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SYLHET: Pakistan went top of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup league round standings after beating hosts Bangladesh by nine wickets at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday. It was the side’s second win in a row after they opened their campaign with a victory over Malaysia by an identical margin. Pakistan struck early after Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won …

LAHORE: The series loss to England has forced Pakistan into some soul-searching but skipper Babar Azam remains confident that his side will iron out the issues with the T20 World Cup fast approaching. England clinched the seven-match series 4-3 here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday after whipping the hosts by 67-runs in a game where Pakistan were never in …

An “emotionally sound” Tim Paine is set to play his first top-level game since a sexting scandal ended his international career, with the former Australia captain included on Tuesday in Tasmania’s squad for a Sheffield Shield tie. Paine quit as Test skipper last November on the eve of the Ashes campaign against England when lewd text messages he sent to a …

Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang that witnesses say started when officers fired tear gas into packed …

GUWAHATI: India beat South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as David Miller and Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 174-run stand was in vain. Chasing an imposing 237, the visitors fell short as India’s imperious batting performance helped them clinch victory as well as …

MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat-tricks as Manches­ter City thrashed Manchester United 6-3 to move to within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday. United needed Antony’s strike and a late Anthony Martial double to save them from a record defeat in the Manchester derby as they remain in sixth, nine points off the top. Haaland …

SYLHET: Pakistan got off the mark in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup with a nine-wicket win over Malaysia at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan achieved the modest 58-run target in just nine overs after openers Sidra Amin and Muneeba Ali combined for 45 runs. Sidra smashed 31 before falling to Mahirah Izzati Ismail on the final delivery …

Everyone has bad days — no one can consistently deliver their best, it varies. Cricketer Khushdil Shah is not on top of his game at the moment but instead of showing empathy, fans berated him at the Pakistan versus England series finale. They yelled “parchi” at him, implying that he didn’t get where he is because of his accomplishments. On …

The debate about who has better food, Karachi or Lahore, has been a long and heated one and we now know what side of the argument England skipper Moeen Ali falls on — he’s team Karachi all the way! On Sunday, the England cricket team defeated Pakistan by 67 runs to clinch the seven-match series 4-3. In a press conference after the …

Pakistan were brushed aside by England in the seventh T20I at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Sunday and lost the series 4-3 despite being up 3-2 at one point. Here are our five takeaways from the series. Nothing learned, nothing unlearned Cricket assignments closer to the World Cup are strategically placed with the objective of either experimenting, fine-tuning, solidifying or doing all a …