Dominant England crush Afghanistan by nine wickets in World Cup warm-up
Opener Jason Roy smashed an unbeaten 46-ball 89, studded with 11 fours and four sixes, and Joe Root finished on 29 not out as England chased down the total with 32.3 overs to spare. After defeat to Australia in their previous warm-up game, Roy was pleased with his team?s all-round display ahead of Thursday?s World Cup opener against South ...
West Indies eye game time against Kiwis in final warm-up today
Even in that brief period, West Indies bowlers failed to impress as Proteas openers got off to a flying start. New Zealand meanwhile, registered a convincing victory over one of the tournament favourites ? India. However, the Black Caps would like a tougher challenge and according to their bowling coach Shane Jurgensen, the game against West Indies would be ...
Fakhar Zaman: Pakistan’s World Cup weapon
Fakhar Zaman was still establishing himself in the Pakistan team when Jasprit Bumrah?s no-ball in the ICC Champions Trophy final triggered his unlikely rise from navy sailor to World Cup talisman. Since then Fakhar has been the lynchpin of Pakistan?s batting and will be expected to anchor the line-up when the World Cup gets under way in England on ...
Bookmakers say Pakistan sixth favourites for World Cup
Speculators have deemed England as favourites for the World Cup with a rate of PKR 2. This rate implies a pay-off of PKR 2,000 in case an individual bets PKR 1,000 on England winning the World Cup. A PKR 1,000 bet on India winning the World Cup would fetch PKR 3,200 in case of a successful pay-out. The rate ...
Mark Wood cleared for England’s World Cup opener
England fast bowler Mark Wood has cleared the fitness test for the World Cup opener against South Africa, a team spokesman announced Monday. Wood?s injury-plagued career has been blighted by a history of repeated ankle problems but hospital scans saw the 29-year-old given the all clear for Thursday?s opening match of the World Cup, against South Africa at ...
Ruthless Australia complete warm-up with win against Sri Lanka
With David Warner rested, Usman Khawaja opened the batting alongside skipper Aaron Finch and anchored the chase with 89 off 105 balls. Sri Lanka, who have lost eight of their last nine ODIs, scored 239 for eight after opting to bat with opener Lahiru Thirimanne making 56 off 69 balls. The Finch-led squad rested Warner, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jason ...
Hafeez banks on support of Pakistani community in UK
While their preparation for this year?s World Cup has not been ideal, with a 4-0 loss for Sarfaraz Ahmed?s side to England earlier this month, Hafeez feels the support of Pakistani community in UK will lift their morale. We always feel when coming here like we?re playing at home,? Hafeez said on Monday. As a cricketer, you always want ...
Ramadan fasting helps with my conditioning: Amla
South Africa opener Hashim Amla is getting ready for one of his career?s biggest challenges ? the ICC World Cup 2019 ? in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Amla, who like any devout Muslim is fasting from sunrise to sunset through these months, credits Ramadan for improving his physical and mental approach. The opener, whose ...
England beat Afghanistan by 9 wicket in World Cup warm-up
England?s Jofra Archer celebrates taking the wicket of Afghanistan?s Rahmat Shah Archer took three wickets early on Credit: Action Images via Reuters Roy confirmed as much when he chopped the first ball for four and Jonny Bairstow needed no invitation to follow suit, cracking Dawlat Zadran for back-to-back boundaries. After missing out on a full toss, Asghar tried to ...
Johanna Konta breaks French Open hoodoo with first-round victory
Try as she might to ignore the weight of her wretched history at Roland Garros, she had to overcome nerves as well as the talented young German qualifier Antonia Lottner to eke out a 6-4, 6-4 win. ?First rounds are always tricky, especially slams,? Konta said. I?m feeling the game reasonably well and most importantly I?m not panicking.? Lauren Davis, ...
Pakistan’s WC weapon Fakhar says with great fame comes great responsibility Clarke terms Babar Azam as ‘Virat Kohli of Pakistan’
Karachi Fakhar Zaman was still establishing himself in the Pakistan team when Jasprit Bumrah?s no-ball in the Champions Trophy final triggered his unlikely rise from navy sailor to World Cup talisman. Since then Fakhar has been the lynchpin of Pakistan?s batting and will be expected to anchor the line-up when the World Cup gets under way in England on May ...
Kashan, Uzair enter into U-14 singles tennis final
Peshawar International Kashan Umar and Uzair Khan took berth into the final of the Under-14 singles category of the Nazim Peshawar Ramadan Floodlight Open Tennis Championship being played here at Synthetic Courts of the Qayyum Sports Complex on Monday. Kashan Umar, a top seeded player, recorded victory against his international rival Hamza Roman of SNGPL in the marathon three sets ...
Key Player Babar Azam
U - nless the conditions change the key players from all sides will be batsmen. Bowlers giving six runs per over seems to be the new par. The key player for Pakistan is most certainly going to be . Right now he is as good as any batsman in the world. In South Africa he hit 16 boundaries off ...
Pakistan still unpredictable
When they won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in 1992, no one expected them to run over the oppositions as they did in the final stages of the tournament. After a disastrous start against arch-rivals India, Sarfraz Ahmed-led Pakistan upped their game significantly in all departments to thump Virat Kohli?s India by 180 runs in ...
What they see
?Waqar Younis ? Pakistan are always inconsistent but if they get to the playoffs, they can beat any side in the world. ?Kumar Sngakkara Pakistan?s record in world tournaments in England is remarkable. Pakistan are strong contenders to make it to the semi-finals in the world cup.
Najia seeks govt support to establish int’l taekwondo academy
Talking to The Nation, Najia, who is also conferred with Pride of Performance last year for her outstanding contributions towards taekwondo, said she has unique honour of contesting for World Athletes Commission elections: ?I am thankful to Almighty that my selection was done for such high-profile event, where the world?s best including the Olympians were contesting. I am also ...
Wozniacki exits French Open; Nadal, Djokovic win easily
1 and last year?s Australian Open champion, lost Monday in the first round at Roland Garros 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 to 68th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova of Russia. ?Definitely wasn?t the best match I?ve ever played,? said the 13th-seeded Wozniacki, who had only 15 winners to Kudermetova?s 40. The left-hander said the arm had been bothering her for some time and during ...
Khawaja states his case with winning knock
Scorecard SRI LANKA: L Thirimanne b Lyon 56 D Karunaratne c Carey b Richardson 16 K Perera lbw b Maxwell 12 K Mendis c Lyon b Zampa 24 A Mathews c & b Smith 17 BMAJ Mendis lbw b Zampa 21 DM de Silva b Starc 43 NLTC Perera c Maxwell b Cummins 27 RAS Lakmal not out 7 TAM Siriwardana not out 4 EXTRAS: (lb 5, w 7) 12 TOTAL: (8 ...
Aqib terms India favourite for World Cup 2019
Revealing his favourite team of World Cup 2019, Aqib Javed, who is also head coach Lahore Qalandars, told www.tothesports.net that Indian team is a very well-balanced and strong side and they have very bright chances of winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 trophy.
Afghanistan swept aside by ruthless England
Scorecard AFGHANISTAN: Hazratullah Zazai c Ali b Archer 11 Noor Ali Zadran b Stokes 30 Rahmat Shah b Archer 3 Hashmatullah Shahidi run out 19 Asghar Afghan c Roy b Root10 Gulbadin Naib c Stokes b Ali 14 Najibullah Zadran run out 1 M Nabi c Bairstow b Archer 44 Rashid Khan c Stokes b Root 0 Aftab Alam c Rashid b Root 6 Dawlat Zadran not out 20 EXTRAS: (w 2) ...
