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England New Zealand 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights: England trail
Squads: England Squad: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Ollie Pope, Daniel Lawrence, James Bracey(w), Craig Overton, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Sam Billings, Olly Stone, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Haseeb Hameed New Zealand Squad: Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(w), Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner,…
West Indies vs South Africa: West Indies hand Test debut
GROS ISLET (Saint Lucia): West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat first against South Africa on the opening day of the first match of a two-Test series in St Lucia on Thursday. West Indies gave a debut to 19-year-old fast bowler Jayden Seales, who has played just one first-class match…
Carl Froch reportedly in talks for exhibition against Roy Jones
The legendary Roy Jones Jr. may have a cruiserweight comeback in mind, but he reportedly isn’t done with the exhibition circuit. Nottinghamshire Live claims that “a deal could be finalised this week” for an exhibition match between Jones and former super middleweight champion Carl Froch. According to the Mirror, “Motorpoint Arena or the City Ground…
Preview: Roland Garros Women’s Final
Roland Garros has produced its share of surprise results and finals throughout the decades, and the women’s final set for this Saturday is apt to go down as one of the more surprising match-ups in a championship. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barbora Krejcikova have both enjoyed Cinderella runs to reach this stage, but only one of…
With 136 in Lord’s debut, Conway betters Ganguly’s long-held record
New Zealand batsman Devon Conway has broken former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s 25-year-old record of registering the highest Test score on debut at Lord’s when he went past the stylish southpaw’s 131 during the first Test against England. Conway, who is also a left-handed batsman, remained unbeaten 136 as New Zealand finished the first day…
After old tweets fiasco, Ollie Robinson takes a short break
LONDON (UK): English county Sussex on Thursday confirmed that pacer Ollie Robinson will not be a part of the team squad for the opening two Vitality Blast fixtures against Gloucestershire and Hampshire Hawks. “After a difficult week, Ollie has decided to take a short break from the game to spend time with his young family,”…
Boxing Results: Daniel Dubois destroys Bogdan Dinu ⋆ Boxing News
By William Lloyd: Daniel Dubois (16-1, 15 KOs) returned to his winning ways with an impressive second round knockout victory over the capable Bogdan Dinu (20-3, 16 KOs) on Saturday night in the main event to capture the vacant WBA interim heavyweight belt at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. The 6’5″ Dubois backed…
Veteran BCCI scorers request Ganguly to provide them with ‘retirement
They recorded thousands of runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli along with hundreds of wickets taken by Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble only to find that their own “balance sheet” makes for a dismal reading after decades of yeoman service to Indian cricket. These are BCCI accredited retired scorers. Around 17 of them…
Mohammed Siraj has shown remarkable improvement, should play WTC final:
NEW DELHI: Pacer Mohammed Siraj’s “remarkable improvement” should be rewarded with a place in the playing XI in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, reckons former India spinner Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan also says young opener Shubman Gill must get back to his groove after a cheap run against England and in the IPL…
Top Rank signs four-year deal with Sky Sports in United
According to a report from Mike Coppinger, Top Rank has just finalized a four-year deal with Sky Sports to have their cards aired live on Sky in the United Kingdom, starting with Shakur Stevenson’s upcoming fight against Jeremiah Nakathila on June 12. Most of you will remember that Sky Sports have been longtime partners with…