THE OVAL, July 12(ABC): Whither the 50-over format? Or should that be wither, as far as the World Champions are concerned. On a hot and humid afternoon at the Kia Oval, not even the reunion of England’s Class of 2019 top-order could resist the extraordinary skills of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who inflicted on Jos Buttler – in his first official match as …

BREADY, July 20(ABC): Nida Dar’s all-round performance led Pakistan Women to a 13-run win on DLS method over Ireland Women in the third match of the tri-series being played at the Bready Cricket Club, Bready on Tuesday. Earlier, the tournament’s opener was washed out between Pakistan Women and Australia Women at the same venue on Saturday, July 16. Chasing a …

CHESTER-LE-STREET, July 20(ABC): Rassie van der Dussen s century helped South Africa spoil Ben Stokes s farewell to one-day international cricket as the Proteas won by 62 runs on the England star s Durham home ground to go 1-0 up in a three-match series. Van der Dussen s career-best 134 was the cornerstone of South Africa s 335-5, their highest ODI total …

LAHORE, July 20(ABC): Bangladesh’s One Day Internationals (ODI) side’s captain Tamim Iqbal has said that their clean-sweep against the Windies in Carrabin was special but it “should not go into team’s heads”crick as it was in spinning conditions. “Any away series win is always special. Our series win in South Africa was massive [too]. But I told my team that …

SYDNEY, July 20(ABC): Commonwealth Games medal hope Isaac Cooper was Tuesday axed from Australia’s swim team and sent home over “wellbeing challenges, including the use of medication”. The fast-emerging 18-year-old had been favoured to make the podium in the 50m and 100m backstroke events at the Games in Birmingham starting next week. He finished eighth in the 50m backstroke at …

MORZINE, July 12(ABC): Tadej Pogacar s rivals have been trying to come up with a plan to unsettle the two-time defending Tour de France champion but they have yet to find a crack in the Slovenian s bulletproof armour. After nine days of racing, Pogacar has already won two stages and leads last year s runner-up Jonas Vingegaard by 39 seconds …

MELBOURNE, July 12(ABC): Pace legend Waqar Younis has said that he believes Pakistan have every chance of winning this year’s International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20 World Cup. “We stand a really good chance of doing well at this World Cup,” Waqar said while speaking to ICC Digital in Melbourne. The Babar Azam-led side is currently rated third on the ICC Men’s T20I …

LONDON, July 12(ABC): Race-winning U.S. IndyCar driver Colton Herta is trying out a Formula One car for the first time with McLaren at Portugal s Portimao circuit this week, the British-based team said. The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport driver will be behind the wheel of last year s McLaren MCL35M as part of the team s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) programme. The …

COLOMBO, July 12(ABC): Dinesh Chandimal smashed a maiden double hundred and Prabath Jayasuriya claimed 12 wickets in a dream debut to script Sri Lanka’s series-levelling victory by an innings and 39 runs in the second test against Australia on Monday. Sri Lanka, beaten inside three days in the series opener, amassed 554 all out after five of their six batsmen …

LAHORE, July 12(ABC): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja will embark on an important trip to England on Friday to attend two important meetings. According to the details, the PCB chief will attend meetings of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). MCC’s members will meet on July 15 and 16 to discuss cricket matters and …