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CENTURION: Kyle Verreynne’s fighting century went in vain as MI Cape Town humbled Pretoria Capitals by 34 runs in the high-scoring SA20 fixture on Thursday. MI Cape Town captain Kieron Pollard’s decision to bat first, paid dividends for his side as they ran riot to post a mammoth total of 248/4 on the board. The bottom-ranked side got off to a flying start to their innings, courtesy of a brilliant 64-run partnership between Rassie van der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton. But Wayne Parnell dismissed van der Dussen in the fifth over to provide a much-needed breakthrough to the Capitals. MI Cape Town then lost another wicket when Liam Livingstone fell in the 10th over after a cautious 12 off 19. With the scoreboard reading 87/2 in 9.3 overs Dewald Brevis joined Rickelton in the middle and turned the game on its head. Watch SA20 Live on  ARY ZAP The pair baton charged on the Capitals bowlers and put together a 64-run partnership off just 27 deliveries. Both Rickelton and Brevis were ...

DUBAI: Ben Dunk’s brisk half-century, followed by Rovman Powell’s unbeaten 40 led Dubai Capitals to an enthralling four-wicket victory over Desert Vipers in the 17th match of the ILT20 here on Thursday. Put into bat first, the Vipers registered a decent total of 169/6 in the allotted overs, courtesy of their openers Rohan Mustafa and Alex Hales. The duo gave the Vipers a flourishing start with an 81-run opening partnership. Mustafa led the stand with clean hitting and notched up his half-century in the process but failed to stretch his sensational knock. He perished in the ninth over after scoring 50 off 33 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and three sixes. Watch ILT20  Live on  ARY ZAP Meanwhile, Hales stood his ground firm and put together a cautious 35-run partnership with skipper Colin Munro but fell agonizingly short of his well-deserved fifty. He fell victim to Jason Holder in the 14th over, scoring a 32-ball 49 which featured two boundaries and four six...

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is about to make a surprise switch to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula One season, according to reports on Thursday. The Italian team want the 39-year-old Briton to partner their current driver Charles Leclerc, according to a number of reports in Britain and Italy. The BBC reported that Mercedes team staff were called to a meeting with boss Toto Wolff at their UK headquarters on Thursday to be told Hamilton will leave at the end of the 2024 season and head to one of Formula One’s most storied names. Reports in Italy say the move could be announced officially as early as Thursday evening. A move to Ferrari would raise eyebrows because Hamilton has signed a two-year contract with his current team Mercedes for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, but that deal reportedly contains a clause allowing him to leave after one season. Several reports say Lewis Hamilton’s agreement with Ferrari was put together hastily as the team was in talks with Spanish driv...