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LONDON: Ben Stokes returns as captain for England’s three-Test tour of Pakistan next month while Brydon Carse could make his debut just weeks after completing a ban for breaches of betting rules. Stokes will skipper the side after missing the 2-1 home series win against Sri Lanka with a hamstring injury. Opener Zak Crawley is … Read more
Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam (left) and Mohammad Rizwan move forward to hug in T20 World Cup 2021. — ICC LAHORE: Amid captaincy crisis in Pakistan cricket team, wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has emerged as the hot contender for the post of captaincy, initially for the white ball cricket only. Sources told Geo News that Babar’s … Read more
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Australia due to a right calf injury, raising doubts about his availability for the Metro Bank ODI series later this month. In Jos’s absence, Lancashire’s Phil Salt, who captained the Manchester Originals in The Hundred, has been appointed as the … Read more
Pakistan’s struggles in home Test matches continue, with six losses out of their last ten games since 2021, while the other four ended in draws. Their last win on home soil came against South Africa in February 2021. Under current captain Shan Masood, the team has yet to secure a victory, with his tenure beginning … Read more
Listen to article ROME: Italian prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of the superyacht that sank off Sicily last week in a storm, killing British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people, a judicial source said on Monday. James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, the source said, … Read more
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan attends a practice session at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on August 15, 2024, ahead of the first Test against Pakistan. — AFP RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh’s captain on Tuesday was confident that ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will compete at his best in a Test against Pakistan this week, after protests … Read more
The match will give Saud the chance to validate the selectors’ decision to appoint him as Pakistan’s vice-captain, while also providing some senior players with an opportunity to warm up for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh, set to begin later this month. Saud will captain a squad that includes former Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed … Read more
Tim Blake Nelson is about to shoot a “spectacular” Western “Shoot” in Spain, directed by Guillermo Navarro. Guillermo Del Toro’s regular cinematographer, he already won an Academy Award for “Pan’s Labyrinth.” “We have a great cast and a script written by British writer Ian Wilson. Westerns change, reflecting a cultural moment when it’s made. ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Power of … Read more