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The Pakistan cricket team is not “comfortable” playing some of the participating teams at specific venues during the ODI World Cup in India, including Afghanistan in Chennai and Australia in Bengaluru. The deadlock over the Asia Cup staging has ended and now Pakistan are expected to travel to India for the World Cup in October-November.

Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with both bat and ball as the Ashes-holders had the better of a rain-marred third day in the first Test against England in Birmingham on Sunday. The lower-order batsman made a useful 38 in a total of 386 that left Australia just seven runs behind on first innings. And the

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma spotted at Krishna Das’ ‘kirtan’ in London.© Twitter India batter Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma are spending some quality time in London. The married couple — who have a daughter named Vamika — was spotted at Krishna Das’ ‘kirtan’ in the capital city of England. Videos and pictures

Former England Captain Nasser Hussain thinks that the Ben Stokes-led side was a little “sloppy” in the last session of the second day of the Ashes Test match against Australia at the Edgbaston here on Saturday. Usman Khawaja’s 126 (279)* and Alex Carey’s 52(80)* helped Australia to reach 311/5 in 94 overs on Day 2nd

Usman Khawaja ended his decade-long wait for a maiden Test hundred in England as he led an Australia recovery in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. Australia were struggling at 67-3 after Stuart Broad struck twice in two balls to remove David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne before England captain Ben Stokes captured the prize wicket of star

Australia are fresh from being crowned the world Test champions.© AFP Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin feels that England’s wish of playing on flat and fast wickets for the five-match Ashes series could backfire. With the first Test set to begin on Friday, June 16, England captain Ben Stokes declared he wanted “fast, flat wickets”

One-off Test, Day 4 Live: Afghanistan lost two quick wickets Friday before stumps.© AFP BAN vs AFG, One-off Test, Day 4 Live: With Afghanistan still needing a mammoth 617 runs to win, Bangladesh sit firmly on the driver’s seat, heading into Day 4 of this one-off Test in Mirpur. Afghanistan lost two quick wickets Friday before

Joe Root ended his Ashes century-drought as England made 393-8 before skipper Ben Stokes’s bold declaration on the opening day of the first Test against Australia at Edgbaston on Friday. England were in danger of squandering the advantage of winning the toss on a good pitch as they fell to 176-5 after losing two wickets

1st Ashes Test Live: England will look to avenge their 4-0 defeat last year.© AFP ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 1 Live Updates: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the first Test of the five-match series at Edgbaston in Birmingham. With their ultra-aggressive brand of cricket,

The first Ashes Test will begin later on Friday at Edgbaston.© Twitter England and Australia will renew their rivalry with a five-match Ashes series, starting later on Friday. The first Test will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval are the other venues for one of cricket’s biggest

File photo of Chetan Sharma© Twitter Former India chairman of selector Chetan Sharma chaired the North Zone meeting for the team selection ahead of Duleep Trophy, according to media reports on Thursday. Sharma stepped down from his role earlier in 2023 amidst controversial circumstances but he was back in the role of selector. The meeting

Virat Kohli (L) and Naveen-ul-Haq during IPL 2023© Twitter The on-field spat between Naveen-ul-Haq and Virat Kohli during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 grabbed headlines for quite some time. Experts had their own opinions about what happened during the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore while fans tried to find some

England face Australia in the first Test of the five-match Ashes series starting at Edgbaston on Friday. Australia are aiming to retain the urn, while England hope to win the Ashes for the first time since 2015. AFP Sport looks at three key battles that will help decide the series. Broad v Warner As two

Ben Foakes made 124, while Dom Sibley finished on 140 from 415 balls.© Twitter Surrey recorded the English County Championship’s highest run chase in 98 years as they scored 501 to beat Kent by five wickets at Canterbury on Wednesday. Former England batter Dom Sibley scored the competition’s slowest-ever century as he steered the visitors

India Test team in action© AFP India will begin the 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with the upcoming tour to the West Indies in July and over the next two-year period will play some high-profile bilateral series against Australia and England among others. India will travel to West Indies next month to play

Can England regain the Ashes playing their ultra-aggressive “Bazball” brand of cricket or will they come unstuck against battle-hardened Australia? The answer will come over the coming weeks, starting with the first Test of a hotly anticipated five-match series at Edgbaston on Friday. England have forced the rest of the world to sit up and

File photo of Babar Azam.© AFP Pakistan skipper Babar Azam tops the list ahead of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith with the highest batting average at the number four batting spot in the Test format after playing a minimum number of 15 innings. Babar has a phenomenal average of 69.10 after playing 20 innings. During

The Indian cricket team once again failed to perform when it mattered the most, with Australia emerging triumphant by 209 runs in the ICC World Test Championship final. Be it the bowling unit or the batting unit, the players hardly managed to create an impact. India head coach Rahul Dravid understandably had to answer some