Ball, Bridges shine as Hornets sting Lakers
LOS ANGELES: LaMelo Ball sparked a second-half fightback as the struggling Charlotte Hornets upset the Los Angeles Lakers 100-97 on Wednesday.
Australia Sport News
"There Is A Reason...": Rohit Sharma Silences Doubters On Shubman Gill's Vice-Captaincy
Shubman Gill is a potential successor to India captain Rohit Sharma in the ODI format and the latter was all praise for his opening partner on Wednesday, saying there is a reason why he has been made the vice-captain of the side. Gill had a forgettable Test tour of Australia, like the majority of Indian batters but his numbers in the ODI format are phenomenal. "Gill is a very, very classy player. There was never a doubt about his ability in this squad. We tend to mix formats and I don't think that's the right way to judge any player," Rohit said. "Certain players have their strength in certain formats and if one format doesn't go well, it doesn't mean that the other formats will be the same. It's there for all of us to see what happened in Australia and things have changed certainly in a different format.
International Masters League 2025 Trophy Revealed In Mumbai
The highly-anticipated International Masters League (IML) unveiled its magnificent trophy in the presence of the icons who will lead their respective teams in the inaugural edition. India's cricket icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar was joined by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, West Indies maestro Brian Lara, England's World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, Australia's Shane Watson and South Africa's Jonty Rhodes, who represented captain Jacques Kallis, at the Captains' Day, which was held at the DY Patil University campus on Wednesday.
Mohammed Shami Makes Big 'Injury' Revelation Ahead Of Champions Trophy 2025 Opener: "My Priority..."
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has revealed how tough his comeback to international cricket has been after suffering an ankle injury in 2023 and said there were times when he thought he would never get another opportunity to play again for the country. Shami had injured his ankle during the ODI World Cup in 2023, which kept him out of action for more than a year. He had not appeared for the nation since India's loss against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, where the pacer was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament. Shami made a successful comeback to professional cricket through Bengal's fifth-round match in the Ranji Trophy against Madhya Pradesh at Indore, where he took seven wickets in his team's win.
Fallen White-Ball Kings England In Search Of Champions Trophy Revival
England may have been the reigning world champions in both 50-over and T20 cricket as recently as two years ago, but they head into the Champions Trophy facing an uphill struggle to reach the semi-finals. They suffered seven defeats in eight white-ball games during their preceding tour of India, culminating in a crushing 142-run loss in the third one-day international in Ahmedabad. That result condemned England to a 3-0 series whitewash, after their 4-1 reverse in the T20s.
Depleted Australia Face Uphill Battle At Champions Trophy
An Australia team struggling for confidence and missing the wealth of experience that has long been the backbone of their success face a daunting task to win a first Champions Trophy title since 2009. The World Cup holders are without their "Big Three" pacemen -- Pat Cummins (ankle), Josh Hazlewood (hip) and Mitchell Starc, who has opted out for personal reasons. It is a giant hole to fill with the trio sharing 525 ODI wickets across a combined 308 games. Add in the absence of all-rounders Mitchell Marsh (back) and Marcus Stoinis (retired), and half of their regular team is missing.
Kerr captaincy question not the focus for Australia interim boss Sermanni
MELBOURNE : Australia caretaker coach Tom Sermanni has no idea whether striker Sam Kerr will resume the captaincy following her court case and is also in the dark about his own future as the Matildas prepare for the SheBelieves Cup in the United States.
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz holds off qualifier in Doha
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz withstood a charge from qualifier Luca Nardi for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory in the second round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha on Wednesday.