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LAHORE: For all the grit and character that he showed here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday night, Rassie van der Dussen found himself stranded on the non-striker’s end just when he should have been on the opposite side. The South African had fought hard to take his team, Lahore Qalandars, to touching distance of their first win of the …

RANCHI: Spinner Sho­aib Bashir took four wickets to lead England’s bowling charge and put India on the back foot at 219-7 on day two of the fourth Test on Saturday. The rookie off-spinner rattled the Indian reply to England’s first innings of 353 in a marathon spell of 31 overs unchanged spread over three sessions in Ranchi. Wicket-keeper/batsman Dhruv Jurel, …

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s air of optimism was punctured as Alex Iwobi’s 97th minute winner handed Fulham their first win at Old Trafford since 2003, while Aston Villa surged clear in fourth by beating Nottingham Forest 4-2 on Saturday. The completion of Jim Ratcliffe’s minority stake in United this week and a spell of good form had brought hope of a …

LAHORE: The game seemed to be in the bag for Lahore Qalandars, a partisan home crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday cheering them on for a long awaited first victory of this HBL Pakistan Super League season, only for the Karachi Kings to brutally snatch it away at the death. When Mir Hamza’s edge off the last ball flew …

FORT LAUDERDALE: Organisers of June’s ICC T20 World Cup games in the United States say that early ticket sales have shown there is a huge demand for the sport among cricket lovers in the country. The highly anticipated clash in New York between cricket rivals Pakistan and India was over-subscribed by 200 times in the public ballot for tickets, the …

Lahore Qalandars’ Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) after dislocating his shoulder during last night’s defeat to Karachi Kings, the franchise said on Sunday. In a press release, the franchise said that Haris fell on his shoulder in the 20th over while completing a catch to dismiss Kings’ Hasan Ali. “Despite the injury, he walked …

RANCHI: Joe Root hit an unbeaten 106 to lead England’s recovery from early trouble after Indian fast bowler Akash Deep took three wickets on debut in the fourth Test on Friday. England, who are fighting to stay alive at 2-1 down in the five-match series, reached stumps at 302-7 after electing to bat first in Ranchi. The tourists slipped to …

LAHORE: In a surprising twist during the Quetta Gladiators versus Islamabad United match at Gaddafi Stadium, Hawk-Eye, the trusted ball-tracking technology, confessed to a rare human error on Friday. The hiccup occurred when Rilee Rossouw’s dismissal against Salman Ali Agha was mistakenly ruled ‘not out.’ The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared Hawk-Eye’s admission in a statement, revealing that the system …

AUCKLAND: Australia’s bowlers sliced through some reckless New Zealand batting on Friday to win the second Twenty20 international by 72 runs in Auckland and clinch the three-match series. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa knocked over the middle order to finish with 4-34 as the home side were skittled for 102 in 17 overs at Eden Park. New Zealand lost early wickets and …

MULTAN: Under immense pressure, Naveen-ul-Haq kept his nerve and brought relief to Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi at last. In a game that had seemed to have drifted away from them, the Afghanistan pacer picked two wickets off the last two balls, including the crucial scalp of the hard-hitting Iftikhar Ahmed, to earn Zalmi a tense five-run victory over Multan Sultans; …