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DUBAI: Opener David Warner struck form with an attacking 65 to help Australia to their second successive victory in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka on Thursday. Warner, who was dropped from his IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad last month after two bad games, smashed 10 fours in his 42-ball knock as Australia achieved their …

KARACHI: The batters were on song on day two of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy action on Thursday as just 14 wickets fell across three venues, while two of the batters converted their overnight innings into double tons. Faizan Riaz, who resumed the day on 146, notched up his third multiple hundred by making 213 (346 balls, 20 boundaries during a marathon …

Pakistan Television said on Thursday that anchorperson Dr Nauman Niaz and former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will be taken “off air” until an inquiry committee formed to investigate the heated exchange between the two completed its inquiry. In a statement shared on Twitter, the state broadcaster said that the inquiry was under way. “It has been decided that Niaz and Akhtar will be …

Rashid Khan has pleaded with Afghanistan and Pakistan fans to behave when the two neighbours meet in the T20 World Cup on Friday after a match in England two years ago was scarred by fighting and a pitch invasion. Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid played in that 50-over World Cup game at a packed Headingley in Leeds in 2019. His side suffered …

SHARJAH: Defending champions West Indies believe they can bounce back from their two consecutive Super 12 defeats when they clash against Bangladesh in their must-win Twenty20 World Cup match in Sharjah, batter Nicholas Pooran said on Thursday. The two-time champions, who won the trophy in the shortest format of the game in 2012 and in 2016 when the last edition …

Pakistan are scheduled to face Afghanistan tonight in their Group 2 fixture of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai, and here are our five reasons why Babar Azam and Co should not take their neighbours lightly. 1- Afghan spinners truly are world-class This is not something we or the world is saying just to hype up the Afghans or …

A new drama series based on the life of late Argentine footballer Diego Maradona promises to reveal little-known details about the turbulent life and times of the legendary player and has already caused controversy in his homeland. The series, which was being filmed for Amazon Prime Video when Maradona died of a heart attack in November 2020, tells the story of his …

BEIJING: With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a “simple and safe” 2022 Games — although preparations are anything but simple as China readies to host thousands of athletes and personnel as it battles flare-ups of Covid-19. Beijing will be the first city to stage both the Summer and Winter Games, but the 2022 …

SHARJAH: Vice-captain Shadab Khan and fast bowler Haris Rauf said Pakistan’s two wins in as many matches as ‘much needed’ at the start of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Haris set up Pakistan’s five-wicket win with career-best figures of 4-22 against New Zealand in Sharjah on Tuesday, as the 2009 champions followed Sunday’s crushing 10-wicket demolition of arch-rivals India. Player-of-the-match …

SHARJAH: New Zealand may be forced to face India in their crunch Twenty20 clash on Sunday without Martin Guptill after the ‘Black Caps’ opening batter injured his toe in their opening loss to Pakistan. Guptill, New Zealand’s most experienced short format international, took a blow to the big toe from a Haris Rauf delivery just before he was dismissed for …