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Sri Lanka has turned Pathum to Nissanka for rapid starts at the top. | Photo Credit: AFP Marred by early setbacks, Sri Lanka and New Zealand will fight to salvage their campaigns when they meet in a Group 2 clash of the T20 World Cup Super Eight at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. For…
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Pakistan, known for its resilience, scripted a much-needed turnaround by thumping Bangladesh by seven wickets and recorded its third victory to stay in the World Cup semifinal race at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday. Electing to bat on a dry pitch, Bangladesh did not last the 50 overs for the fourth time in its…
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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates with captain Babar Azam after taking his 100th ODI wicket during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Bangladesh in Kolkata on October 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, on October 31, became the fastest Pakistani bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets. He achieved…
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has scored only two fifties in this World Cup. His captaincy has been questioned and he has faced accusations of lacking aggression in field settings | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Pakistan’s chances of making the semifinals of the Cricket World Cup are on a knife-edge after their eight-wicket defeat to…
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Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam reacts after his team’s defeat during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan in Chennai on October 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A disappointed Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Monday admitted that his side’s bowling attack was not up to the mark after Afghanistan beat them by eight…
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Afghanistan player Rahmanullah Gurbaz and coach Jonathan Trott during a practice session ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Pakistan in Chennai. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Head coach Jonathan Trott is hopeful Afghanistan can keep their World Cup campaign alive by pulling off a win against an under-pressure Pakistan, having…
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Pakistan’s Babar Azam, Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi, during a practice session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Australia, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali exuded confidence that his side can recover from the dispiriting loss to…
Australia’s David Warner during a practice session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar A week is a long time in politics — former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is supposed to have said, referring…
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People hold up signs during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the Capitol in Washington on on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Egypt to open Gaza border to allow in 20 trucks with aid U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Egypt’s president has agreed to open a border crossing…
Last month, Tamim hit out at the Bangladesh Cricket Board after being dropped from the 50-over World Cup squad due to injury concerns. File | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe expressed his inability to address whether the absence of Tamim Iqbal is affecting the Tigers’ underperforming top-order ahead of their World Cup match…