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ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday announced that England’s cricket team would visit Pakistan later this year. In a Twitter posting via @fawadchaudhry following a meeting with British High Commissioner Christian Turner, the minister said: “Lovely meeting [with] my friend @CTurnerFCDO. Extremely delighted to know that after the gap of sixteen years, October this year English …

Seamer Hasan Ali took nine wickets in the match as Pakistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by an innings and 116 runs after tea on the third day of the first Test at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday. Hasan moved past 50 Test wickets as he took a career-best 5-36 to help bowl Zimbabwe out for 134. He recorded figures of …

LAUSANNE: A sports’ social media boycott was gathering strength on Thursday with several organisations joining England’s soccer leagues in a show of solidarity against online abuse. European soccer governing body UEFA said it would join this weekend’s boycott, as is England Rugby and British Cycling. UEFA said it would stay silent across its platforms, starting at 1500 BST (1600 CEST) …

Karachi: Former captain Mohammad Yousuf thinks current skipper Babar Azam has one strong point that keeps him apart from other Pakistani batters. The 46-year-old Yousuf, while talking to CricketBazz’s YouTube channel, said that Babar doesn’t play too many dot balls which is the main reason behind Babar’s success. “Whenever he receives a ball on which runs can be scored, he …

PALLEKELE: Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne posted hundreds and a double century stand as Sri Lanka reached 291-1 against Bangladesh on an ominous first day of the second Test on Thursday. Captain Karunaratne scored 118 for his 12th Test century, then Thirimanne hammered his third century and second this year. He was 131 not out at stumps in tandem …

DUBAI: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, who was given an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for corruption, on Thursday apologised and took ‘full responsibility’ for his actions, but said he was never involved in any attempts to fix matches. The 47-year-old was banned earlier this month after admitting five breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code. The charges …

ISLAMABAD: Ashfaq Hussain Shah called on the Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza in her office on Thursday during which he shared the proposals suggested by his group to end the ongoing football crisis in the country. Pakistan has been suspended by FIFA after Ashfaq and his group of football officials, who came to power after a Pakistan …

MELBOURNE: Australians involved in the Indian Premier League are ‘anxious’ about how they will get home from the tournament as the Covid-19 crisis continues in India but they are not looking for any ‘free rides’, the head of the players’ union said on Wednesday. Three Australian players have pulled out of the IPL but two remain stranded in India following …

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars opted for premier Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan while Karachi Kings brought in belligerent New Zealand opener Martin Guptill as HBL Pakistan Super League franchises on Tuesday night announced replacements of their foreign players for the remaining games of PSL-2021 scheduled to be held in Karachi in June. Lahore Qalandars are the most hit franchise of the …

LAHORE: Pakistan have qualified for the baseball event of the 2022 Asian Games scheduled to be held from Sept 18-22 in Hangzhou, China. Pakistan Federation Baseball president Syed Fakhar Ali Shah said Pakistan would be among the 12 baseball teams which will participate in the 19th edition of the Asian gala. The countries that will feature in the baseball event …