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After the crushing eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen on Monday came in support of the under-fire Indian cricket team, saying the players are not robots and need fans' support all the time. ....
Lahore has been declared the most polluted city in the world, leaving its traditional rival New Delhi far behind, Dawn reported. ....
Jos Buttler's hammering would have rattled one of the title favourites Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup but former pace bowler Brett Lee feels it's not a 'doom-and-gloom' scenario for his side just yet, and that Aaron Finch's team should "relax" and "go about things patiently". ....
England pacer Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the remainder of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup due to a right thigh strain. As his replacement, Reece Topley, another left-arm pacer, has been promoted from reserves to the main squad. Mills had been England's joint leading wicket-taker in the tournament till now alongside Adil Rashid, taking seven wickets at an average of 15.42 and economy rate of 8. ....
Top West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has confirmed that he will retire from international cricket at the end of the ICC T20 World Cup, currently underway in the UAE. ....
West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard has asked Cricket West Indies (CWI) to start another tournament, other than the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), in order to unearth "new talents" in the wake of another humiliating defeat suffered at the hands of Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' round. ....
England captain Eoin Morgan has asked for racism allegations made by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq to be dealt 'head on'. He firmly insisted that there is no place for any sort of discrimination. Sports pages in England's newspapers have been filled with happenings around the racism allegations by Rafiq, which have taken the cricketing world by storm. ....
The England Test side for the Ashes that includes skipper Joe Root, all-rounder Ben Stokes and pace bowler James Anderson touched down in Queensland on Saturday, a month before the start of the opening Test at the Gabba from December 8. ....
The automatic qualifiers for the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 on Saturday were confirmed, following West Indies' loss to Australia in their final match of this year's edition of the mega event. ....
Former West Indian cricketer Samuel Badree said that he expected a much better performance from the Caribbean side than what they dished out at the ICC T20 World Cup, given that many of them were playing their last World Cup. ....