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Pakistan is all set to play one-day international cricket after five months against South Africa on the venues of Centurion and Johannesburg. Green Shirts’ fans are also eager to see their stars again after an embarrassing last month where season six of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was postponed after the COVID-19 fallout. The three-match series against Proteas is the …

FIFA has warned of suspending the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) over “illegitimate occupation of the PFF headquarters as well as the decision to take over the leadership from the normalisation committee” appointed by the global body, it emerged on Tuesday. In a statement, PFF Normalisation Committee chairman Haroon Malik said he had received a letter from FIFA that stated the …

LONDON: England paceman Jofra Archer has had successful surgery to remove a piece of glass that became lodged in a finger when he smashed a fish tank while trying to clean it. The 25-year-old played two Tests and all five Twenty20s during England’s recent tour of India but was ruled out of the one-day series because of a problem with …

NAPIER: New Zealand downed Bangladesh by 28 runs in their rain-affected second Twenty20 International in Napier on Tuesday to secure the three-match series and complete a home sweep against all comers. New Zealand made 173 for five off 17.5 overs after losing the toss and batting, before the weather ended their innings prematurely at McLean Park. As a result, Bangladesh’s …

NORTH SOUND: Kraigg Brathwaite completed a ninth Test century and was eventually last out for 126 on the stroke of lunch as the West Indies totalled 354 in their first innings on day two of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Antigua on Tuesday. Suranga Lakmal led the visitors’ effort with figures of four wickets for 94 …

LAHORE: While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are in negotiation with their Sri Lankan counterparts for a national series tentatively in June, they have also invited 27 emerging women cricketers for a fitness training camp at the Moin Khan Academy in Karachi, starting from Saturday. Dawn learnt that the PCB want the national women’s team to tour Sri Lanka to play …

NORTH SOUND: Suranga Lakmal’s mastery of swing and seam caused the West Indies early trouble before a risky counter-attack by Kyle Mayers lifted the home side to 86-2 at lunch on the opening day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. Fresh from career-best Test figures of 5-47 a week earlier also at the at the …

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers on Monday unveiled virus countermeasures for test events that will resume later this week for the first time since the Games were postponed by the pandemic. Tokyo 2020 chiefs pledged to hold the remaining 18 test events — which function as dress rehearsals for each sport — in a “safe and secure” manner, to see what …

MUMBAI: India captain Virat Kohli said confining players to ‘bubbles’ for months on end is not sustainable and the game has to consider scheduling changes to reduce the mental toll tours are taking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kohli’s comments come as cricketers prepare to head into another restricted environment for two months for the IPL. “As I said a couple …

CENTURION: Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq said on Monday he believed the venues for two white-ball series in South Africa would suit his team, as they stepped up preparations after arriving in the country. Misbah, speaking for the first time since Pakistan arrived in South Africa, said he looked forward to three One-day internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals, which will be …