HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Justin Verlander has made quite the name for himself over his nearly twenty seasons in the MLB, but he’s not the only Verlander making waves these days. Justin’s younger brother, Ben Verlander, has a blossoming media career aimed at spreading his love and excitement for baseball. “This game is very exciting. It’s great,” Ben said. Ben Verlander …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Philadelphia Phillies made the improbable happen in Game 1 against the Houston Astros. After going down 5-0 in the third inning, largely due to two home runs by Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker, the Phillies buckled down and clawed their way back, tying it up on a J.T. Realmuto double in the fifth. Neither team was able to score for the remaining four innings, although …

KARACHI: All-rounder Aamer Yamin took his ninth first-class five-wicket haul to help Central Punjab bowl out Sindh for a paltry 188 at Rawalpindi’s Pindi Cricket Stadium as the sixth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy got underway on Thursday. The all-rounder, with his right-arm pace, bagged the prize wickets of Pakistan Test players Fawad Alam and Sarfaraz Ahmed and also dismissed …

PAKISTAN have only themselves to blame after their shocking failure to chase 131 runs against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe bowled and fielded out of their skins to claim a famous one run victory at Perth as Pakistan’s batsmen melted under the pressure to return one of the country’s more embarrassing defeats in international tournaments. In a sad twist of fate, the result once more …

DOHA: Qatar’s World Cup organisers on Thursday hit back at criticism of the Gulf state’s rights record by the Australian football team, insisting that “no country is perfect”. In response to the Australian call for better treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ community, a World Cup spokesperson said imposing “robust” labour laws had also been a “challenge” for Australia. …

MELBOURNE: Once promising a clash of favourites, the Super 12 showdown between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday now appears more of a desperate battle for survival for two humbled teams. Australia, thrashed by New Zealand in their opener, have looked a shadow of the side that triumphed in the United Arab Emirates last year, with captain Aaron …

Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe in their T20 World Cup match on Thursday by a single run — and might we say that the activation of the curse of Pak Bean was at play? What was considered to be an otherwise easy win, especially compared to the blood rush of a match with India on Sunday, turned into another loss. Zimbabweans had warned us of …

Captain Babar Azam defended his decision to play an extra fast bowler in Thursday’s shock Twenty20 World Cup defeat by Zimbabwe but said the 2009 champions were not up to the mark in all departments after their campaign was left in tatters. Paceman Mohammad Wasim’s inclusion at the expense of batter Asif Ali looked to have paid off initially after he claimed …

Where cricket is concerned, emotions run very high but sometimes people forget that players are take defeat to heart just as much as their fans. Supporters are quick to console when they see a player negatively affected though, which is what happened after a video of Shadab Khan allegedly crying started circulating on social media. On Thursday, Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe, a …