INDORE: Nathan Lyon took eight wickets to give Australia hope of beating India in the third Test — provided they can avoid another calamitous batting collapse here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Thursday. On a dramatic day two in Indore, Australia’s batting imploded in their first innings only for them to fight back and restrict India in their second …

WELLINGTON: England coach Brendon McCullum says he has no concerns that Ben Stokes playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will jeopardise the captain’s participation in this year’s Ashes series. A knee issue has long bothered Stokes and he has come under pressure in some quarters to rest the joint and skip his lucrative stint in the IPL with the …

DHAKA: Bangladesh have added batsman Shamim Hossain to their squad for Friday’s second ODI against England as injury cover for several players, an official said. “We have some players carrying a few niggles. Shamim was added as their cover. Decision on playing him in the match will be taken later,” a spokesperson of the Bangladesh Cricket Board said. The 22-year-old …

RAWALPINDI: Under­li­n­ing his team’s batting collapse in their last match was a result of fearless approach, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan on Thursday vowed they would put up an improved show in the remaining HBL Pakistan Super League matches. Third-placed United — with three wins and two losses in five games so far — in their next match face Karachi …

After a horrific start to their HBL Pakistan Super League season, all Quetta Gladiators would be wishing for was a sniff. They did get more than just that here on a damp night at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday, only for hosts Lahore Qalandars to snatch the match out of their jaws to take it by 17 runs. The result …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan will ultimately reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but it is difficult to say exactly when, Washington insiders Dawn spoke to said on Thursday. “In a week, two weeks, three weeks, difficult to say with any certainty,” said one highly-placed source when asked to comment on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s statement that the government was close to …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan will ultimately reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but it is difficult to say exactly when, Washington insiders Dawn spoke to said on Thursday. “In a week, two weeks, three weeks, difficult to say with any certainty,” said one highly-placed source when asked to comment on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s statement that the government was close to …

ISLAMABAD: With unprecedented policy doses within 24 hours, Pakistan on Thursday completed all the prior actions needed for staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avert sovereign default and secure long-delayed $1.2bn disbursement. Sources told Dawn that policy actions stood completed after the exchange rate was allowed to move freely with a massive Rs25 per dollar depreciation in two days, an …

A day after plummeting to an all-time low, the Pakistan rupee on Friday recovered against the US dollar, with analysts attributing it to expectations that the government would reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The local currency closed at Rs278.46 per dollar in the interbank market, an appreciation of Rs6.63 or 2.38 per cent from yesterday’s close of …

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is addressing a press conference on the country’s prevailing economic situation. Dar said he was doing the press conference to clear “ambiguity” amid the current scenario. He said the current government had made a “principled decision” whether to save the state or its own politics around the time of last year’s vote of no confidence against …