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30Mar

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Bullish Robinson predicts comfortable Ashes win for England

England’s resurgent test team can win the Ashes “comfortably” on home soil this year and make up for their 4-0 drubbing in Australia in the last series, fast bowler Ollie Robinson said. Coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes have led England to 10 wins in 12 tests since taking over early last year on the back of an aggressive style of play dubbed “Bazball”. With England enjoying such a strong run of form, Robinson saw no reason why they should not feel confident about winning the Ashes for the first time since 2015 when the series begins on June 16 at Edgbaston. “The way we’re playing cricket at the moment, we feel like we can really stick one on them and win the series comfortably,” he told British media on Wednesday. “There’s definitely a desire there still, a hunger to put it ...

30Mar

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While You Were Asleep: Barcelona and Arsenal progress to UWCL semifinals, Cirstea topples Sabalenka at Miami Open

Barcelona Femeni mauled AS Roma at the Camp Nou 5-1 to breeze into the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal with a 6-1 aggregate win over the two legs. Already one up from the away leg, Barcelona gained early lead in the home fixture, scoring via Fridolina Rolfo (2), Mapi Leon and Asisat Oshoala in the first half. Patricia Guijarro would make it five for the home team before Annamaria Serturini pulled one back for the visitors. The win marked a fifth consecutive Champions League qualification for Barca and a 19th consecutive home win in the tournament. WHAT A FANTASTIC GOAL BY MAPI LEON TO DOUBLE BARCELONA’S LEAD 🔥🔥🔥#UWCL LIVE NOW ⬇️🇬🇧 https://t.co/K32MlrUJ7g🇪🇸 https://t.co/LYFk1zXXwh🇮🇹 https://t.co/Cmz0QRiEQb pic.twitter.com/uqBOxmgIQg — DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) March 29, 2023...

29Mar

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I have been hearing this for the last 2-3 years. He will continue to play: Rohit Sharma denies IPL 2023 being MS Dhoni’s last

With every IPL season since 2020 has come the possibility of it being the last chapter of the league’s most experienced player and one of its most successful components. MS Dhoni. The former India captain, who retired from international cricket in August 2020, has continued to feature in the league since and even won his 4th title with Chennai Super Kings in 2021. With the air around the 16th edition of the league being a last dance for MSD, the current India captain Rohit Sharma believes that it won’t be. “I don’t know if it’s his last season. I have been hearing this for the last 2-3 years. He is fit enough. He is still playing. He will continue to play,” Rohit said in a pre-season press conference of Mumbai Indians. Earlier, Dhoni’s former CSK teammate, Suresh Raina had also suggeste...

29Mar

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Surya is fine. He is probably the best T20 player in the world: Rohit Sharma backs out of form Suryakumar Yadav ahead of IPL 2023

Suryakumar Yadav was India’s heart throb in the shortest format of the game last year. Not only did he score most runs for them in T20Is in 2022, he also notched up three centuries inside a span of six months to re-emphasize his importance in the T20 lineup. However, Surya walks into IPL 2023 with the low of the ODI series that was between India and Australia. The talismanic middle order batter was dismissed for a golden duck in all three of the matches and was unable to meet the bat with the ball as India lost 2-1. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma though, has backed him to deliver come the new season. “Surya is fine. Hopefully the crowd will cheer for him and he’ll get back to business. He is probably the best T20 player in the world,” Rohit said in a pre-season press conference. A...

26Mar

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WATCH: No ball or not? Early Shafali Verma wicket off a high full toss debated early in WPL final

The 2023 Women’s Premier League final got off to a fiercely contested start as Issy Wong came in to bowl the second over with Shafali Verma on strike and just the two runs on board from Nat Sciver-Brunt’s first. It started off with Shafali lofting last game’s hattrick-star for a six down long on and a slash through point for four on the second. Chaos would ensue on the third and Verma miscued a high full toss straight to the fielder at backward point. Just as the Mumbai players ran to celebrate the wicket, Shafali and her captain at the non-striker’s end, Meg Lanning called for a possible waist high no-ball. The on-field umpire’s would go upstairs for a check. The third umpire however, deemed the decision in Mumbai’s favor as the wicket stood with both Lanning and Shafali not pleased by...

26Mar

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Swiss hat trick hero takes his chance to set up winning start

Swiss striker Renato Steffen took what he saw as a last chance in the Switzerland team and scored a hat trick to ensure a winning start to their European Championship qualifying campaign on Saturday. Steffen netted his three goals in the first 29 minutes as they stormed into a half-time lead, and eventually won 5-0, away against Belarus, in a match played behind closed doors in Serbia, at the start of Group I. The 31-year-old took the place of injured Xherdan Shaqiri and made the most of his opportunity, having scored only once before in 28 international appearances. 29 – Renato Steffen scored three goals in the first 29 minutes against Belarus – it’s the earliest hat-trick in the history of the Swiss national team. Furious. pic.twitter.com/3WBo1l7MGD — OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) March 25,...

22Mar

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‘Napoli fan’ prosecutor steps aside from legal case against Juventus

One of three prosecutors accusing Italian soccer club Juventus of financial misconduct has left the case after the emergence of derogatory comments he made about the team, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. In a video shot at a legal conference in Milan in 2019, a year before the inquiry into top-flight Serie A club Juventus opened, Turin prosecutor Ciro Santoriello said: “I am a huge fan of Napoli (soccer team), I hate Juventus”. “As a soccer fan I care about Napoli, as a prosecutor I am against Juventus, against robberies on the pitch,” he added in what appears to be a light-hearted exchange. Juventus, Italy’s most successful soccer team, are based in the northwestern city of Turin. The club was relegated to Serie B in 2006 for its part in a match-fixing s...

19Mar

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I can be slightly more expensive, but that brings in all the dismissals more: Mitchell Starc after picking five wickets vs India in 2nd ODI

Mitchell Starc performed another complete takedown of the Indian top order as he picked four wickets in the powerplay, eventually bagging five in the 2nd ODI on Sunday in Visakhapatnam. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul his prime victims early in the game as the left armer seamer made the ball swing in to the right handers. “I have learnt the trade over the years,” Starc reminisced post match as he grabbed his player of the match award. “My rhythm has been good for a few weeks now. Last couple of nights, I got the ball to shape in the air and do a little bit off the wicket. Feeling in a good place, hopefully I can continue.” The 33-year-old would add more on his style of pace bowling up front that, at times, results in more runs but also brings in ‘more’ wickets....

19Mar

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India bowled out for third lowest ODI total against Australia in Visakhapatnam

Mitchell Starc once again turned out to be tormentor-in-chief as his five wicket haul blew away India for a lowly 117 against Australia in the second ODI, here on Sunday. Starc, who had three wickets in the previous game, took 5 for 53 in eight overs, including four in his first spell as India were bowled out for their third lowest total against Australia, in just 26 overs. With nip off the surface providing lot of help, Starc bowled ideal back-of the length deliveries with a couple angled across the right-handers and a few which came in after pitching. The decisive damage was done by Starc while Sean Abbott (3/23) and Nathan Ellis (2/13) then bowled hard lengths to run through the lower-middle order in what turned out to be a disastrous day for the hosts. Innings Break!#TeamIndia are ...

18Mar

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‘India can bolster their batting if Rahul can keep wickets,’ suggests Ravi Shastri for the WTC Final

Following his gritty knock off 75* off 91 deliveries in the first ODI against Australia that influenced a five wicket win, Ravi Shastri has suggested that KL Rahul might still make it to India’s World Test Championship Final XI, and with good reason. “He (KL) has really done well to keep the selectors interested ahead of the WTC final,” Shastri told Star Sports on Friday. He added, “Two things, one for the ODI series when Rohit Sharma returns and the other for the WTC final… India can bolster their batting if Rahul can keep wickets. Rahul can bat in the middle-order — No. 5 or 6. In England, you have to generally keep wickets from far behind. You don’t have to keep up to the spinners a lot. He (KL) has two more ODIs to go before the IPL. He can cement his place in that Indian team.” Rah...

16Mar

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Why Indian bowling unit can potentially derail the ODI world cup campaign

With seven months left for the ODI world cup, two of which would be consumed by the IPL, the three ODIs coming up against Australia arrives at a crucial juncture for India. Having already kick-started their preparations for the big ticket event with series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, India know exactly where they are. The upcoming three ODIs against Australia is another opportunity for Rohit Sharma & Co to come up with a blueprint that they can take to the World Cup in October-November. India are already going about it in a certain way, but it is also pertinent to look at the successful blueprint of the 2011 World Cup winning side, the last time India played the World Cup on home turf. For the time being let’s keep the batting unit aside because their aggressive approach is y...

13Mar

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‘We tried to put him (Lyon) under pressure. But I don’t think he was under any’, admits Gill after 4th IND-AUS Test ends in draw

India opener Shubman Gill, who notched up a ton in the fourth India-Australia Test in Ahmedabad, admitted that while the Indian batters tried to put the visiting side’s star off spinner Nathan Lyon under pressure, they couldn’t. “We tried to put him under pressure. But I don’t think he was under any pressure,” Gill said at the end of the fourth Test on Monday. “I think the pacers bowled well, But he doesn’t give you many areas you know. He doesn’t give you much half volleys or short balls. It is important for you to be patient and take the singles. When you’re batting it is more about the bowlers. He takes the pressure.” He further added, “To be honest, I think, on this wicket in this wicket you are not bowling in the roughs, there is nothing for the bowlers. The kept bowling in the wic...

11Mar

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IND vs AUS: Shubman Gill smacks second Test ton against in Ahmedabad Test, India in driving seat

Resuming his innings at 18, Shubman Gill notched up a hundred against Australia just ahead of Tea on the third day of the Ahmedabad Test, his second in the format. At the end of the second session, Gill stood tall at 103 off 197 with India two down at 188, trailing behind by 292 runs. The elegant right hander, who scored his second hundred in the format, would get 11 fours and a six along the way as he got to the triple figure score. Having survived a couple of close leg before wicket calls off Nathan Lyon early in the morning, one of which was only owing to him stepping down the 3m mark, Gill went on to make the most of his lifelines as he went on to reach the fifty mark off 90 deliveries. This, after India had lost Rohit Sharma early in the day after he was caught at short cover point...

10Mar

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Fit-again Wawrinka hopes to fight on after return to top 100

Three-times Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka said his niggling injury problems were finally behind him after quarter-final runs in Rotterdam and Marseille catapulted him back into the top 100 in the world rankings. Wawrinka, 37, returned to the tennis circuit in March 2022 after more than a year on the sidelines following two operations on his left foot. The Swiss veteran had said after his first-round U.S. Open exit that he was getting closer to hanging up his racket but he was a lot more optimistic after battling past Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 1-6 6-1 at Indian Wells on Thursday. “I’ve been practising good so I’m feeling physically and tennis-wise good. Happy to get the win, it’s an important match and hopefully I can keep going,” former world number three Wawrinka told reporters after hi...

28Feb

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India may simulate English conditions in Ahmedabad Test to prepare for WTC Final, hints captain Rohit Sharma

Having already retained the 2023 Border Gavaskar Trophy, India lead 2-0 in the four Test series against Australia and walk into the third in Indore as firm favorites. With that taken into account, it is a ‘possibility’ per Indian captain Rohit Sharma that the hosts try to simulate English conditions in Ahmedabad to prepare for the upcoming World Test Championship final, if they wrap up the series in Indore. “It will be a different ball game (facing Australia in England) for both teams, actually. There is definitely a possibility of that (preparing seaming conditions in Ahmedabad). We have already spoken about it. We need to get the guys ready for it,” Rohit said in the pre-match press conference. The 2021/23 WTC cycle final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7-11, right afte...

27Feb

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Richa Ghosh only Indian in ICC’s ‘Most Valuable Team’ of Women’s T20 World Cup

India’s wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh’s exploits during the side’s run to the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup here have earned her a place in ICC’s Most Valuable Team of the tournament announced on Monday. The 19-year-old wicket-keeper and middle-order batter had a couple of below-par scores against Ireland in the group stages and Australia in the semi-finals, but three unbeaten knocks — 31 not out vs Pakistan, 44 not out vs West Indies and 47 not out vs England — saw her end the tournament with 136 runs. Four players from Australia, who lifted the trophy for a record-extending sixth time, figure in the XI. They are wicketkeeper-opener Alyssa Healy, who scored 189 runs at 47.25 and effected four dismissals, all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner, who scored 110 runs at 36.66 and grabb...

27Feb

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Klinsmann named South Korea head coach

Juergen Klinsmann has been named head coach of South Korea, the country’s football association said on Monday. Former Germany coach Klinsmann replaced Paulo Bento, who stepped down following South Korea’s defeat by Brazil in the World Cup last 16 in December. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Klinsmann had signed a contract until the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico. “I know that the Korean national team has been improving and achieving results over a long period of time,” Klinsmann said in a statement. “I am honoured to follow in the footsteps of the great coaches who have led the Korean national team, from Gus Hiddink to my predecessor, Paulo Bento. I look forward to doing my utmost to help the team achieve success at the upcoming Asia...

26Feb

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Messi scores 700th club goal, Mbappe crosses 200 for PSG in 3-0 win over Marseille in Le Classique

Lionel Andres Messi is a cheat code. Even at 35. Breaking records and crossing gargantuan football milestones for a living. Just like he did on Sunday night in Le Classique against Marseille. As Paris Saint Germain bested their arch rivals 3-0 away at Stade Velodrome, the Argentine World Cup winning captain scored what was his 700th club football goal. Messi’s tap in off a Kylian Mbappe cross from the left, which double the advantage for the visitors in the first half marked his 28th goal for PSG, aside from another 672 for FC Barcelona. These, in 840 appearances, making for a goal every 1.2 matches. The left footed maestro also registered two assists on the night, both of which were scored by his attacking partner up front. PSG took the lead in the 25th minute, breaking off a counter w...

24Feb

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Sri Lanka select uncapped players Nishan Madushka and Milan Rathnayake for the Tests against New Zealand

Sri Lanka has selected uncapped players Nishan Madushka and Milan Rathnayake in the 17-man squad for the two-match Test series against New Zealand starting in March. Chamika Karunaratne and Lahiru Kumara who have been out of the squad have also made their comebacks. Sri Lanka have last toured New Zealand in 2019. The series ended in a 1-1 draw after the visitors defeated New Zealand in the first Test. 17-member Sri Lanka Test squad announced for New Zealand Tour 2023. #NZvSL pic.twitter.com/yC8QSCGSJq — Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) February 24, 2023 New Zealand has not been in good form in recent times in the longer format they haven’t won the last two home Test series against Bangladesh and South Africa. In the ongoing two-match Test series against England, they lost the first ...

22Feb

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Women’s T20 World Cup: India face ultimate test against Australia in semifinals

Here they are. The semifinals, a stage where many expected India to be at the start of the Women’s T20 World Cup, and facing an opposition that many fear would eventually end their run – Australia. If there was any script, it has been followed to the T with a bit of course correction here and there. But largely, India’s campaign has panned out exactly the way the team didn’t want it to. Given the format of the T20 World Cup, reaching the semifinals was always a given for India. In a 10-team tournament involving two groups of five each, all it needed was three wins to get this far and given the squad at their disposal, they managed it successfully beating Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland. Had they defeated England, they could have avoided facing Australia in the semifinals, but that mat...