Cricket

Pace bowler Jofra Archer has been named in England’s Test squad for the first time for the Ashes opener against Australia at Edgbaston.The 24-year-old, who took 20 wickets in England’s World Cup-winning campaign, claimed...

AP, London :Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad took all 10 wickets to give England a 143-run victory over Ireland at Lord’s on Friday in the first test match between the teams.Ireland, chasing 182 to...

Agency :Matthew Wade has been named in Australia’s 17-man Ashes squad, continuing a remarkable career turnaround for the Tasmanian. Cameron Bancroft returns to the Test side, as does pacer James Pattinson, who last featured...

Agency :Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has announced his retirement from Test cricket in a bid to concentrate on his white-ball future.“It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional...

Agency :Yuvraj Singh was expected to light up the Global T20 Canada league when it was announced that he would be turning out for the Toronto Nationals, yet his tournament debut on Thursday was...

Agency :Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson is set to send in his application for the position of head coach of the Indian team. The last date to submit applications is July 30 with...

Agency :Rishabh Pant believes that replacing MS Dhoni in the Indian cricket team as the first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman is a challenging task but he is ready for the challenge ahead.“I know those are big shoes...

The new maturity of World Cup hero Ben Stokes poses the biggest threat to Australia’s Ashes bid, said Ricky Ponting, who compared him to Andrew Flintoff as the “real heartbeat” of the England team.Stokes...

Bangladesh stand-in captain Tamim Iqbal stressed the need to win the first ODI match against Sri Lanka to begin the three-match ODI series in a perfect manner, as they want to quell the World...

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga hailed Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as “always special” for Bangladesh and insisted that the lanky fast bowler has the ability to give the country a service for some more...

Bangladesh interim coach Khaled Mahmud Sujon hailed the team to gain a psychological edge ahead of their three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by winning the only warm-up game over Sri Lanka Board President’s...