Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel walks off dejected (AP) Pakistan‘s difficult tour of England has exposed plenty of problems with the bat, but batting coach Michael Smith believes the team’s young players need time and exposure to the Test environment before they can be judged.Pakistan’s struggles continued on the second day of the ongoing Test in Birmingham,…

Chennai: Anti-corruption watchdog Arappor Iyakkam has called on the TVK govt to initiate action on 42 corruption complaints over the past 10 years that alleged a loss of ₹70,000 crore to the exchequer, and to retrieve the money.The NGO, in a letter to chief minister C Joseph Vijay, attached a list of 42 instances of…

For most cricketers, the innings that define them are played out in the middle. Jacob Martin’s longest battle was fought in a courtroom.The former India batsman was acquitted in a 22-year-old criminal case tied to a controversial 2004 cricket tour of the United Kingdom. The Patiala House Court in Delhi cleared the Vadodara resident of…

Vellore: Three people, including a building contractor, were killed after the roof slab of an under-construction church collapsed at Mandi Krishnapuram near Katpadi in Vellore district on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as John, 39, a building contractor from Bengaluru, and Immanuel, 45, and Samuel, 45, daily-wage labourers from Andhra Pradesh.According to initial reports,…