Belfast, June 29 (IANS) Former skipper Gary Wilson was on Monday appointed as the new head coach of the Ireland men’s cricket team, as he becomes the first Irish-born coach to take charge of the national side in over three decades.Wilson, 40, represented Ireland 292 times across a distinguished 15-year international career before retiring in 2020 and succeeding Heinrich Malan in the head coach role. Previously, Malan stepped down just a day after Ireland secured a historic 2-0 T20I series triump…
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Sheffield, April 22 (IANS) World number one Judd Trump won five of the last six frames to surge to a comfortable 10-5 win over Gary Wilson at the World Snooker Championship. The 31-time ranking event winner is aiming to capture snooker’s biggest prize for just the second time in his career, having beaten John Higgins in the 2019 title match. Trump held a 5-4 advantage coming into this evening’s session, having rallied from 4-1 down this morning. Wilson crafted contributions of 58 and 33 in the o…
Colombo, Feb 12 (IANS) Skipper Paul Stirling’s knee injury “doesn’t look good” according to batting coach Gary Wilson, as Ireland are waiting for scans to confirm the severity of the injury. Stirling hurt his right knee when completing a catch early in Ireland’s 67-run loss to Australia in the Group B match of the T2o World Cup on Wednesday and aggravated it even further when he attempted to bat, which forced him to retire hurt in the first over of the chase.”It doesn’t look great. He went for a…