Sports / Cricket

Cricketer hits 410 not out in English County Championship 23 Jul 2022 - 06:49 pm

LEICESTER, England: Sam Northeast entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after hitting 410 not out...

England's Stokes announces shock ODI retirement 18 Jul 2022 - 05:30 pm

LONDON: England's talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes announced his shock retirement from one-day cricket on Monday citing the "unsustainable" rigour of playing all three...

Pant, Pandya fire as India beat England in third ODI to win series 17 Jul 2022 - 09:14 pm

MANCHESTER, England: Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 125 and Hardik Pandya's superb all-round display helped India seal a five wicket victory over England in the...

Pakistan loses openers after Sri Lanka posts 222 in first test 16 Jul 2022 - 08:09 pm

GALLE, Sri Lanka: Pakistan reached 24 for two at stumps on day one in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 222...

Proliferation of T20 leagues puts squeeze on bilateral tours 15 Jul 2022 - 01:02 pm

NEW DELHI: The rise of lucrative franchise-based T20 leagues was never going to be a bloodless coup and South Africa's withdrawal from their...

Bowling test-match length did the trick v England: Bumrah 13 Jul 2022 - 06:10 pm

LONDON: India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah said bowling a fuller, test-match length paid off after his devastating 6-19 secured their 10-wicket win against...

South Africa pull out of Australia ODI series 13 Jul 2022 - 06:05 pm

MELBOURNE: South Africa have withdrawn from the one-day international series with Australia in January after host board cricket Australia (CA) was unable to...

Chandimal hundred puts Sri Lanka ahead in Galle test 10 Jul 2022 - 04:07 pm

COLOMBO: Dinesh Chandimal smashed 118 not out and Kamindu Mendis produced a half-century in his debut test to help Sri Lanka eclipse Australia's...

Root and Bairstow rocket England to record test win 05 Jul 2022 - 03:29 pm

BIRMINGHAM, England: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow shredded India with unbeaten centuries as England rewrote history by winning their series-deciding test by seven...

Broad bowls most expensive over in test cricket history 02 Jul 2022 - 06:16 pm

BIRMINGHAM, England: England fast bowler Stuart Broad conceded 35 runs against a merciless Jasprit Bumrah in the most expensive over ever bowled in...

Side strain forces Australia's Agar out of Sri Lanka tour 02 Jul 2022 - 11:20 am

Ashton Agar has been ruled out of Australia's second test against Sri Lanka with a side strain, Cricket Australia announced on Saturday. The...

Buttler replaces Morgan as England's white-ball captain 30 Jun 2022 - 07:57 pm

Jos Buttler has been appointed England's new limited-overs captain following the retirement of Eoin Morgan, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Thursday....

Rohit ruled out with COVID-19, Bumrah to lead India v England 30 Jun 2022 - 07:53 pm

BIRMINGHAM: India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the rescheduled fifth test against England beginning on Friday and seamer Jasprit Bumrah...

Cricket great Eoin Morgan retires from internationals 28 Jun 2022 - 06:03 pm

LONDON: Eoin Morgan confirmed his retirement from international cricket and stepped down as England's white-ball captain after more than seven years on Tuesday....

Australia brace for trial by spin against Sri Lanka 28 Jun 2022 - 01:27 pm

Colombo: Australia can expect a trial by spin when Pat Cummins and his men lock horns with Sri Lanka in a two-test series...

Latham finds form as New Zealand fight back against England 25 Jun 2022 - 08:16 pm

LEEDS, England: New Zealand opener Tom Latham struck a fluent half-century as the visitors got their second innings off to a solid start...

'Extreme spin' of Sri Lanka ODI pitches great preparation for tests: Warner 22 Jun 2022 - 08:39 am

Australia opener David Warner said the "extreme" spinning pitches in Sri Lanka during their one-day international series defeat provided them with the ideal...