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Iga Swiatek admitted that there is a target on her back and she has to adjust to the high expectations and harsh criticism. She faced negativity after defeat in the Dubai Tennis Championships final. World number one Iga Swiatek admitted that there is a target on her back and she has to adjust to the…
New Zealand struck twice in quick succession but not before Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne stroked their respective half-centuries en route a 137-run stand for the second wicket. Sri Lanka headed to Tea on the opening day at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on 209 for 3, with the veteran duo of Angelo Mathews and…
Sophia Dunkley shuffled across, went down on a knee and nonchalantly sent a tossed up full delivery outside off from Shreyanka Patil sailing well over the midwicket ropes. While the world gushed over how the Gujarat Giants’ opener cleared the bigger of the two boundaries at Brabourne on Wednesday (March 8) with consummate ease, the…
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the 2022 BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award after a public vote. Chanu becomes the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after winning for the year 2021. Born in Manipur state, in north-east of India, Chanu learned to weightlift by carrying firewood. At the 2020…
The boundary ropes are a bit further in the Women’s Premier League than they were at the recent T20 World Cup, and one has to wonder how big a factor that is in the frequent 200+ scores in the tournament so far. Three of the first five matches have seen the team batting first breach…
On Friday, pitches in Nagpur and New Delhi were rated “average” by the ICC while the pitch for the Indore Test was rated “poor” by match referee Chris Broad. Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar wasn’t happy with the verdict and called it a ‘harsh’ decision. Foaming at the mouth, Gavaskar gave a cruel reminder to…
Matthew Short completed a century and gave Victoria a 128-run first innings lead before Mitchell Perry picked a four-fer, while Will Sutherland and Short picked two wickets each. New South Wales batted just 51.1 overs, getting bundled out for 130, giving Victoria a target of three runs that they got quickly to complete a 10-wicket win. Brief…
The teams move on to Chittagong for a dead rubber on Monday, teenage spin sensation Rehan Ahmed might get a chance to turn his arm over then, that’s something to look forward to, isn’t it? That was a frustrating attempt at a chase from Bangladesh, they were blown away by Sam Curran at the top…
If Women’s Premier League (WPL) could speak, those would have perhaps been its first words too. But Harmanpreet Kaur was particularly apologetic here for the hour-long delay in getting her scheduled pre-match media ritual underway. Not long after, she brought out her most candid self in a press conference, giving a lowdown on how the…
Mitchell Perry’s 4-fer bundled out New South Wales for 203 before the visitors ended Day 1 on 15 for 1. Put in to bat, the hosts lost two wickets early before they steadied their innings. However, another stutter through the middle session reduced them to 136 for 7, before Chris Green bailed them out with a fighting…