CENTURION: Just three days after Fakhar Zaman’s incredible innings of 193, South Africa and Pakistan prepare to do battle in the One-day International series decider at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. South Africa withstood a record-breaking innings from Fakhar on Sunday at the Wanderers in Johannesburg during the second ODI to keep their hopes of a series victory …

JOFRA Archer might be an aggressive bowler on the field, but the England pacer won hearts with his calm and composed reply to author Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday. Taslima had said that England all-rounder Moeen Ali would have joined the militant Islamic State (IS) group had he not been playing cricket. “If Moeen Ali were not stuck with cricket, he …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not make public the report of its two-member inquiry committee on departments and people responsible for breach of the SOPs during the Pakistan Super League 6 in Karachi, resulting in the postponement of the league in its midway on March 4. The committee has submitted its report to PCB chairman Ehsan Mani this …

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the globally celebrated former Indian cricketer and cross-format captain, is ready to walk out the pavilion again after his August 2020 retirement, though this time as an animated avatar version of himself. Dhoni and his wife Sakshi Singh Dhoni’s production company, Dhoni Entertainment (DE), of which she also serves as the managing director, entered into a joint …

FIFA on Wednesday suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to third-party interference. In a statement, the global body said that third-party inference was a serious violation of the FIFA statutes. “This situation was prompted by the recent hostile takeover of the PFF headquarters in Lahore by a group of protestors and an alleged decision by certain …

South Africa won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat in the decisive third and final one-day international at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. The match shaped up as a test of South Africa’s reserve strength. They were without five players released to the Indian Premier League, who had earned a total of 371 one-day caps. It was …

Fakhar Zaman hit his second successive century and captain Babar Azam scored 94 as Pakistan made 320 for seven in the series-deciding third and final one-day international against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. Fakhar again scored rapidly, although he fell short of repeating the carnage he inflicted on the South African bowlers in the second match …

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time. Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and other details from user profiles were available in a public database. Facebook said “malicious …

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched a new automated system for the blocking of lost, stolen and snatched mobile phones. Titled ‘Lost & Stolen Device System (LSDS)’, the new system will provide ease and facilitation to the users who want to get a mobile phone blocked in case it has been stolen, snatched or lost. “Complainants can easily file …