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Glamorgan 3 for 0 trail Worcestershire 284 (D’Oliveira 75, van Beek 53, Hose 43, McIlroy 3-41) by 281 runs Club Captain Brett D’Oliveira helped inspire a Worcestershire comeback on his return from injury for the LV=Insurance County Championship top-three encounter with Glamorgan at New Road. D’Oliveira, side-lined for three weeks with a dislocated shoulder, came

Players of India and Pakistan shake hands after their Asia Cup match on Saturday gets called off.© AFP The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan match in Pallekele was called off due to rain on Saturday. The Babar Azam-led side could not start its chase as rain eventually forced the match to be abandoned. India were bowled

Toss England chose to bat vs New Zealand England gave a debut to Gus Atkinson and chose to bat first after winning the toss for the second T20I at Old Trafford. Atkinson comes in for Luke Wood in the only change from the XI that won the first T20I up in Chester-le-Street so emphatically. Atkinson

There is a lot of excitement among cricket fans, especially the Indians, for the upcoming clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023, but there is a lot of struggle involved for a lot of these die-hard supporters of Men in Blue as tickets are sold out, so are the hotels and accommodation

Big picture – SL, Bangladesh grapple with player absences Okay, cards on the table, Sri Lanka aren’t in good shape. Sure, they haven’t been consistently great in quite some time, but these are the defending Asia Cup champions at the end of the day, not to forget that they clean-swept the World Cup Qualifier a

A former Pakistani international cricketer went on trial Tuesday in the Netherlands for allegedly attempting to incite the murder of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, with prosecutors demanding a 12-year sentence if convicted. Dutch public prosecutors said Khalid Latif, 37, who remains in Pakistan, had offered 21,000 euros ($23,000) in an online video from 2018 in

India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has opted out of the WBBL for the second year in a row, as she could play in the upcoming domestic season. She had skipped the 2022-23 WBBL as well to manage her workload and focus on her India commitments during a busy international year. This time, Mandhana did not put

File photo of Pakistan cricket team© AFP Pakistan geared up for Asia Cup 2023 with a 3-0 series win over Afghanistan but there were some issues with their batting. During the third ODI match, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam guided Pakistan to 268 but they lost wickets at regular intervals and that did not allow

Sam Billings, Oval Invincibles’ captain, says he is a converted Hundred sceptic ahead of the men’s final at Lord’s on Sunday, and believes that the tournament’s greater focus on bowling strength has already begun to affect how sides approach their tactics across the board in English T20 cricket. With six wins and a tie from

File photo of Sri Lanka cricket team© Twitter Sri Lanka on Friday suffered a major setback as four of their cricketers, including pacer Dushamantha Chameera and leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, were rendered doubtful for the upcoming Asia Cup because of injuries and COVID-19. Chameera could be ruled out of the Asia Cup because of a shoulder

India fast bowler Umesh Yadav has signed with Essex for the final three matches of the County Championship season. Umesh will replace New Zealand quick Doug Bracewell in the squad, joining Simon Harmer as the second overseas player. Essex sit second in Division One heading into the final month of the English summer, 17 points

Indian cricket team players celebrate the success of the Chandrayaan-3 landing.© Twitter India became part of an elite space club on Wednesday when its moon mission Chandrayaan-3 met success as the Vikram Lander successfully landed on the lunar surface. India has now become the first nation to land near the South Pole on moon, which

Lancashire 187 for 3 (Jennings 103*) beat Nottinghamshire 185 (Williams 3-32) by seven wickets A second century in the competition from skipper Keaton Jennings clinched Lancashire’s place in the quarter-finals of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup after they finished their Group A programme with a third straight victory. Jennings finished on 103 not out as

Exuding confidence, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Monday said the team’s players are driven by a strong “hunger” for success as they set their sights on clinching the coveted Asia Cup and World Cup titles. Fresh from their 4-1 home series win over New Zealand, Pakistan are currently in pursuit of the top spot in

Hampshire 206 for 2 (Waetherley 100, Middleton 78) beat Surrey 203 (Patel 78, Holland 5-35) by eight wickets Openers Joe Weatherley and Fletcha Middleton put on 163 in the Guildford sunshine to sweep Hampshire to a comfortable eight-wicket victory against Surrey and qualification for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knock-out stages. Hampshire cruised past Surrey’s

The Indian selection panel, led by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to go for a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup in order to check out all possible options ahead of the ODI World Cup, starting October 5. It is also learnt that BCCI is bucking the convention for the first time and head coach

Sune Luus has stepped down as South Africa’s captain, less than six months after leading the team to their first senior World Cup final – for women or men – with CSA set to unveil a new leader ahead of their white-ball tour of Pakistan in two weeks’ time. Luus is part of the squad,

File image of former Indian Cricket team coach Ravi Shastri© AFP There is much intrigue regarding Indian cricket team’s Asia Cup 2023 squad. While several other teams have announced the squad, the BCCI is playing the waiting game, especially with the fitness of few top stars who are making a comeback from injury being the