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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; …

KATHMANDU: Former Nepal cricket captain San­d­eep Lamichhane appea­led against his eight-year prison sentence for rape on Thursday and was permitted to remain out of jail while the case proceeds. Lamichhane was once the poster boy for cricket in Nepal and the leg-spinner’s on-field success had boosted the sport’s profile in the Himalayan republic. The 23-year-old was convicted of the rape of a …

ISLAMABAD: Considering the reply of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) unsatisfactory, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Thursday formed a committee to investigate the matter of the athletes’ non-participation in the 11th Indoor Asian Athletics Champio­nship held in Tehran earlier this month. Pakistan athletes Shajar Abbas and Jaf­far Ashraf — despite being present in Iran’s capital — did not compete in …

RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo gui­ded Al Nassr into the quarter-finals of the Asian Cham­pions Lea­gue on Wednesday as the Saudi Arabian side defeated domestic rivals Al Fay­ha 2-0 to progress 3-0 on aggregate. Nassr, who won last week’s first leg 1-0 thanks to a Ronaldo goal nine minutes from time, were the better side at Al Awwal Park and took the …

RANCHI: India said on Thursday they are primed for whatever the pitch has in store for the fourth Test but expect it to favour spinners, after England captain Ben Stokes said he “had never seen anything like” the Ranchi wicket. The Rohit Sharma-led hosts are looking to seal the series in the Test beginning at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association …