Tag: Cricket
England, NZ begin test series with bigger priorities ahead
Staying in the present might be easier said than done for England and New Zealand in their two-match test series starting Wednesday.
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AP Sportlight
May 30
1903 — Flocarline becomes the first filly to win...
AP Sportlight
May 28
1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a...
Jofra Archer has elbow surgery, to be evaluated in 4 weeks
LONDON — Jofra Archer has had surgery on a long-standing right elbow injury, England said Wednesday, and is unlikely to play for the national...
Cricket gear donation brings joy to migrants stuck in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Joyful cheers echoed through an asylum-seekers camp in Bosnia this week as dozens of teenagers and young men put their daily...
Australian bowlers call for end to Sandpapergate ‘innuendo’
SYDNEY — Four bowlers in the Australian cricket lineup embroiled in a 2018 cheating scandal in South Africa issued a joint statement Tuesday rejecting...
England pick uncapped Bracey, Robinson in test squad
LONDON — Gloucestershire wicketkeeper-batsman James Bracey and Sussex seam bowler Ollie Robinson were named in England's main test cricket squad for the first time...
No AB de Villiers comeback, international retirement ‘final’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — AB de Villiers won't be coming out of international retirement for the Twenty20 World Cup in India this year...
Reports: Ex-cricketer MacGill allegedly kidnapped, released
SYDNEY — Former test cricketer Stuart MacGill was allegedly kidnapped from his home in Sydney last month before being released an hour later, Australian...
India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence
NEW DELHI — India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen, and crematoriums were running...