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The ninth FIFA Women's World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. 20. These are the host cities and venues for the tournament (Indigenous and Maori names used by tournament organisers in parenthesis):
Cricket South Africa's chief executive officer, Pholetsi Moseki, said their annual International Cricket Council disbursement for the next four years will go a long way to easing their recent financial losses.
After years of grind and struggle, Rinku Singh finally earned his maiden India call-up for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. After a stellar run with the bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rinku will now look to impress in India colours during the Asian Games. In a recent interview, Rinku shed light on a range of topics, inlcuding his cricketing idol. The 25-year-old revealed he has always looked up to former India batter Suresh Raina. Rinku said he is constantly in touch with the former India and CSK star, who often gives him inputs to improve his game. He also credited former India spinner Harbhajan Singh for his support.
Arguably the player whose return is most awaited by the Indian team and its fans, Jasprit Bumrah gave a huge update on a potential return. With a post on Instagram, Bumrah shared a few pictures from his latest training session, suggesting he is all but set to make a comeback for the national team. The video, featuring some of Bumrah's pictures from a net session, also saw the song 'I'm Coming Home' by pop act Diddy-Dirty Money running in the background. The video instilled a fresh ray of hope in fans, all but confirming reports that recently suggested tha the veteran pacer could be back for the tour of Ireland.
The legendary Ricky Ponting feels Australian skipper Pat Cummins is more of an old fashioned Test captain, who lets "plans unravel" while his English counter part Ben Stokes tries to make something happen every ball. The decisions of the two relatively new captains in the ongoing Ashes series have given rise to intense debates. While Stokes' call to declare early in the first innings in the opening Test was dissected by media and pundits alike, Cummins' sparse use of rookie spinner Todd Murphy in the loss at Headingley also raised eyebrows.
Pakistan's Imam-ul-Haq took a sensational catch to dismiss Sadeera Samarawickrama on Day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium. A stunning off spin delivery from Agha Salman produced a thick edge from the bat of the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper before Imam showed his brilliant reflex action to pull off a blinder at short leg. The ball was travelling to the right of Imam, but the fielder put a full stretch dive and took the catch.
Struggling Indian batters will need to find a way to play on a slow surface as they face Bangladesh in the second women's ODI in a bid to avoid an embarrassing series defeat in Mirpur on Wednesday. Spinners, especially leg-break bowlers, have troubled Indian batters through the Bangladesh tour and on Sunday they also found pacer Marufa Akter hard to negotiate as the fancied team suffered its first-ever loss to Bangladesh in ODIs. Following that memorable victory and a win in the preceding final T20, Bangladesh now have the momentum and belief to script a famous series win over India.
SL vs PAK, 1st Test, Day 3, Live Updates:Pakistan have lost five wickets and currently have Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman standing unbeaten at the crease. Pakistan began Day 3 of the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka from 221/5 in Galle. Earlier, Pakistan bundled out Sri Lanka for 312 before the lunch was taken on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test. For Sri Lanka, Dhananjaya de Silva smashed 122. It was his 10th Test century. Apart from him, Angelo Mathews also scored 64 runs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Naseem Shah were the picks among the bowlers as they took three wickets each. (Live Scorecard)