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Cricket fans were left shell-shocked after the International Cricket Council on Tuesday unveiled its list of nominees for the Men’s Test Player of the Year 2021 award as no Pakistani player was named in the list. Netizens flooded the internet to share their concerns over the ICC’s nominees. Raising questions over the list, sports journalist… Continue reading No Pakistani player: Questions raised over ICC Test Player of the Year nominations

MELBOURNE: A relentless Australia spearheaded by debutant Scott Boland skittled England for an embarrassing 68 on Tuesday to win the third Test by an innings and 14 runs and retain the Ashes with two matches still to play. The tourists resumed in Melbourne on 31 for four, still 51 runs behind, after a disastrous final… Continue reading Australia retain Ashes after crushing humiliated England

MELBOURNE: England’s skipper Joe Root failed to break the record of Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf of most runs in a calendar year, ending 2021 with the third-most Test runs in history. His dismissal on day three of the third Test in Melbourne for 28 left him with 1,708 runs for the year, at an average of… Continue reading Joe Root fails to break Mohammad Yousuf’s Test record

Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer Tuesday took a jibe at former England skipper Michael Vaughan after the English team was bowled out for 68 on the third day of the Melbourne Test, handing a 3-0 victory to Australia in five-match Ashes series. The Joe Root side failed to live up to the expectations in the… Continue reading Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer mocks Michael Vaughan after England’s rout in Ashes

LONDON: The Premier League has revealed a record 103 players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus in the period from December 20 to 26. That surpassed the total a week earlier, when the English top-flight hit a new high since testing began in 2020 with 90 positive cases. So far in December, 15 Premier… Continue reading Premier League hit by record 103 COVID-19 cases