Sri Lanka played Pakistan in Galle in the first of two Test matches, with the second Test starting on the 24th, also in Galle. That statement is true for both 2022 and 2023. It’s not clear why this series has been set up to perfectly

1st T20I Live: Bangladesh and Afghanistan square off in Sylhet.© AFP BAN vs AFG, 1st T20I Live: After being outplayed by the visitors in the recently-concluded ODI series, Bangladesh now eye a comeback with a win in the first T20I against Afghanistan in Sylhet. Afghanistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODIs, before Bangladesh registered

Richa Ghosh, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batter, has become the third Indian player to sign a contract in the Hundred for 2023, replacing the injured Georgia Redmayne at London Spirit. Ghosh will join Smriti Mandhana (Southern Brave) and Harmanpreet Kaur (Trent Rockets) in the competition next month, who were retained from last year’s squad and signed in

For only the second time in their history, Team India will be playing a Test match at Windsor Park in Dominica as hosts West Indies come calling for the first Test of a two-match series, starting later on Wednesday. In 2011, the venue hosts hosted a Test between West Indies and India for the first

On India’s previous tour of the Caribbean in 2019, Hanuma Vihari realised his childhood dream of scoring a Test century. Four years on and 10 Tests later, Vihari finds himself at a crossroads. When Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped during the home series against Sri Lanka early last year, Vihari replaced him at No. 3. It’s

Ahead of the upcoming edition of the DP World ILT20, defending champions, the Adani Sportsline-owned Gulf Giants have announced the players whom they will be retaining from the inaugural edition. The Gulf Giants, who had put on an incredible and magical performance, brought home the trophy in a grand way at the inaugural edition of