Auckland: Former New Zealand spinner John Bracewell believes charismatic batter Devon Conway has caught the “Kane Williamson bug” to keep learning from past mistakes and making rapid improvements in his batting technique. Conway, a late entrant into the New Zealand setup at 29, took the cricketing world by storm by smashing a double hundred on Test…
Bangkok: India’s Kiran George continued his good run as he cruised into the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament, beating world number 26 China’s Weng Hong Yang in straight games here on Thursday. Kiran, the world number 59, took 39 minutes to beat his higher ranked Chinese opponent 21-11, 21-19 in the men’s singles…
New Delhi: The great Matthew Hayden reckons India’s title drought in ICC events in the past decade has to come down to the players’ mindset as skill was never an issue and has advised them to “forget about the outcome” going into the World Test Championship final against Australia. India’s last ICC title came under the…
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to state’s football infrastructure, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated three state-of-art training Centres in Bhubaneswar ahead of the upcoming Intercontinental Cup. Developed at a cost of Rs 90 lakh, the three centres — Odisha Football Academy, Bhubaneswar Football Academy and Capital Arena Football — features a total of…
London:The England men’s cricket team’s Test summer got off to a difficult start after the team bus was briefly held up on its way to Lord’s by Just Stop Oil protesters. Jonny Bairstow, one of the 11 players selected to face Ireland in a one-off Test that begins on Thursday, posted a photo on his…
London: Captain Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday said that India can bounce despite back-to-back defeats if the team converts the goal-scoring chances and maintains structure in its coming games in the men’s FIH Hockey Pro League. India, who had come to Europe as table toppers, lost 1-2 to Olympic champions Belgium in their first match and…
Bhubaneswar: Super Cup champions Odisha FC on Wednesday announced the signing of Moroccan midfield dynamo Ahmed Jahouh, an Indian Super League title and Shield winner. The Moroccan has been signed on a two-year contract, the club said in a press release. “The club is excited to welcome Jahouh to the squad and wishes him the very…
Portsmouth: The Indian cricket team is focussing on building workload for the bowlers, who had an extensive run in the IPL, ahead of the World Test Championship final against Australia starting on June 7 at The Oval. In the bowling department, while the likes of Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat and Umesh Yadav…
New Delhi: Former India selector Sarandeep Singh says picking K S Bharat over Ishan Kishan as the wicketkeeper for the World Test Championship final against Australia is a no brainer and he would also choose Umesh Yadav over Shardul Thakur in the playing eleven. In the absence of the injured Rishabh Pant, Kishan, who is yet…
Karachi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman and CEO are in Lahore to seek guarantees from the PCB that it will not push for implementing a hybrid model for its matches in the ODI World Cup in India later this year. Insiders confirmed to PTI that ICC chairman Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice have specifically…
