Bale, Muirhead, Ferdinand: Sports stars celebrated in Queen's Birthday Honours
Olympic gold medalist Eve Muirhead and former footballer Rio Ferdinand are among the 48 sportspeople to be named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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"One Of The Best Catches...": England Cricketer Rob Keogh Takes A One-Handed Wonder Catch In T20 Blast. Watch
A stupendous fielding effort rarely goes unnoticed on the cricket field. However, what England's Rob Keogh achieved for Northamptonshire Steelbacks in their T20 Blast match against Leicestershire Foxes was much more than that. His one-handed effort to dismiss Rishi Patel off Chinaman bowler Freddie Heldreich was so brilliant that the Vitality T20 Blast tweeted: "Quite possibly one of the best catches you'll ever see @RobKeogh91, take a bow." The catch happened in the 12th over of the match. With Leicestershire chasing a huge target of 228, their No. 5 right-handed batter Rishi Patel went for an expansive hoick off Heldreich.
Lord's to review ticket prices following heavy backlash
MCC will review its ticket prices for Lord’s Test matches next year after criticism over the cost of seats in the lead up to the New Zealand Test this week.
"How Fresh This Is," Sourav Ganguly Tweets As James Anderson Strikes Early In Lord's Test vs New Zealand
Former India captain and BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly on Thursday tweeted a video of a TV broadcast of the first England vs New Zealand Test at Lord's, in which England paceman James Anderson can be seen picking up the wicket of New Zealand opener Will Young. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's decision to bat first has backfired as Anderson quickly added a second wicket to his name to leave the visitors at 2/2 at cricket's proverbial home, the Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
'If T20 World Cup Started Tomorrow': Aakash Chopra Leaves Out Big Stars As He Picks India Squad Based On IPL 2022 Performance
Former Indian cricket team player Aakash Chopra, in a video on his YouTube channel, asked viewers to imagine a scenario where the T20 World Cup was to start immediately. Keeping this as the primary condition he chose an Indian squad based purely on the players' performances in the recently concluded IPL 2022 and omitted some big names including captain Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli and wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant.
South African Players Arrive In Delhi For T20I Series vs India. See Pics
South African team reached Delhi on Thursday morning for five-match T20I series against India. The series in the shortest format of the game between both teams will start on June 9 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. KL Rahul is India's captain for this series and wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is vice-captain for the hosts. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are rested for the T20I series. Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya are making their comeback after a stupendous show in IPL 2022.
New Zealand include Boult as they bat against England at Lord's
New Zealand included the recently-arrived Trent Boult in their side for the first Test at Lord's on Thursday as captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat against England.
Indian domestic cricketers can walk into South Africa's side any day, says captain Sune Luus
Women's T20 Challenge and they can "walk into the South African side any day", believes Proteas captain Sune Luus. The 26-year-old, who won the the FairBreak Invitational tournament in Dubai and the Women's T20 Challenge last month with the Tornadoes and Supernovas respectively, said it was "a massive opportunity and an awesome learning curve." "The IPL was a bit of a better standard. With FairBreak there are a lot of girls from the Associates, some girls who used spikes for the first time, who played on a turf wicket for the first time so it was a whole different experience," Luus was quoted as saying by 'ESPNcricinfo'.