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Pakistan's hopes of a first Test match victory in Australia since 1995 faded as Pat Cummins took three key wickets on the second day in MelbourneSecond Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day two of five):Australia 318 (96.5 overs): Labuschagne 63; Jamal 3-64Pakistan 194-6 (55 overs): Shafique 62; Cummins 3-37, Lyon ...

Team India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has applauded Australian spinner Nathan Lyon for completing 500 Test wickets and joining the elite club during the first Test between Australia and Pakistan at Optus Stadium in Perth. Nathan Lyon became the third Australian bowler after the late Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath ...

Cricket is lucky to have two artists at the top of their game, Nathan Lyon, who went past 500 Test wickets against Pakistan in the Perth Test, and R Ashwin — one a traditionalist and the other an innovator, and they have learnt from each other, imbibed a bit ...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxingSign up to our free sport email for all the latest newsAustralia off-spinner Nathan Lyon on Sunday became the eighth bowler to reach 500 test wickets, holding the ball aloft after trapping ...

Pakistan Cricket Board drops ex-captain Salman Butt from selection panel after backlash ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dropped ex-cricketer Salman Butt from its panel of consultants for team selection, Chief Selector Wahab Riaz announced Saturday, following backlash over Butt's appointment.  The PCB announced the appointment of Butt ...

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes the ‘Bazball’ style of play only works if the opposition panics and has urged his team mates to remain calm in the face of England’s aggressive batting in the upcoming Ashes series. England have won 10 of their last 12 Tests since captain Ben ...

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the semi-finals of the Miami Open for the first time after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova. World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz and in-form Daniil Medvedev reached the men’s draw semis after beating American opposition in their respective quarter-finals.Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero for Chelsea ...

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets to help Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs in the final session of the deciding third Test in Lahore and clinch the three-match series 1-0 on Friday. The 34-year-old took the prized wickets of Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam to end Pakistan's ...

NewsAustralia offspinner expects UAE-like decks in PakistanAs he braces to bowl on surfaces reminiscent of those that have anguished them in the UAE previously, Nathan Lyon has summoned his trademark bravado and backed a "young and exciting" Australia to sweep the historic Benaud-Qadir series in Pakistan.Three days before their ...

A suspect was arrested on Saturday after an attacker with a sawn-off shotgun shot a Greek Orthodox priest in the chest before fleeing in the French city of Lyon, the prosecutor said."A person who could correspond to the description given by the initial witnesses has been placed in policy ...