A 69-ball 71 in the first ODI against West Indies signaled a welcome return to run-scoring form for Rishabh Pant, and he said afterwards that playing “according to the situation” was his takeaway from his time in international cricket and that “there is nothing called natural game”. The natural-game aspect has been a constant around
Ireland have ditched their planned home Test for the summer of 2020, as well as cancelling a T20I series against Afghanistan, with Warren Deutrom issuing a warning about the “financial headwinds” faced by the board since promotion to Full Member status in 2018. Bangladesh had been due to play only the second Test match in
Fast bowler Kasun Rajitha has been ruled out of the second Test against Pakistan due to a hamstring strain. Rajitha had bowled only six overs on day five in Rawalpindi, owing to the injury he had picked up during his new-ball spell. He took the wicket of Shan Masood, but was off the field for
Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Starc have achieved their career-best ICC Test rankings, breaking into the top five of the batting and bowling charts respectively. For Labuschagne, the rise has been meteoric. He is just 12 Tests old, and had an unremarkable run in the first five of those, between October 2018 and February 2019. But
Mitchell Starc is in career-best Test form and Pat Cummins is the No. 1 bowler in the world, and their efforts as part of effectively a three-man attack was outstanding in Perth. But Australia’s victory was another triumph for Nathan Lyon. Claiming the final wicket, when Tim Southee edged to slip, gave him six in
SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings set an NBA season high with 29 turnovers but still managed to overwhelm the Golden State Warriors 100-79 on Sunday night. The two teams combined for 50 turnovers and countless mental errors leaving both players and coaches on both sides searching for answers. “We made a million mistakes ourselves,”
New Zealand have been left to pick up the pieces from a heavy defeat in Perth as they aim to plot a way back into the series ahead of Boxing Day. The visitors, however, were able to take one significant success from a torrid four days in the western Australian heat after bringing a plan
Allrounder Marcus Stoinis is committed to opening the batting for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League again this season, despite the fact that the middle order appears his best avenue back into the Australian T20 side. Stoinis was left out of Australia’s T20 squad in the two series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Sydney Sixers Captain: Moises Henriques Coach: Greg Shipperd Overseas players: Tom Curran (England), James Vince (England) Full squad: Moises Henriques, Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jackson Bird, Tom Curran, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Dan Fallins, Josh Hazlewood, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, Steven Smith, James Vince. Last
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a pair of touchdown passes in a “special” 36-20 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday that likely will be the final home start of his Giants career. The game ended with Manning being pulled to a standing ovation with 1:50 remaining. As fans
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Derrick Brown of Auburn has won the Lott IMPACT Trophy given to the nation’s top defensive player who excels in both performance on the field and character off it. The senior defensive tackle received the award from Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott on Sunday night at the Pacific Club in
We were reminded again this week how the smallest of sample sizes can still effect enormous change, even when Major League Baseball is cemented in analytics, even when mathematical reason suggests that one play or one game shouldn’t dramatically sway decisions. Consider how the events over the past 10 weeks played out, improbably. On Oct.
Former four-division world titleholder Mikey Garcia used the occasion of his 32nd birthday Sunday to announce that he will return to the ring Feb. 29 to fight in the main event of a DAZN-streamed card under a deal he has made with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing. Terms of the agreement were not announced,
The signs, it has to be said, were translucent from the outset, from Gary Lineker’s introduction of cricket’s man of the moment as the “main award-winner” a full hour before the voting was due to open, to the presence at the ceremony in Aberdeen of the man himself – kept back from England’s tour of
Champions Cup organisers have launched an investigation into a mass brawl between Saracens and Munsters players on Saturday. Defending champions Saracens defeated Munster 15-6 at Allianz Park but the game was marred when almost 30 players from both sides were involved in a brawl in the second half. The European Professional Club Rugby released a
The Texans’ win put them in great shape in the AFC South, while the Eagles’ victory kept their hopes alive in the NFC East. And the Patriots, as expected, secured a playoff berth with their win. The Packers held off a late charge by the Bears, and the Chiefs got it done in the snow.
6:05 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — With their loss Sunday to the Orlando Magic, the New Orleans Pelicans set a new franchise mark of 12 consecutive losses. Things unraveled for the Pelicans in the second half, and Orlando came away with a 130-119 victory. The Pelicans had lost 11 games in a row
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have assigned underperforming second-year center Casey Mittelstadt to the minors. The demotion to Rochester of the AHL was made Sunday, a day after a 3-2 overtime loss at the New York Islanders in which Mittelstadt was a healthy scratch for the third time in four games. The 21-year-old has
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