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CHRISTCHURCH: Sri Lanka’s pacemen crashed through New Zealand’s batting lineup, including snaring the key wicket of Kane Williamson, to leave the Black Caps in trouble at 162-5 on day two of the first Test in Christchurch, still trailing by 193 runs in reply to the tourists’ first innings total of 355. Number five Daryl Mitchell was 40 not out and …

AHMEDABAD: Usman Khawaja struck a majestic 180 and Cameron Green smashed his maiden Test hundred to power Australia to a series-high 480 all out on day two of the fourth and final Test against India on Friday. Khawaja and Green were the bedrock of Australia’s innings with a 208-run stand for the fifth wicket, the highest partnership from either side …

LAHORE: The Election Commissioner of the Pakistan Cricket Board has adopted a novel way of conducting elections at district level across five regions with polls to be held first before appeals against the successful candidates are heard — a move that is against past practices of the country’s cricket governing body. Elections across districts in Islamabad, Larkana, Rawalpindi, Bahwalpur and …

RAWALPINDI: Turning up with renewed hopes after Quetta Gladiators’ Jason Roy had left them numb and helpless two days ago, Peshawar Zalmi probably didn’t deserve to go through a similar experience again against Multan Sultans. Babar Azam and co. would have believed putting 242 on the board batting first should have been enough for them, only to see Rilee Rossouw …

In a thrilling inaugural match of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), Asia Lions — led by Shahid Afridi — secured a decisive victory over India Maharajas, captained by Gautam Gambhir in Doha on Friday. The Lions, while batting first, set a decent 166-run target at a loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Seasoned campaigner Misbahul Haq top scored for …

There was a notion when the Pakistan Super League (PSL) started that has now been firmly put to bed. It was that that there can be no losers in this league. The logic going that since no matter what happens, a Pakistani team will win and hence nobody is truly losing here. Yet such is the nature of competitive sport …

Chat app Discord said on Thursday it will introduce new artificial intelligence features that can summarize long conversations or add decorations to a user’s avatar, the latest move among tech companies to build generative AI tools. Generative AI, which has captured the attention of the tech industry, is a technology that can generate images, text or video in response to …

MUNICH: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have hardly had the start they had wanted in 2023 but are hoping Wednesday’s Champions League win over Paris St Germain proves a pivotal moment that gives them the boost they are looking for in the domestic league. The Bavarians, who beat star-studded PSG 2-0 for a 3-0 aggregate win over two legs and a …

LAHORE: All the players participating in the ongoing Pakistan Super League have received 70 per cent of their participating fees after a slight delay with the remaining dues to be paid within a month after the end of the season on March 19, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Thursday. A PCB spokesperson told Dawn that the delay in payment was …

AHMEDABAD: Usman Khawaja smashed the first century by an Australia batter in the current series against India to steer the tourists to 255-4 after the opening day of the fourth and final Test on Thursda The opener forged 50-plus partnerships with Travis Head, Steve Smith and Cameron Green in easily the best batting conditions so far to put Australia on …