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NEW DELHI: This year’s World Test Champion­ship (WTC) final will again be a party without hosts, leaving England fans wishing their team’s ‘Bazball’ revolution had been sparked a little earlier. Two years after losing to New Zealand in the inaugural WTC final in Southampton, India are on the verge of sealing a spot in June’s title decider at The Oval. …

MELBOURNE: Austra­lia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the India Test series after suffering a concussion and a fracture in his elbow in the second match in New Delhi, the team said on Tuesday. Warner is the latest of the Australian squad to head home from the subcontinent, with paceman Josh Hazlewood ruled out with …

BARCELONA: Former Barcelona and Brazil star Dani Alves will remain in custody pending his trial for allegedly raping a woman as he is considered a high flight risk, the Provincial Court of Barcelona decided on Tuesday. “There is an elevated risk of absconding, linked on the one hand to the high sentence that could be imposed because of the present …

Quetta Gladiators had their moments. They fought to win battles, but the war went to Peshawar Zalmi’s name at the end in their HBL Pakistan Super League match at Karachi’s National Stadium on Monday. Coming into the match after beating Karachi Kings previously, Quetta had managed to post a competitive target of 155 against Peshawar Zalmi — reeling from their forgettable defeat …

SYDNEY: Former Australian cricket captains Allan Border and Michael Clarke on Monday denounced the team’s batting performance against India, calling the second innings collapse “panicky” and ill-executed. Spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja took 7-42 as he tore through Australia’s batting in the second Test in Delhi on Sunday to enable India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. …

GQEBERHA: Smriti Mandhana hit a career-best 87 as India beat Ireland in a rain-affected match in Gqeberha on Monday to book a semi-final meeting with Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. Replying to India’s imposing 155 for six, Ireland 54 for two when rain ended play, handing India a rain-adjusted five-run win. A strong, swirling wind made conditions …

LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker government on Monday reviewed security arrangements for Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches to be played in Lahore and Rawalpindi. A meeting presided over by caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviewed the security arrangements made for the PSL matches in the two cities, directing the authorities concerned to link the Rawalpindi cameras with Lahore’s Safe Cities Authority …

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Injured fast bowler Kyle Jamieson was on Monday ruled out of cricket for a lengthy spell in another blow for New Zealand following their 267-run first Test drubbing by England. Coach Gary Stead confirmed that Jamieson had been diagnosed with a back stress fracture and will undergo surgery this week, with a minimum recovery time of four months. …

The capacity crowd at Karachi’s National Stadium was flashing their mobile phone torches from the stands towards the playing field. The lights seemed to blind the Lahore Qalandars’ batters, who fell one after the other, getting close to an eventual 67-run defeat on Sunday. For hosts Karachi Kings, the lights seemed to be those that would illuminate their prospects at …

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: England’s “Bazball” revolution continued apace on Sunday when the tourists wrapped up a thumping 267-run victory over New Zealand in the opening session of the fourth day of the first Test here at the Bay Oval on Sunday. Only Daryl Mitchell of the last five Black Caps batsmen could offer any real resistance as they folded to 126 …