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Adelaide: Australia posted 168 for eight against Afghanistan in a crucial T20 World Cup game here Friday. Glenn Maxwell (54 not out off 32 balls) and Mitchell Marsh (45 off 30 balls) did bulk of the scoring after Australia were invited to bat. For Afghanistan,...

Adelaide: Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to field against Australia in a T20 World Cup game here Friday. Australia made three changes. Regular skipper Aaron Finch has been ruled out of the game with a hamstring injury and wicketkeeper Matthew Wade...

Adelaide: Kane Williamson got into the groove with a 35-ball 61 before the spinners foxed Ireland batters with their guile as New Zealand put one foot in the T20 World Cup semifinals with a 35-run win, here Friday. New Zealand were on course for a...

New Delhi: Edtech major BYJU's has roped in football star Lionel "Leo" Messi as the first global brand ambassador of its social impact arm Education For All, the company said Friday. Messi, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentinian football team, has signed...

Dubai: Batting maestro Virat Kohli, along with the Asia Cup winning duo of Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma, were Thursday nominated for the ICC 'Player of the Month' award in the men's and women categories, respectively. The nominations are for the month of October. While...

Lahore: Pakistan women's cricket team captain Bismah Maroof has grumbled over the failure of the PCB to increase match fees of female players in the last eight years. Bismah's comments came during a press conference she addressed in Lahore before the start of the home...

Melbourne: The BCCI representative in the all powerful ICC Board is likely to head the Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee of the global cricket body. While BCCI hadn't yet made it official, secretary Jay Shah looks likely to be Indian representative at the decision...

Sydney: Shadab Khan led Pakistan's strong batting display with a scintillating 22-ball 52, propelling them to 185 for nine against South Africa in the T20 World Cup here Thursday. Besides Shadab, Iftikhar Ahmed made 51 in 35 balls and anchored the innings after they were...

Adelaide: Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan has accused Indian maestro Virat Kohli of "fake fielding", robbing his team of five potentially vital penalty runs in their T20 World Cup game. Set a revised target of 151 in 16 overs after a brief spell of rain, Bangladesh...

Sydney: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bat against South Africa in their must-win T20 World Cup match here Thursday. Pakistan replaced injured Fakhar Zaman with batting all-rounder Mohammad Haris. For South Africa, Heinrich Klaasen came in for injured David Miller,...