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India maintained their unbeaten streak at the 2023 World Cup with a 100-run victory in a low-scoring contest against holders England, who are facing a premature exit following their fifth defeat in six group matches on Sunday. Rohit Sharma saved India’s blushes with a captain’s knock of 87 in what initially appeared a below-par total of 229-9 on a tricky …

PUNE: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has insisted his side’s World Cup wins have been the product of sustained effort, however much they have surprised the rest of the global cricket community. Shahidi’s men have produced two of the standout displays of the 10-team tournament in India, thrashing reigning champions England by 69 runs and defeating 1992 title-winners Pakistan by eight wickets in Chennai. Now, …

KOLKATA: The Pakis­tan camp is dejected by the way the team have fared so far in the World Cup but the players are not ready to give up yet, says opener Fakhar Zaman. Heaps of criticism have been thrown towards the national side for having failed to turn up as the number one ranked ODI side were going into the …

THE Pakistan squad landed here in the city of joy on Saturday evening, with hardly enough things to be joyful about. Babar Azam and his men are languishing sixth in the World Cup points table having won just two of their six matches so far, with their chances to make the semi-finals extremely narrow. While Pakistan’s on field problems continue …

LUCKNOW: Defending champions England are feeling the heat of a lacklustre World Cup campaign but assistant coach Marcus Trescothick insisted on Saturday that they haven’t “lost faith” in the under-pressure 50-over format. England face unbeaten hosts India in Lucknow on Sunday, coming into the contest with four defeats from five matches to languish ninth in the 10-team table and with …

KOLKATA: Nether­lands captain Scott Edwards led from the front as they bounced back from a record World Cup defeat by Australia with an 87-run hammering of Bangladesh in Kolkata on Saturday. This victory was the non-Test side’s second win of the tournament after their sho­ck defeat of South Afri­ca in Dharamsala on Oct 17. The Netherlands, as was the case …

LONDON: Chelsea slumped to another damaging home defeat against Brentford on Saturday as Eddie Nketiah hit a hat-trick in a 5-0 win for unbeaten Arsenal against bottom club Sheffield United. Elsewhere, Bournemouth came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 and claim their first league victory of the season after Philip Billing netted the winner with an extraordinary lob from 40 …

CHENNAI: South African skipper Temba Bavuma admitted his team was lucky after pulling off a one-wicket win over Pakistan in a sensational finish to their World Cup match in Chennai on Friday. South Africa were well on course for a comfortable win at 206-4 after being set 271 to win but Aiden Markram’s dismissal for a brilliant 91 gave Pakistan a sniff …

The mother of Liverpool’s Colombian winger Luis Diaz was rescued from kidnappers on Saturday but a search remains on for his father, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Saturday. Petro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Diaz’s mother was rescued in Barrancas in the northern part of the country. “We continue in the search for the father,” added …

LAHORE: Pakistan conceded in the dying minutes to India as the two teams played out an absorbing 3-3 draw on the opening day of the Sultan Johor Junior Hockey Cup in Johor Bahru, Malaysia on Friday. India took the lead through Amandeep’s 30th-minute field goal but Pakistan levelled matters barely 60 seconds later as Arbaaz Ahmed converted a penalty corner. …