England’s Jos Buttler hits a six during the match against Australia in Dubai. —AP DUBAI: England

Join our Whatsapp channel LAHORE: England captain Jos Butt-ler on Tuesday said the “ plight of women ” in Afghanistan is “ saddening ”, on the eve of England’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan. Ahead of the contest, more than 160 British politicians have called for England to boycott the game in protest against the Taliban government’s restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan.“ It’s very saddening the plight of women and girls in Afgha-nistan at the moment and the struggles that t

Join our Whatsapp channel BRIDGETOWN: Jos Butt-ler’s rampaging 83 powered England to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second match of their T20 Interna-tional series at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday. Responding to the home side’s total of 158 for eight, the visiting captain took the match by the scruff of the neck in belting eight fours and six sixes off only 45 balls to turn a potentially challenging target into a romp. The tourists reached 161 for three

Friday said they had given conditional approval for the tour to go ahead.... Both Root and Buttler

for us to be in.” Buttler supported his fast bowlers Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Carse, who were

( Buttler).... They said with Stokesy coming back I was probably going to miss out this time.“ He

“ In English cricket, we just cannot seem to give full attention to both Test and white-ball cricket, ” he wrote in the Telegraph.“ At no stage in our history have we been good at both for any meaningful period of time.... That is not good enough and is down to management.... Look at Australia, New Zealand, even South Africa now....

Join our Whatsapp channel BRIDGETOWN: Phil Salt smashed a scintillating century and Barbados-born Jacob Bethell blasted an unbeaten 58 as England romped to an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in their opening Twenty20 clash at Kensington Oval on Saturday. Chasing a target of 183 to win, England opener Salt guided the tourists home with 19 balls to spare after a dazzling unbeaten 103 in Bridgetown. Salt’s third T20I century came off just 54 balls, including nine fours and six sixes as Englan

ADELAIDE: Joe Root fell in the final over of the fourth day Sunday to leave England in deep trouble at 82 for four chasing a massive 468 to win the second Ashes Test and needing a history-making miracle to avoid slumping 2-0 down in the series.No team has ever posted such a big score in a fourth innings to win in the history of Test cricket — with the West Indies’ 418 for seven in beating Steve Waugh’s Australia at St John’s in 2003 the highest.It is an even harder task at the Adelaide Oval, whe

“ We weren’t able to withstand it when applied or navigate our way through.” The batting collapse — a recurring theme — saw reckless shots from Phil Salt, Ben Duckett and Liam Livingstone, while Joe Root’s gritty 37 proved futile.... “ There wasn’t much swing, just a bit of nip early.... The occasion or the situation of the game probably changes[ but] not really me mentally.” Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2025....