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Paul Stirling

Andy McBrine

Andy Balbirnie (C)

Harry Tector

Lorcan Tucker (W)

Curtis Campher

George Dockrell

Gareth Delany

Mark Adair

Barry McCarthy

Joshua Little

United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem (C)

Aryansh Sharma (W)

Vriitya Aravind

Ethan D'souza

Basil Hameed

Ali Naseer

Aayan Khan

Sanchit Sharma

Karthik Meiyappan

Junaid Siddique

Muhammad Jawadullah

Andrew Balbirnie

Andrew Robert McBrine

Barry John McCarthy

Benjamin Fredeman Calitz

Benjamin Charlie White

Cade Carmichael

Craig Alexander Young

Fionn Philip Hand

Gareth James Delany

Gavin Hoey

George Henry Dockrell

Graham Ian Hume

Harry Tom Tector

Jordan Enno Neill

Joshua Brian Little

Liam McCarthy

Lorcan John Tucker

Mark Richard Adair

Matthew James Humphreys

Neil Alan Rock

Paul Robert Stirling

George Ross Adair

Stephen Thomas Doheny

Thomas Mayes

Tim Heatley Tector

Raja Akifullah Khan

Alishan Sharafu

Aryansh Sharma

Asif Behrooz Khan

Dhruv Parashar

Ethan Carl D'souza

Haider Ali

Harshit Kaushik

Jonathan Figy John

Muhammad Junaid Siddique

Matiullah Khan

Mayank Rajesh Choudhary Kumar

Muhammad Arfan Khan

Muhammad Momand Farooq

Muhammad Rohid Bangesh Khan

Muhammad Shahdad

Muhammad Waseem

Muhammad Zohaib

Muhammad Zuhaib Zubair

Rahul Chopra

Muhammad Saghir Khan

Simranjeet Singh

Mohammad Sohaib Khan

Zahid Ali

Cricket

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023

<p>On the back of Paul Sterling's pulverising knock of 162 runs, Ireland brushed aside United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the ICC ODI World Cup Qualifiers game at the Bulawayo Athletic Club on June 27 (Tuesday).

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Paul Stirling's whirlwind 162-run knock helps Ireland thrash UAE but 2023 ODI World Cup dream comes to a screeching halt

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Gujarat Giants stormed into the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 playoffs after beating Mumbai Indians by 11 runs. MI failed to chase down the 168-run target

Gujarat Giants got the better of Mumbai Indians by 11 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

With this Gujarat Giants have made it to the WPL 2026 playoffs

Gujarat Giants' captain Ashleigh Gardner in frame. (X/Twitter)

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru have sealed the Women's Premier League 2026 final spot after hammering UP Warriorz by eight wickets on January 29

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RCB chased down the 144-run target with 41 balls to spare

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana in this frame. (Getty)

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UP Warriorz batter Phoebe Litchfield has been ruled out of the remainder of WPL due to injury and wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones has been named as her replacement

Phoebe Litchfield has been ruled out of WPL 2026 due to injury

UP Warriorz have named Amy Jones as the replacement

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Jemimah Rodrigues has been fined INR 12 lakh for slow over-rate 

Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by 3 runs in WPL

Delhi Capitals' captain Jemimah Rodrigues runs to her fielding position during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals at the DY Patil Stadium (via Getty)

DC skipper Jemimah Rodrigues fined for slow-over rate in WPL clash vs GG

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants edge Delhi Capitals by 3 runs in last-ball thriller

Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by three runs.

Gujarat Giants' Renuka Singh (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket (Getty)

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India's star batter Tilak Varma has been discharged from the BCCI's Centre of Excellence and proved his cleared the fitness test for the T20 World Cup 2026

India's star batter Tilak Varma in this frame. (Getty)

Massive update on Tilak Varma's recovery and T20 World Cup participation

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appeared to accidentally confirm the national team’s travel plans for the 2026 T20 World Cup before quickly deleting the social media post

PCB leaked their T20 World Cup 2026 plan through a social media post

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Novak Djokovic silenced his doubters with a stunning Australian Open semifinal win over Jannik Sinner, drawing a stunned reaction from Manchester United star Bryan Mbeumo ahead of Sunday’s final.


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India Legends hammered Pakistan Legends by 77 runs in their Asian Legends Cup 2026 clash. Pakistan were bundled out for mere 96 while chasing a target of 174

India thrashed Pakistan by 77 runs in their Asian Legends Cup clash

India skittled out Pakistan for 96

India bulldoze Pakistan by 77 runs in their Asian Legends Cup

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World No.5 Elena Rybakina made an amazing comeback in the final set to break World No.1 Aryna Sabalenla twice and win the Australian Open 2026 women' singles title. 

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Paul Stirling's whirlwind 162-run knock helps Ireland thrash UAE but 2023 ODI World Cup dream comes to a screeching halt