Topic: South Asia
Shahid Afridi grabbed five wickets for 23 runs and then kept his cool in a batting crisis as Pakistan overcame Bangladesh by five wickets in the first one-dayer in Dhaka on Thursday.The leg-spinner ripped through the Bangladesh line-up as the hosts were ...
Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a "vigilance and security division" to fight corruption in the game, a month after three top players were convicted of spot-fixing.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been criticised for failing to combat graft, highlighted by ...
Sri Lanka's sports minister has told the nation's cricket team to start talking to each other to help end their losing streak, saying a lack of communication was the main problem in the squad.Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage met the players, selectors and ...
Rohit Sharma hit a responsible 72 under pressure as India survived a top-order collapse to post a thrilling one-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening one-dayer on Tuesday.India were reeling at 59-5 following Kemar Roach's three-wicket burst and Andre Russell's ...
Resurgent Pakistan continued their winning form to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in a low-scoring Twenty20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.Misbah-ul-Haq's men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates, where they won ...
Former Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram on Tuesday urged the nation's cricket authorities to appoint a single head coach rather than three separate ones for bowling, batting and fielding.Pakistan have been on hunt for a national team coach since Waqar Younis quit the ...
World champions India will count on their young stars to deliver when they take on fast-improving West Indies in a one-day series starting in Cuttack on Tuesday.The hosts have rested batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the five-match ...
Misbah-ul-Haq's Pakistan will look to continue their recent winning form when they open the tour of Bangladesh with a Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday.The three-week visit, which also comprises three one-day internationals and two Tests, is Pakistan's first full tour of ...
Cricket star Yuvraj Singh has been battling a golf-ball sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during India's triumphant World Cup campaign, his family revealed on Sunday.Yuvraj, 29, who was declared the man of the tournament after the World Cup win ...
Indian spinners Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin plotted a sensational West Indies collapse before the third and final Test ended in a thrilling draw with scores level on the last day on Saturday.Left-arm spinner Ojha finished with 6-47 and off-spinner Ashwin with ...
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