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Pakistan, for the first-time ever, clean swept South Africa 2-0 in their Test series on Monday. These are the five takeaways from the series: The handicap is finally lifted For the past decade or so, Pakistan had played international cricket with a major handicap. That disability is no more. No disrespect to Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and even Zimbabwe but their …

Joe Root led England to an emphatic 227-run win over India in the opening Test on Tuesday, boosting their hopes of securing a rare series win against the hosts on their own patch. The victory has also propelled England to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings chart with 442 points. Spinner Jack Leach claimed four wickets and …

Head coach Misbahul Haq has his eye on a top-three world ranking for the national side in all formats of the game following their first Test series win over South Africa since 2003. Pakistan earned a hard-fought 95-run victory in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Monday to claim the two-match series 2-0. Misbah — whose position as head coach was in …

As England crushed India by 227 runs in the opening test at Chennai’s M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in the four-match series, former and current cricketers and sports analysts took to Twitter to gush over captain Joe Root and his team’s incredible performance, terming it “one of the best Test wins” and a “complete victory”. …

MELBOURNE: Ash Barty didn’t play competitive tennis in almost a year. It seems like she didn’t miss a beat. Top-ranked Barty cashed in on her first championship point against Garbine Muguruza in the Yarra Valley Classic and Daniil Medvedev clinched the ATP Cup title for Russia within seconds of each other Sunday as the tune-up tournaments for the Australian Open …

CHITTAGONG: Kyle Mayers became the first batsman to score a fourth-innings double century on debut to help West Indies snatch an extraordinary three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday. Hosts Bangladesh declared their second innings on 223-8, setting West Indies a daunting victory target of 395, and the touring side completed the fifth-highest successful run chase in …

KARACHI: Another course record for Shabbir Iqbal led to another title for Pakistan’s top golfer. Shabbir won the CAS Open Golf Championship, smashing the course record with an eight-under 64 in the final round at the Airmen Golf Course on Sunday in a performance exemplifying why he is the best in the country. That too, after he started the final …

Pakistan’s biggest sporting event, the Pakistan Super League (PSL), is back and like every year, the first buzz is around its anthem. The PSL 6 anthem features Naseebo Lal, Young Stunners and Aima Baig and it’s called ‘Groove Mera’. It’s a mix of the traditional vocals of Naseebo Lal, rap by the Young Stunners, Aima Baig’s power vocals and a …

India lost Rohit Sharma in their chase for 420 after Ravichandran Ashwin took six wickets to dismiss England for 178 on day four of the opening Test on Monday. The hosts reached 39 for one at stumps after spinner Jack Leach bowled Sharma for 12 on a deteriorating Chennai pitch. Shubman Gill, on 15, and Cheteshwar Pujara, on 12, were …

Medium pacer Hasan Ali took a maiden ten-wicket haul to help Pakistan win its first series against South Africa since 2003 with a 95-run victory in the second Test on the fifth and final day in Rawalpindi on Monday. Hasan finished with 5-60 to record his best match figures of 11-114 and help dismiss South Africa — who were set …