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LUCKNOW: Dilshan Madushanka and Kasun Rajitha claimed four wickets each to help Sri Lanka book the Netherlands at 262 despite Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek’s gutsy half-centuries in the ICC World Cup 2023 at BRSABV Ekana cricket stadium. Netherlands entered this match with momentum from their 38-run victory over South Africa and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka, who …

LAHORE: Saad Baig will continue to captain the Pakistan U-19 side against their Sri Lankan counterpart in the five-match one-day series to be played in Karachi from Oct 22 to Oct 31. Pakistan comprehensively defeated Sri Lanka by nine wickets on Tuesday in their one-off four-day match at National Bank Stadium in Karachi with a day to spare. The head …

ISLAMABAD: Pakist­a­­ni cricket fans are turning to OTT streaming platforms to view World Cup matches, a significant move in a market still dominated by cable broadcast, according to experts and data analysis. The OTT or over-the-top platforms provide live or on-demand video streaming services across multiple devices. This shift in content consumption habits is also reflected in the latest rankings …

SCORES of people were queued by the ticket sales counters all around the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here, but there were hardly any available for the city’s opening fixture of the ongoing World Cup between Pakistan and Australia. Many were just clueless and requested accredited personnel busy with the match-day preparations to do some jugaad for free passes or any other …

TOKYO: Defending champion Taylor Fritz said he could not cope with an “incredible” turnaround from world number 215 Shintaro Mochizuki as he crashed out of the Japan Open with a stunning second round loss on Thursday. Top-seed Fritz, the highest-ranked American in the world at number 10, lost 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to the Japanese wild card, who went into …

SAO PAULO: Football superstar Neymar will undergo surgery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee during a World Cup qualifier against Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Wednesday, an injury that is expected to sideline the forward for several months. The 31-year-old went down after tussling for the ball with Uruguay’s Nicolas de …

THE hurt of losing to arch-rivals India is deep, regardless of when, or how it happens. It sometimes makes the fans, and also the players forget the great things they might have done preceding the high-voltage fixture. In the case of the ongoing World Cup, Pakistan’s seven-wicket drubbing by the hosts has blurred the side’s blistering chase — the highest in the …

David Warner and Mitchell Marsh both made half-centuries as Australia’s opening pair pummelled Pakistan in their World Cup clash at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Warner reached his 50 off 39 balls with five fours and three sixes while Marsh made his half-century from 40 balls, hitting eight fours and two sixes. By the end of the …

Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner took his 100th one-day international wicket in the ICC World Cup 2023 victory over Afghanistan but admitted it will be a “tough challenge” to even get within touching distance of New Zealand record holder Daniel Vettori. Fellow spinner Vettori, who retired after the 2015 World Cup final, ended his career with 297 ODI wickets for New …

PUNE: Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the 17th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Bangladesh Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam India Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, …