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KARACHI: Umer Bhutta will lead the 18-member Pakistan squad in the upcoming 29th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, set to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from November 1. The squad was announced by the Pakistan Hockey Federation late on Monday, following trials during the national side’s training camp at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium here. The team comprises of few …

LAHORE: A blistering knock by batter Luc Martin Benkenstein took Gwadar Sharks to the final of the Pakistan Junior League as they beat Bahawalpur Royals by eight wickets in the first qualifier here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. Benkestein’s 71 off 37 balls was lit up by eight fours and three sixes and helped the Sharks make light work …

With mere weeks to go before the first kick-off at Qatar 2022, football fever is upon us all. But while a Pakistan squad has never been part of the competition, the country is represented at nearly every major soccer game in the world — by the balls themselves. Like the ‘Tel Star 18’ in 2018 and the ‘Brazuca’ in 2014, …

KARACHI/LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday said it was “surprised and disappointed” by statements made by Board of Cricket Control in India secretary Jay Shah that next year’s Asia Cup, originally scheduled in Pakistan, would be played at a neutral venue. Shah, who is also president of the Asian Cricket Council, told reporters after BCCI’s annual general meeting that India will …

Ireland’s Curtis Campher and George Dockrell combined in an unbroken 119-run stand to take their side to an unlikely six-wicket win over Scotland in the T20 World Cup win in Hobart and keep them in the hunt to qualify for the Super 12 phase. The Irish looked headed for a second straight defeat in Group B when they were reduced …

A warm-up match between Pakistan and Afghanistan for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was called off on Wednesday due to uninterrupted rain at The Gabba in Brisbane. Pakistan were only able to bat for 2.2 overs with the openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scoring a total of 19 runs, after which the match was delayed and then called …

KUALA LUMPUR: Qatar will stage the next Asian Cup in place of original hosts China, the Asian Confederation announced on Monday, with the tournament likely to be moved from mid-2023 to early 2024 to avoid the heat of the Gulf summer. The continental championships were awarded to China in 2019 but the world’s most populous country relinquished the rights this …

MELBOURNE: Australia captain Aaron Finch gave himself a timely boost ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup while India seamer Mohammed Shami proved his worth in a dramatic four-wicket final over in a warm-up match between the tournament heavyweights on Monday. Finch had managed only one fifty in his previous 10 T20 Internationals and his slump has been a major talking …

KARACHI: Najeebullah Achak­zai took his maiden first-class five-wicket haul help Balochistan grab a 16-run first-innings lead over Southern Punjab and Saud Shakeel and Omair Bin Yousuf struck centuries to boost Sindh against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the third day of the fourth round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy on Monday. Najeebullah, 31, registered figures of 5-90 in his first outing of the …

LAHORE: Pakistan will host Bangladesh U-19 for a four day and five one-day matches in Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium from November 4-18, the country’s cricket board announced Monday. The tour will kick off with the four-day game while the one –day matches — to be played over 45 overs — will be played from November 10-18. Bangladesh’s U-19 side’s last visit …