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Dhawan's loss won't derail India's World Cup campaign: Hussey

Former Australian batsman Mike Hussey has described Shikhar Dhawan's ouster from the World Cup due to a thumb injury as a "big loss" but said it won't derail India's campaign at the showpiece event. "I do think it's a big loss but I don't think it will derail India's campaign. I think they have got enough depth to cover Shikhar Dhawan," Hussey said in an ESPNcricinfo show. "I still think they have got enough talent in their squad to feel that they can go all the way in this tournament," he added. Dhawan was ruled out of the World Cup on Wednesday after failing to make enough recovery in a fresh assessment of his thumb fracture. He was replaced by young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. The 33-year-old, who was initially ruled out of three games -- against Pakistan (June 16), Afghanistan (June 22) and the West Indies (June 27), had picked up the injury after he was hit by a Pat Cummins' delivery during his 109-ball match-winning innings of 117 against Australia. India are currently at

Vijay Shankar suffers injury scare during net session

All-rounder Vijay Shankar is the latest to suffer an injury scare in the Indian camp after being hit on toe during a rain hit training session on Wednesday. During Wednesday's training, a Jasprit Bumrah yorker hit Shankar flush on his toes and he was apparently in pain. However a team source informed PTI that there's nothing to worry as of now. "Yes, Vijay was in pain but it has subsided by the evening. Hopefully, there's nothing scary," the source said. Shankar is one of the designated No 4 batsmen in this Indian line-up although he is being used as a floater. Shankar is also a handy medium pacer who got a couple important wickets against Pakistan including skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed. With Shikhar Dhawan already ruled out of the tournament due to thumb fracture and Bhuvneshwar Kumar out for two games due to hamstring strain, Shankar's injury will only increase tension for the team management. As of now Bhuvneshwar will not be bowling for eight days and will only be in contention for the .

Adams questions why didn't Kane Williamson walk?

Former South Africa spinner Paul Adams has questioned New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson's integrity after he did not walk out despite being caught behind by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. Williamson struck a composed unbeaten century to help New Zealand post a four-wicket win over South Africa in a World Cup game here Wednesday. However, his knock was marred by a controversy after he was caught-behind by Kock in the 38th over off the bowling of leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Williamson was at 76 then. "Why didn't Kane Williamson walk," Adams wrote on his twitter page sparking a debate. He further added in another tweet: "Kane Williamson was Mankad after he didn't walk. Would he be upset." Interestingly, Tahir had appealed against the inside edge of Williamson's bat, but it was turned down by the umpire. The South African team did not request for a review and later replays showed a nick from Williamson. South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis, in the post-match presser, explained that he ...

CWC'19: Alex Carey wants Australia to win toss against Bangladesh

After losing seven consecutive tosses by Australian skipper Aaron Finch, wicket-keeper Alex Carey thinks that Finch will choose the desired option in the match against Bangladesh on Thursday."It would be nice for Finchy to choose what he wants to do for once," a smiling Carey. "Maybe I should do the toss tomorrow," Cricket.com.au quoted Carey as saying.Although Australia is performing well in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup but the skipper has been criticised for not winning the toss. If Finch loses the toss against Bangladesh, he will equal the record of former captain Allan Border for losing eight straight tosses in ODI."It's interesting, we've lost a lot of tosses but the last seven games we've played some pretty good cricket," Carey continued.Australia have played five matches so far in the World Cup and won the four games, losing one to India. Currently, they are at number three position in the teams' standing.Before Finch, Steve Waugh (between June 1999 and August 1999),

John Terry extends his term at Aston Villa

John Terry, the assistant head coach of Aston Villa, has signed an extension contract to stay with the club until 2021.Terry spent his final season as a player at Villa in 2017-18. Later, in October 2018, he was appointed to the position.The club's CEO Christian Purslow is elated over Terry's extension and eulogised the assistant head coach for his dedication and commitment."The Board of Aston Villa is delighted with John Terry's contribution to our club in his first year as an Assistant Head Coach. We admire his dedication and commitment to gaining more experience and learning under Dean Smith's leadership in these formative years of his managerial career," the club's official website quoted Purslow as saying.Head coach Dean Smith also hailed Terry and said he has no doubt that Terry will become a top manager in the coming years."I am really pleased that JT has extended his current deal as he is a pleasure to work with. We have had a successful start to our Villa coaching careers and

Neeraj drawing inspiration from Virat and Co. ahead of clash against Amir

Neeraj Goyat will draw inspiration from India's dominating World Cup triumph over Pakistan when he takes on Pakistani-origin British boxer Amir Khan at next month's WBC Pearl World Championship bout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Indian pro-boxer, who was the WBC Asia welterweight title-holder, will take on Amir, a two-time world champion and Olympic silver-medallist, at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on July 12. Neeraj and Amir, who has Pakistani roots, recently had a war of words on social media after India crushed Pakistan by 89 runs at the World Cup last Sunday. Amir had said he would avenge Pakistan's defeat by knocking out Neeraj, who responded by saying "keep dreaming". "This fight has been billed as 'Nation connect' and after India beat Pakistan at World Cup, Amir tweeted and I also replied. For me, India's win over Pakistan at the World cup will serve as an inspiration. In a way, the Indian team has started it and I will complete it on July 12," Neeraj told PTI. "Given

Copa America: Argentina draws with Paraguay 1-1, ends quarter-finals hope

Argentina with a 1-1 scoreline played a draw against Paraguay in their second match of group B in Copa America at Mineirao on Thursday.Richard Sanchez opened the scores in the match as he converted a Miguel Almiron ball to a goal in the 37th minute.Paraguay had an upper hand in the game as they played in a more organised and firm way. They searched for scoring opportunities from the first-half of the game, as a result, Sanchez fired a goal in the 37th minute.Lionel Messi converted a penalty to a goal for Argentina in the 57th minute. No goal was scored after Messi's equaliser; both Argentina and Paraguay settled for one point each.Argentina lost its first match against Colombia.The draw in Thursday's match puts an end to their hope to play in the quarter-final of the tournament.Argentina settles for the last position with one point in group B. Paraguay stands in the second spot with two points.Argentina will play against Qatar in Porto Alegre, while Paraguay will take on Colombia in ..

Sri Lanka's battle for survival face England test

Still recovering from their 87-run drubbing against Australia, former champions Sri Lanka will now face a tough battle for survival when they lock horns with a dominant England in their World Cup fixture here Friday. With just one win, Sri Lanka are currently at the sixth spot with four points and will have to win rest of their four matches to salvage hopes of a semifinal berth. The 1996 champions had lost their opening match against New Zealand and then rain robbed them off a chance to fight when two of their games were washed out. Last week, Sri Lanka suffered a 87-run loss against Australia at London and it will take a special performance for the Island nation to keep themselves afloat for the knockout stage when they come across hosts England, who have looked simply unstoppable. England are placed comfortably at the second spot with four wins from five games, the only blemish being their loss to Pakistan. Eoin Morgan and his men have emerged as the best batting side this World Cup

De Grandhomme mantra: Keep it simple

On a day when everyone found batting to be tough on a slow track, Colin de Grandhomme was the only player to show fluent stroke-play and he credited his mantra of "keeping it simple" for the knock. De Grandhomme (60 off 47 balls) played a crucial role in New Zealand's four-wicket victory over South Africa here on Wednesday. "I just tried to watch it as hard as I can. I tend to see the ball and hit the ball and it worked. That's just my game and that's how I play. It went well. I just try to do my job when I can. Some days it doesn't work, today it did. Cricket is a simple game," said De Grandhomme. Chasing 242 in 49 overs in the rain-truncated match, New Zealand recovered from a mini slump at 137 for five, riding on a 91-run stand between skipper Kane Williamson (106 not out off 138 balls) and de Grandhomme, to reach home with three balls to spare. De Grandhomme acknowledged that having a player of Williamson's calibre alongside him made the task easier. "Having Kane at the other end .

Experience of playing on slower tracks will prove beneficial: Williamson

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who struck a composed unbeaten century on one of the slowest tracks of the World Cup so far, believes the experience of playing here will hold his team in good stead. Chasing a target of 242 in 49 overs in rain-truncated match against South Africa, New Zealand recovered from a mini slump at 137 for five riding on a 91-run stand between Williamson (106 not out off 138 balls) and Collin de Grandhomme (60 off 47 balls) to reach home with three balls to spare here on Wednesday. "It's just really nice to build those sorts of partnerships with that lower-middle order that were so important, and having that experience in those sorts of situations as a collective is a really beneficial thing," Williamson said after the match. "There's been a number of varying scores throughout this competition. I suppose weather has had a little bit to do with it but we've been on a variety of surfaces and it's been nice that guys have adapted well," he added. While South .

Hamilton seeks to stretch Mercedes unbeaten run, unaided

Lewis Hamilton will seek to stretch his lead and extend Mercedes unbeaten run to 10 races with a victory unaided by fortune at this weekend's French Grand Prix. The defending five-time drivers' champion, a lucky winner in Canada two weeks ago when Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was controversially penalised, won at the remote sun-baked Le Castellet track last year and is hunting his sixth win this year and the 79th of his career. If he, or team-mate Valtteri Bottas, succeeds, it will mean the Silver Arrows have won all eight contests this year after finishing last season with two triumphs. But after a testing weekend in Montreal, where four-time champion Vettel claimed pole position and finished the race first 'on the road', Hamilton and Mercedes are wary of any signs of complacency. Team chief Toto Wolff admitted: "Canada was something of a wake-up call for us. "After a run of very good reliability over the opening six races, we experienced a number of problems almost all of which were .

'Nothing to lose' - Tsonga upbeat ahead of Federer clash

French veteran Jo-Wilfried Tsonga believes he has nothing to lose against Roger Federer as he continues along the comeback trail in the second round of the ATP tournament in Halle this Thursday. Tsonga, 34, missed seven months of last season due to knee surgery, but has shown solid form this month upon his return to grass court tennis for the first time since 2017. After reaching the second round in Stuttgart last week, the Frenchman beat compatriot Benoit Paire in straight sets in Halle on Tuesday to set up a second round fixture with Federer on Thursday. "It is always special to play Federer, I will give everything I've got," Tsonga told AFP. "There is less pressure than usual, because there is no shame in losing to Roger Federer. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain." The Frenchman is one of the few players who can boast of a perfect record on grass against eight-time Wimbledon champion Federer. The two have met only once on the surface, a gruelling battle at Wimbledon ..

South Africa lick wounds after more World Cup agony

Captain Faf du Plessis was left contemplating the ruins of another World Cup campaign on the ground where South Africa experienced their greatest heartache in the competition 20 years ago. The Proteas' hopes of reaching the semi-finals in England and Wales are all but over after a four-wicket defeat by New Zealand on Wednesday. One minor consolation is that the recriminations from Wednesday's reverse at Edgbaston are unlikely to be as great as those at Warwickshire's headquarters 20 years ago when a disastrous run-out saw them tie with Australia and miss out on the final due to an inferior net run rate. South Africa are still alive at the World Cup but with just one win from six matches it would take an extraordinary combination of results to see them into the semi-finals from a 10-team round-robin group phase. On Wednesday, South Africa fought hard to get to 241 for six on a difficult pitch after losing the toss. And it so very nearly proved enough, with New Zealand needing a ...

'Kyrgios good guy even if no respect for me,' says Djokovic

Novak Djokovic shrugged off Nick Kyrgios's characterisation of him as "cringeworthy" and "having an obsession with wanting to be liked" by insisting the firebrand Australian is a "good guy". Kyrgios, more often in the headlines for what he says off the court than what he achieves on it, described world number one Djokovic as desperate to be held in the same high esteem as Roger Federer. "I feel he wants to be liked so much that I just can't stand him. This celebration thing (Djokovic's 'cup of love' gesture to the crowd) is so cringeworthy," Kyrgios told NCR Tennis Podcast. "No matter how many Grand Slams he wins, he will never be the greatest to me. "For me, Federer will always be the greatest of all time." Djokovic, however, said Kyrgios's remarks "don't keep him awake at night". "I think that basically he is a good guy. I don't know why he said all those things. Does he want to attract attention, does he want to be different?," Djokovic told reporters in Belgrade ahead of ...

England's Root relishing 'ridiculous' Morgan World Cup fireworks

Joe Root says the "ridiculous" way England captain Eoin Morgan led from the front with a record-breaking innings against Afghanistan is inspiring for the World Cup hosts. Morgan hit an astonishing 17 sixes -- the most in a one-day international innings -- during the course of a fearsome 148 as England thrashed the World Cup outsiders by 150 runs in a pool match at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Test skipper Root, who has weighed in with a considerable 367 runs at 91.75 so far during the tournament, said it was significant that Morgan, whose dynamic leadership has revived England's white-ball fortunes, had rewritten the record books. "It was phenomenal, ridiculous really," said Root. "It's not even like it is a small ground. "It's a really good sign for the group having the captain in that sort of form, playing as well as that. I thought his game was impeccable. It gives the dressing room a huge amount of confidence." "For it to happen now, at the business end of things when you want to be ..

Messi rescues Argentina as Paraguay pay penalty

A Lionel Messi penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Argentina against Paraguay as the two-time world champions once again struggled at the Copa America. Messi swept in a 57th-minute spot-kick at Belo Horizonte's Mineirao Stadium to cancel out a first-half opener from Paraguay's Richard Sanchez. Argentina also had goalkeeper Franco Armani to thank for a second half penalty save that prevented Paraguay from taking a 2-1 lead in the Group B battle. The draw left Argentina with one point from two games and on the bottom of the table with one game remaining. However with the two best third placed teams advancing to the quarter-finals, Argentina can still reach the last eight with a decisive win over Qatar in their final group game. The South American giants will need to raise their game however to advance any further after another disjointed performance which followed their opening defeat to Colombia on Saturday. A lacklustre opening saw both sides struggle to generate any sort of attacking ...

Argentina break Scots hearts but give Cameroon, Chile and NZ hope

Florencia Bonsegundo's twice-taken penalty completed Argentina's dramatic fightback against Scotland on Wednesday and also opened the door at the Women's World Cup for four winless teams who play on Thursday. Also in Group D, England and Japan were already through to the last 16 before meeting in Nice, where two goals by Ellen White secured a 2-0 victory and first place with a maximum nine points. Argentina fought back from three down to draw 3-3 in Paris to eliminate the Scots as they climbed to third. But they only have two points and are weakly placed in the battle to finish as one of the four best third-place teams. To advance, the Argentines need an unlikely pair of draws in Thursday's final set of group games. England will head to Valenciennes in northern France for a last-16 tie on Sunday against a third-placed side with China, Cameroon, New Zealand, Chile and even Thailand all potential opponents. - High stakes - =============== The permutations are less complicated for Japan,

World number one Koepka says success comes from keeping calm

Brooks Koepka isn't one to sit still as the four-time major champion returns to the Travelers Championship less than a week after falling just short of winning a third straight US Open. World number one Koepka finished three strokes shy of fellow American Gary Woodland who claimed his first major championship at Pebble Beach on Sunday. Koepka, who is seeking to win his seventh PGA Tour title, joins defending champion Bubba Watson, former back-to-back winner Phil Mickelson, and rising star Viktor Hovland in the field for the $1.2 million event that begins Thursday in Cromwell, Connecticut. Koepka says keeping busy is his way of staying sharp on the Tour and even though he was in contention in Pebble Beach he's not as tired as he was last year when he won his second consecutive Open. "Last year I don't even think I knew where I was," he said. "It was all kind of a whirlwind. "It's a lot different when you win and you're trying to play the week after. It's a bit hectic, chaotic. "This ...

Copa America: Colombia defeats Qatar 1-0, moves to quarter-final

Colombia in their second match of group B defeated Qatar 1-0 on Thursday here at Morumbi stadium. Colombia with a win over Qatar, sealed a spot in quarter-final of the Copa America as they won their both games.For Colombia, Radamel Falcao started on the bench and James Rodriguez's impact was limited, at least until the latter set up the winner with a sublime pass.In the final minutes of the game, Duvan Zapata's header came as a lifeline for Colombia as they were not able to score before that. Zapata headed the ball to the goal in the 86th minute, the only goal in the match. Interestingly Zapata scored two goals in the tournament so far and both come in the 86th minute.The 55th FIFA ranked Qatar showcased a quality game as they appeared organised in every department. Qatar did not allow their opponent to score freely as they kept their defence solid.Although Colombia attacked Qatar's goal-post but could not end with a goal. The score-line after the completion of full time ended with ...