Sunday, 19 Jan, 2025

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Brave Batting By Fahim and Rizwan Led Pakistan Avoiding Following On

New Zealand Pakistan Boxing Day Test Played at Maunt Maunganu from December 26-30 Brief Scorecard at Stumps of Day Three   New Zealand 1st Innings 431 All Out in 155 Overs (Kane Williamson 129, BJ Watlling 73, Ross Taylor 70, Henry Nichols 56. Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/109, Yasir

Rahane and Jadeja Batted India to Divers Seat

Australia -India Border Gavaskar Vodaphone Test Series  Boxing Day Test at MCG Played 26-30 December 2020  Brief Scorecard at stumps on Day Two Australia 1st Innings 195 All Out in 73.2 Overs (Marnus Labuchagne 48, Travis Head 38, Matthew Wade 30, Jasprit Bumrah 4/56,

Advantage New Zealand at Stumps of Day Two

New Zealand Pakistan Boxing Day Test Played at Maunt Maunganu from December 26-30 Brief Scorecard at Stumps of Day Two  New Zealand 1st Innings 431 All Out in 155 Overs (Kane Williamson 129, BJ Watlling 73, Ross Taylor 70, Henry Nichols 56. Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/109, Yasir Shah

Shakib named in ICC Men’s ODI team of decade

Bangladeshi ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s ODI team of the decade. ICC on Sunday announced Men’s T20 and Test team of the decade and Women’s teams of the decade across the formats. 

Brilliant Batting Takes Lankans To A Zone Of Comfort 

Sri Lanka VS South Africa Test Series  1st Test Played at Centurion, December 26-30 ,2020 Brief Score Card at Stumps Day One Sri Lanka 340/6 (Dinesh Chandimal 85, Dhananjaya de Silva 79, Niroshan Dickwala49, Dasun Shanaka 25*, Dimukh Karunaratne 22, Wiaan Mulder 3/68)  

Pochettino wants Messi at PSG - Football Gossip

Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino wants to bring Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 33, to Paris St-Germain. Pochettino is favourite for the manager's role at the French champions after the sacking of Thomas Tuchel on Thursday. (Le Parisien - in French)

Boxing Day MCG Test 

Border Gavaskar Vodaphone Series  Brilliant Bowling and Improved Fielding Led India Winning Day One Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day One: Australia 1st Innings 195 All Out in 72.3 Overs (Marnus Labuchagne 48, Travis Head 38, Matthew Wade 30, Nathan Lyon 20, Jasprit Bumrah 4/56,

Champion Batsmen Williamson and Taylor Kept Kiwis Tweeting 

New Zealand VS Pakistan Test Series  1st Test Played at Mount Maunganui from 26 -30 December 2020  Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day One  New Zealand 1st Innings 222/3 in 87 Overs (Kane Williamson 94*,Ross Taylor 70, Henry Nicholls 42, Shaheen Shah Afridi 3/55) 

PSG rounded off 2020 with a routine 4-0 win over Strasbourg

Paris St-Germain youngster Timothee Pembele scored his first goal for the club as they beat Strasbourg to keep pace with Ligue 1 leaders Lyon. Defender Pembele, 18, opened the scoring, sweeping up a rebound from Angel Di Maria's shot to poke home. A Kylian Mbappe tap-in, a

Real move level on points with Atletico 

Goals from Casemiro and Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a win over Granada to take them level on points with leaders Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga. After a poor first half, Real took the lead when Casemiro headed in from Marco Asensio's cross from the left. Benzema sealed

Ten-man Juventus humbled by Fiorentina 

Juventus suffered their first Serie A loss of the season as their 10 men were humbled at home by Fiorentina. Juve's ex-Chelsea midfielder Juan Cuadrado was sent off for a lunge on Gaetano Castrovilli in the 18th minute. Fiorentina were already ahead by that stage after Dusan

Pakistan Salvaged Pride in Dead Rubber

Pakistan VS New Zealand T20 International Series  3rd Match Played at Napier, December 22, 2020  Brief Scorecard  Pakistan 177/6 in 19.4 Overs (Mohammad Rizwan 81, Mohammad Hafiz 41, Tim Southee 2/20, Scott Kuggeleljn 2/40) beat New Zealand 173/7(Devon Conway 63, Tim

Messi writes another chapter in Barcelona's history

The Argentine broke one of Pele's records in a 3-0 win at Real Valladolid but his link-up play with a teenage team-mate was of greater significance It was a nice moment for Barcelona. Lionel Messi surged into the area before coolly placing the ball past Jordi Masip and into the

Cristiano Ronaldo receives Golden Foot Award

Cristiano Ronaldo has received the 2020 Golden Foot Award, which is handed out by the World Champions Club to players over the age of 28 who have had a successful career.The 35-year-old was informed that he is the 2020 winner of this prize on December 1, but he has now received the

Kiwis Avalanched Pakistanis

New Zealand VS Pakistan T20 International Series 2nd T20 Match Played at Hamilton on 20 December 2020  Brief Scorecard:  New Zealand 164/1 in 19.2 Overs (Tim Seifert 84*, KS Williamson 57*) beat Pakistan 163/6 (Mohammad Hafiz 99*, Mohammad Rizwan 22, Tim Southee 4/ 21) by 9

Ronaldo scores twice as Juventus close on Milan in Serie A

Cristiano Ronaldo became only the fourth player score at least 33 Serie A goals in a calendar year by bagging a brace in Juventus' 4-0 win over Parma. The 35-year-old scored in each half as Juve cruised to a victory that moved them level on points with Inter and one adrift of

Messi equals Pele record with 643rd goal

Lionel Messi equalled Brazil legend Pele's record of 643 goals for a single club by scoring for Barcelona in Saturday's draw against Valencia. The Argentine, 33, achieved the feat with a diving header just before half-time, immediately after his penalty was saved by keeper

Kangaroos Lamb Slaughtering   

Australia VS India Test Series  1st Test: Day Night Pink Ball Test Match Concluded on Day Three (19 December): Australia 1st Innings 191 All Out in 72.1 Overs (Tim Paine 73*, Marnus Labuchagne 47, Ravichandra Ashwin 4/ 55, Umesh Yadav 3/40, Jasprit Bumra 2/52) and 2nd Innings 93/2

Australia vs India: India Post Their Lowest-Ever Total In Test Cricket

India posted their lowest-ever total in Test cricket when they managed only 36/9 in the second innings of the day-night Test in Adelaide.  Mohammed Shami was retired out for one run as India set Australia a 90-run target to win the the match. India's previous lowest total in

Kiwis Proved Way Too Strong To Struggling Pakistanis

New Zealand VS Pakistan T20 International Series  1st Match Played at Auckland 18 December 2020  Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 156/5 (Tim Seifert 57, Mark Chapman 34, Glen Phillips 23, Haris Rauf 3/29, Shahin Shah Afridi 2/27) beat Pakistan 153/9 (Shadab Khan 42, Fahim Ashraf