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Lancashire and England seamer Saqib Mahmood has signed a new two-year deal to remain with the club. The 25-year-old came through Lancashire’s academy and has since gone on to make 65 appearances in all competitions for the Red Rose. He has played 20 times for England – across all formats…

Ben Stokes has announced that he will retire from ODI cricket immediately after England play South Africa at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. Stokes was appointed as England’s Test captain earlier this year and said that playing three formats was “just unsustainable for me now” and that he felt as though he was…

Allrounder Jason Holder makes a return to West Indies’ ODI squad for the three-match series against India beginning on July 22. Holder had been rested for the recently-concluded series against Bangladesh in Guyana, which West Indies lost 3-0. Fast bowler Anderson Phillip and bowling allrounder Romario Shepherd were not included in the squad after going wicketless against…

Former West Indies captain, the wicketkeeper-batter Denesh Ramdin, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. “It is with great pleasure that I announce my retirement from international cricket,” Ramdin, who last played for West Indies in a T20I in December 2019, said on Instagram. “The past 14 years have…

Andy Murray’s grass-court season ended with defeat by Alexander Bublik in the Hall of Fame Open quarter-finals. The Briton lost 7-5 6-4 to the Kazakh in what was their fourth meeting of the season. Murray overturned an early break in the second set but Bublik won four of the final…

New Zealand sealed a 3-0 series whitewash over Ireland thanks to a dramatic one-run victory on Friday. Martin Guptil’s 115 and 79 from Henry Nicholls helped the tourists to an impressive 360-6 at Malahide. Centuries from Paul Stirling (120) and Harry Tector (108) saw the hosts go close to a…

Sri Lanka dislodged both of Pakistan’s openers in the final hour of play on day one in Galle, as the hosts fought back hard on a day that had largely belonged to the visitors. Kasun Rajitha got one to nip back in from around the wicket to trap the left-handed…

Ben Stokes will not play in England’s T20I series against South Africa or the Hundred, the ECB have announced. The news came as part of the announcement of the limited-overs squads for the upcoming three ODIs and three T20Is against South Africa, which begin next week. Stokes missed the T20I series…

Sri Lanka 1st Innings BatterHow OutBowlerRunsBalls4s6sMinsSRO Fernandoc Rizwanb Hassan3549508271.43D Karunaratneb Shaheen17001614.29Kusal Mendisc Rizwanb Yasir2135305860.00Mathewsc Naseemb Yasir01500310.00Chandimalc Yasirb Hassan7611510117666.09D de Silvab Shaheen1428203850.00Dickwellac Salmanb Shaheen44107100.00R Mendisc Rizwanb Naseem1141105026.83P Jayasuriyalbwb Nawaz3900833.33Theekshanac Rizwanb Shaheen38654110258.46Rajithanot out1232105437.50Extras3nb 0w 1b 3lb7Total(66.1 overs)222 all out BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconShaheen14.135844.09Hassan12.022321.92Naseem13.005314.08Yasir21.046623.14Nawaz6.021813.00 Fall of WicketBatter11-1 (2.6 overs)D Karunaratne60-2 (14.5 overs)Kusal Mendis60-3 (15.1 overs)O Fernando68-4 (20.5 overs)Mathews99-5 (29.3 overs)D de Silva103-6 (31.1 overs)Dickwella130-7 (42.3 overs)R Mendis133-8 (43.6 overs)P Jayasuriya177-9 (54.5 overs)Chandimal222-10 (66.1 overs)Theekshana Pakistan 1st Innings BatterHow OutBowlerRunsBalls4s6sMinsSRShafiquelbwb P Jayasuriya1347206227.66Imamlbwb Rajitha216003012.50Azharnot out33800437.89Babarnot out17001114.29Extras0nb 5w 0b 0lb5Total(18.0 overs)24-for2wickets BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconRajitha5.021112.20Theekshana9.041101.22P Jayasuriya4.03210.50 Fall of…

France breezed into the Euro 2022 quarter-finals with a game to spare by beating Belgium at Rotherham’s New York Stadium to progress as Group D winners. Corinne Diacre’s side followed up their 5-1 thrashing of Italy with another impressive attacking display that should have seen them win by a bigger…

Serena Williams will continue her comeback next month at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada. The 23-time grand slam singles champion played in her first singles tournament for a year at Wimbledon but did not commit on her future plans. However, the American, 40, has signed up to play…

Hampshire professionally secured their sixth win in nine games this season to maintain the pressure on Surrey at the top of the County Championship table. James Vince’s men needed just under two hours to claim the final Warwickshire wicket. The T20 Blast semi-finalists then knocked off the 91 required to…

West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach will return to Surrey for the rest of the County Championship season. The 34-year-old played twice this summer, taking four wickets, before suffering a hamstring injury. He has since been part of the West Indies Test side that recorded two big wins over Bangladesh, with…

Reece Topley starred with the ball as England dug in to level their one-day international series against India with a 100-run victory in the second match at Lord’s. Topley took 6-24 – the best figures for England in a men’s ODI – as the hosts expertly defended 246. The 28-year-old,…

By Akhtar Ali Khan The World Games snooker event in the United States kicks off tomorrow, July 13, with 16 players from 14 countries competing. All the players will play live pre-quarter final stage, Pakistan is being represented by Ahsan Ramzan and his first match tomorrow will be against American…

England produced a sensational, record-breaking performance to stun rivals Norway as they progressed to the knockout stages of the European Women’s Championship as group winners. The host nation broke their own tournament record to win 8-0. Norway, who are ranked 11th in the world, were outplayed, outclassed and completely stunned…

Jersey’s hopes of making the 2022 T20 World Cup are over after they lost by 23 runs to Zimbabwe in their second qualifying match in Bulawayo. The island’s bowlers and fielders impressed as they restricted the hosts – the only Test-playing nation in the competition – to 146-8, Sean Williams…

Emma Lamb’s maiden international century led England to a dominant five-wicket win over South Africa in the first one-day international at Northampton. Lamb, in her third ODI, brought up her hundred from just 91 balls as England chased 219 with 17.5 overs to spare. She added 89 for the third…

Whither the 50-over format? Or should that be wither, as far as the World Champions are concerned. On a hot and humid afternoon at the Kia Oval, not even the reunion of England’s Class of 2019 top-order could resist the extraordinary skills of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who inflicted…

Pakistan women’s national cricket team’s training camp for the tri-series in Ireland and the Commonwealth Games finishes today in Islamabad. The Bismah Maroof-led team will fly out for Belfast via Dubai in the wee hours of 12 July (Tuesday). The team will take a two-day Eid-ul-Adha break tomorrow and on…

Michael Bracewell hit a record-breaking 24 in the final over to clinch a one-wicket win for New Zealand against Ireland in the ODI opener at Malahide. The Black Caps needed 20 from the last over for victory to beat the previous best of 18 set by England against Australia in…