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Arab News
10 hours ago
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- Arab News
Pakistan PM meets Sana Mir after ICC Hall of Fame induction, hopes she will nurture new talent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday met with former Pakistan Women Cricket Team captain Sana Mir and congratulated her on her induction into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame, Sharif's office said. Mir this month became the first woman cricketer from Pakistan to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. She was honored alongside India's MS Dhoni, England's Sarah Taylor, South Africa's Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith, Australia's Matthew Hayden, and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori. PM Sharif appreciated Mir saying that the Pakistan women cricket team achieved significant successes and made Pakistan famous all over the world under her leadership. 'The government is trying to promote talent on the basis of merit in every field of sports. Giving equal opportunities and facilities to men and women in every field of sports, including cricket, is among our priorities,' Sharif was quoted as saying by his office. 'Hopefully, you will play an active role in providing training to new talent in cricket with your experience.' Mir thanked the prime minister and said she was trying her level best to represent Pakistan fully in the World Cricket Association and the ICC. She gave suggestions for further promotion of cricket, especially women's cricket, in Pakistan. A trailblazer for women's cricket in Pakistan, Mir represented the national team from 2005 to 2019. She is the eighth Pakistani overall and just the 15th woman globally to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. She holds the record for the most wickets by a Pakistani woman in one-day internationals with 151 and was the first Asian woman to feature in 100 T20 internationals. In 2018, she became the first Pakistani woman to top the ICC ODI bowling rankings.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Opening weekend fixtures
England chase 371 to seal brilliant win against India in first Test VideoEngland chase 371 to seal brilliant win against India in first Test
Daily Mail
7 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Ben Duckett hails Ollie Pope's century heroics under pressure after ignoring 'outside noise' over his England place
Ben Duckett praised Ollie Pope's ability to ignore the 'outside noise' about his place in the team and respond with a superb century on the second day of the first Test against India at Headingley. Pope's unbeaten 100 averted a top-order crisis after Zak Crawley was removed by Jasprit Bumrah in the first over of England's reply to India's 471, with Duckett admitting he got goosebumps when his team-mate brought up his ninth Test hundred. 'He couldn't have walked out in tougher conditions, with Bumrah running down the hill with the lights on,' said Duckett, who helped Pope add 122 for the second wicket before Bumrah bowled him for 62. 'You could see what the hundred meant to him. It meant a lot to us all as well. 'He's such a big part of this team. We're very good at keeping things in the dressing-room, but you can hear the noise outside it. He can't start the summer any better, scoring 171 against Zimbabwe and 100 not out in the conditions here.' Duckett also outlined the challenge in facing Bumrah, the world's No 1 bowler, who took all three of England's wickets, and was denied the late scalp of Harry Brook only because of a no-ball. 'With Jasprit, it's how unique his run-up is,' he said. 'You're waiting and waiting for him to get there. 'Also, his ability to bowl three or four different balls with no cue: you don't know what he's bowling until it comes out of his hand. He's got such a fast wrist, so you've got to watch the ball so closely. It's very difficult to pick it up. 'But you can't let someone like him just bowl. You've got to still put him under pressure, and put the bad balls away.'
Times
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Times
Ben Stokes: It's no longer just about entertainment, it's about winning
Ben Stokes has signalled a change in England's Bazball approach to Test cricket, admitting that his team's main purpose is not to entertain but to win matches. Stokes has led the transformation of England's Test side alongside head coach Brendon McCullum since he was appointed captain three years ago, playing an exciting brand of cricket and previously stating: 'We're in the entertainment business.' Now, as he prepares to lead his team into a five-match series against India, the 34-year-old has struck a more considered note, admitting that while England's gung-ho approach is effective when they are on top, they need to get better at regaining control when things are not going their way. 'We have had time to talk as a group, identify areas where we know that we are incredibly strong, but also identify areas that we think we need to get better at,' Stokes told the BBC. 'One of those areas was adapting better when we're up against the wall.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ben Stokes calls on England to adapt better ‘when we're up against the wall'
Ben Stokes may have described England's recent lack of Test action as 'a bit odd' but playing just one game in the past six months has given the side space to reconsider their approach before the series against India. Stokes has won 23 of his 36 games in charge while losing 12 and insisted: 'I don't think it's arrogant to say that we've been good over the last three years,' but with England's next 10 Tests coming against either India – starting at Headingley on Friday – or Australia they have prepared for potential adversity. Advertisement Related: England are right to stick with a settled top six – Bethell should follow the Lara model | Mark Ramprakash 'We've had a lot of time to speak about what we want to do as a team and where we want to take ourselves,' Stokes said. 'We've had time to identify areas where we know we are incredibly strong, but also areas that we think we need to get better at. One of those was adapting better when we're up against the wall. 'When those moments come in the series, that they no doubt will, it's identifying them a lot quicker. We know that when we are on top of teams we are very, very good, and where we maybe have let ourselves down in the past is when we have been behind the game. It's about being smarter in those situations when it's obvious that the opposition is on top of us. 'I think if [you] look at some of the victories we've had, they have been in a manner of complete dominance of the game throughout. But when we've lost we probably look back on moments. Could we have been a lot better at slowing everything down and understanding where we are in the position of the game, to then allow us to play in that natural way that we like to go about things?' Advertisement Stokes said he thinks 'conversations together in a room as a group are sometimes just as valuable as training in the nets and working harder', but he has found time for both, with his return to full fitness after an operation on his hamstring in January allowing him to work on his bowling action. 'I can't remember the last time I was able to work so hard on just technical stuff,' he said. 'To be able to get myself back to where I feel like I was before I had my injuries is really good, because there was naturally quite a few changes that crept into my action – how I was landing, how I was approaching the crease – because of my knee or because of my hamstring. It was nice to be able to get rid of those.' Stokes insisted that Ollie Pope's 171 against Zimbabwe had ended any discussion about his place in the team for this week's first Test. 'It would be remarkable to choose someone else if [his] last knock was 170,' he said. India arrive in search of their first series victory in England since 2007, having won just one of their last eight Tests and with a much-changed team, a situation their new captain, Shubman Gill, is looking at as a bonus. 'A lot of people talk like our side is not experienced, but there are also positives that we don't really have any baggage coming to England. That could be one thing that really makes a difference for us,' said Gill, who has delayed naming his team because of uncertainty over who will bat at No 3.
