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Pakistan were all out for 148 in reply to Australia’s first innings total of 556-9 declared on day three of the second Test at the National Stadium in Karachi on Monday. Skipper Babar Azam’s 36 was the highest score for the hosts. Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc was the pick of the Australia bowlers, claiming 3-29. Australia, after declaring their first innings, …

HAMILTON: India unleashed a powerhouse batting performance to crush the West Indies by 155 runs in Hamilton on Saturday and revive their Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign. Centuries for Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur anchored a record-breaking innings of 317-8 before India’s spinners skittled the West Indies for 162. The total was India’s highest at a Women’s World Cup and …

KARACHI: Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame on Saturday. The 74-year-old former batter received his commemorative cap and plaque from PCB chief executive Faisal Has­nain during the lunch break of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi’s National Stadium. Zaheer is the third PCB Hall of Famer after …

INDIAN WELLS: Former world number one Andy Murray notched a milestone win and US Open champion Emma Raducanu made a victorious return from injury in a one-two punch for Britain here at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion now ranked 88th in the world and playing on a wildcard invitation, rallied after a dismal …

MALAM JABBA: The long, drawn-out negotiations have finally yielded the desired result for Pakistan football. The FIFA suspension on Pakistan is set to be lifted after the Normalisation Committee appointed for the Pakistan Football Federation by the sports governing body was handed back possession of the PFF headquarters on Saturday, almost a year after it was forced out of it. …

Usman Khawaja fell after a marathon 160 as Australia lost three wickets in the second session to be 407 for seven at tea on day two of the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday. Islamabad-born Khawaja added 33 runs to his overnight 127 to depart after a fine knock that included 15 boundaries and a six. Alex Carey was batting …

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BANGALORE: Injury-hit Sri Lanka will need nothing less than a miracle to deny hosts India a 2-0 sweep in the Test series when the two sides meet in the second and final Test in Bangalore, which will be played under the lights from Saturday. India have not lost a series at home in the longest format since their 2-1 defeat …

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Half-centuries by Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus and superb bowling under pressure allowed South Africa to edge Pakistan by six runs on Friday in another Women’s Cricket World Cup match which reached the final over. Wolvaardt made 75 and Luus 62 as South Africa made 223-9, falling just short of a par total as it batted first after …

KARACHI: Riding on the crest of a wave, teenage sensation Ahsan Ramzan elevated his stature when he outpaced former runner-up Iranian Amir Sarkhosh 6-5 in an epic final to lay his hands on the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Snooker Championship in Doha on Friday. Fresh from his semi-final triumph over defending champion and compatriot Mohammad Asif, the 16-year-old …