Composed Miller guides South Africa to four-wicket win over Netherlands
New York: David Miller made a mind-over-matter fifty on a tough pitch as South Africa survived some anxious moments to beat their bogey team Netherlands by four wickets in the T20 World Cup here on Saturday. This was South Africa’s second consecutive win as they had defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in their opening […]
Indian women go down 2-4 to Germany, suffer seventh consecutive loss in FIH Pro League
London: The Indian women’s hockey team could not break its sequence of half-a-dozen consecutive losses in the FIH Pro League, losing to Germany 2-4, its seventh consecutive defeat in the tournament here on Saturday. The Indians squandered a two-goal advantage when Sunelita Toppo and Deepika scored excellent field goals in the opening quarter to give […]
Focussed on our own skills rather than opposition: Rashid Khan
Georgetown (Guyana), Jun 8 (PTI) Rashid Khan always wanted his teammates to have faith in their own abilities instead of fretting over their opposition’s strengths and he was ecstatic that it’s exactly what they did during Afghanistan’s memorable 84-run victory over New Zealand in the T20 World Cup game here. Defending 159, Afghanistan shot out […]
Coding to cricket: Saurabh Netravalkar aces all pitches
Mumbai: Day job of a software engineer in Oracle, developed his own cricket app, adept at playing Ukulele, a decent singer and yes, also a game-changing pacer for T20 World Cup debutants USA — if winning in life had a face, it could well be Saurabh Netravalkar. The 32-year-old, who played for India in the […]
Scotland beats Namibia by 5 wickets
Bridgetown (Barbados): Scotland moved atop Group B with a five-wicket win over Namibia. Namibia posted 155-9 and Scotland reached its winning total with nine balls remaining. Captain Richie Berrington made an unbeaten 47 from 35 balls and shared a 74-run fifth-wicket partnership with Michael Leask (35 from 17) which steered Scotland to its first win […]
England eye improved bowling effort to halt formidable Aussies; SA face Netherlands
Bridgetown (Barbados): Defending champions England will look to restitch their T20 World Cup campaign through an improved bowling effort when they face ‘old’ rival Australia in a Group B match here on Saturday. England’s opening game against Scotland was rained off after the latter made 90 for no loss in 10 overs, forcing the teams […]
Rohit unsure about what to expect from Nassau track; Bumrah has no complaints
New York: India captain Rohit Sharma has been left flummoxed by the disconcerting bounce on offer at the Nassau County ground’s drop-in track but his pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was glad to find conditions that favoured bowlers ahead of the marquee T20 World Cup game against Pakistan here on Sunday. Rohit scored 52 off 37 […]
All-round Stoinis stars in Australia’s comprehensive 39-run win against Oman in T20 World Cup
Bridgetown (Barbados): Marcus Stoinis smacked a quick-fire unbeaten half-century and claimed three wickets as Australia began their T20 World Cup campaign with a comprehensive 39-run victory against Oman at the Kensington Oval on Thursday. Stoinis helped Australia recover from a top-order slide with a brutal unbeaten 67-run knock off 36 balls to help them post […]
Uganda score hard-fought win against PNG in T20 World Cup
Providence (Guyana): Uganda secured its first victory in a T20 World Cup match in a low-scoring thriller against Papua New Guinea at the Providence Stadium here. Uganda dismissed Papua New Guinea for 77 on Wednesday but had to work extra hard for their three-wicket victory, losing its first three wickets by the start of the […]
CS meets Paralympian Amir Ahmed; star Footballers of J&K
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Duloo, today met Amir Ahmad Bhat, who is going to partake in the Pistol Shooting competition at the Paralympics, going to be held in Paris at the end of August. Amir is the first athlete from Kashmir to compete in the Paralympics. The Chief Secretary appreciated Amir for his unique talent […]
