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LAHORE: After failing to restore domestic cricket structure during more than two and a half years according to the new constitution, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has now decided to outsource the process of the scrutiny of clubs across the country. The PCB, in this regard, has given an advertisement on its website seeking bids for the scrutiny process. Interestingly, …

SYDNEY: Josh Inglis was one of 20 players awarded Cricket Australia central contracts on Thursday, less than two months after his international debut, but his Western Australia team mate Jhye Richardson missed out. Former Test captain Tim Paine, who has taken an indefinite leave of absence from cricket, James Pattinson, who has retired, and quick Kane Richardson were the other …

LAHORE: While less than a year is left for Pakistan to host the 2023 South Asian Games (SAG), the organising committee and the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) are still not on one page on several issues. A meeting of the organising committee was held here on Thursday and it concluded with several key matters remaining unresolved. Pakistan is set to …

AUGUSTA: Tiger Woods was three adrift through nine holes on Thursday in his unlikely quest for a record-equalling sixth Masters title, 14 months after a car crash left him with injuries so severe he feared he might lose a leg. The 46-year-old, who has fallen to 973rd in the world rankings, said this week he thought his game was good …

CHELMSFORD: Players warming up in woolly hats and multiple layers. A biting wind whipping across the lush green grass. Welcome to the first day of the English county cricket season. While global stars strut their stuff in the cauldron of the Indian Premier League, Essex and Kent faced off in the first act of a six-month drama in the small …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will propose a four-nation Twenty20 International tournament — featuring Pakistan, India, England and Australia — at the upcoming board meeting of the Inter­national Cricket Council (ICC). PCB chairman Ramiz Raja will present the proposal during the meeting to be held in Dubai on April 10. In this regard, Ramiz and PCB chief executive Faisal …

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja hinted on Wednesday at the possibility of rescheduled One-Day Internationals (ODI) against West Indies — which were postponed due to Covid-19 cases in the tourists’ squad during their visit last year — being played in June without strict coronavirus protocols or in a bio-secure bubble. The three ODIs were originally scheduled to be …

AUGUSTA: Five-time champion Tiger Woods put the finishing touches to his preparations for this week’s Masters by playing nine holes at Augusta National on Wednesday ahead of his highly-anticipated return to competition. Woods, who suffered career-threatening leg injuries in a February 2021 car crash, arrived at Augusta National early and played the back nine along with 1992 Masters champion Fred …

NEW DELHI: England’s record of one win in their last 17 Tests is clearly not good enough but Joe Root is still the right man to skipper the side, former bowler Darren Gough told Reuters. Root has come under pressure after England slumped to a 4-0 defeat in the last Ashes series and lost 1-0 in West Indies, with former …

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam reckons that pace bowler Hasan Ali is going through a rough patch but everyone in the team is backing him to regain the form that saw him won many matches for the country. Hasan came under fire after he went wicketless in the one-off T20 International against Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday night …