LAHORE, June 27(ABC): Pakistan opening batter Shan Masood on Sunday became the first player this season to reach 1,000 first-class runs in the ongoing season of County Championship. The 32-year-old achieved this feat during Derbyshire s first innings against Sussex. The left-hander become the quickest Derbyshire batter to reach 1,000 in just 12 innings, beating the previous record by Peter Kirsten …

GROS-ISLET, June 27(ABC): Kemar Roach became just the sixth West Indian to claim 250 Test wickets as the senior pacer swept through the top order of the Bangladesh second innings to put his team on course for victory on the third day of the second and final Test at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Sunday. Roach s three …

LEEDS, June 27(ABC): New Zealand s Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell joined a select group of players when they posted their fourth century partnership of a Test series on Sunday. Only four other pairs have performed a similar feat, with Australia s David Boon and Mark Waugh sharing five hundred stands during the 1993 Ashes series in England. New Zealand s sixth-wicket …

LONDON, June 27(ABC): Novak Djokovic begins his bid to match Pete Sampras as a seven-time Wimbledon champion on Monday with British Grand Slam title winners Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu also on the Centre Court agenda. In the absence of the banned Daniil Medvedev and injured Alexander Zverev, 20-time major winner Djokovic takes top seeding. The 35-year-old defending champion starts …

EASTBOURNE, June 26(ABC): Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova tuned up for the Grand Slam tournament by overpowering Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 to win the Eastbourne title on Saturday. Also, Taylor Fritz outlasted Maxime Cressy 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) in an all-American men’s final for his second Eastbourne title. Kvitova earned her first grass-court title in four years — and …