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Ross Taylor claimed the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for excelling across formats, while Tim Southee was recognised as the top Test player of the year at the annual New Zealand Cricket Awards. Taylor accumulated 1,389 runs across formats to…
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ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar has responded to a legal notice sent to him by Pakistan Cricket Board's legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi. "I've received a notice from Tafazzul Rizvi which is based on lies & fabrications.…
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AFP. LONDON: Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes bringing football back, even behind closed doors, would be a much-needed morale boost for fans starved of action during the coronavirus crisis. No Premier League games have been…
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Australia have moved to the top of the Test and T20I rankings for men while England continue to lead the men’s ODI rankings after the annual update carried out on Friday, which eliminates results from 2016-17. In the latest update, that…
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has strongly reacted to Shoaib Akhtar’s public comments about its legal advisor. In a statement on Wednesday, PCB said that it was disappointed with Shoaib Akhtar’s poor choice of words while…
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Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, would be “scrapped” if they could not take place then, according to an interview published on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee and the…
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated former Pakistan captain Sana Mir for an excellent career that saw her play 226 international matches, including 137 as captain. Sana, who was the first female bowler from Pakistan…
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LAHORE: Noted cricket commentator and former cricketer Ramiz Raja has called for the government to pass legislation to combat the scourge of match fixing. His demand came shortly after Pakistan Cricket Board banned Umar Akmal from all…
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Pakistan's senior batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for three years on charges of corruption. According to a press release issued by the PCB, Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, Mr Justice (retired)…
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Rafael Nadal said on Sunday that he was "very pessimistic" over a full resumption of the professional tennis circuit which has been halted by the coronavirus pandemic. "From my point of view, I'm very pessimistic that the circuit can…
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Cricket greats, including Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, will hold online sessions with current and emerging red and white-ball cricketers to help them remain focused and make optimum use of their time in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown.…
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LAHORE: Sana Mir, the former Pakistan captain, has called time on her illustrious international career. Mir, 34, represented Pakistan in 226 internationals since her debut in 2005, and has been captain in 137 of them. In a…
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Former Pakistan fast bowler, dubbed as the Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar responded to Australian quickie Brett Lee praising him recently on the Kapil Sharma Show. In a clip that went viral on social media, Lee tells Sharma about a…
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Cricket has seen international series postponed, the Indian Premier League put on hold and the T20 World Cup in Australia thrown into doubt by the coronavirus pandemic. Here, AFP Sport takes a look at what could happen next for cricket in…
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Ben Stokes has ended Virat Kohli's three-year reign as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world after playing a starring role in England's World Cup win last year. The 2020 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, published on Thursday, crowns the…
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