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KARACHI: Central Punjab kept alive their dreams of annexing a major title for a second straight time after crushing Pakistan Cup table-toppers Sindh by 127 runs to seal place in the final of the 50-over competition here on Friday. In the first semi-final at the SBP Sports Complex, Sindh were left to rue the decision to bowl first after their …

KARACHI: The expressions of rival captains — Babar Azam of Pakistan and his South African counterpart Quinton de Kock — during their virtual media conferences on Friday depicted the mood in the respective camps. Babar, who is rated shy when it comes to speaking, singled out the quality of Pakistan spinners as the reason of South Africa’s first defeat here …

MELBOURNE: Australian Open players were given the green light to begin exiting Covid-19 quarantine on Thursday after spending two weeks strictly confined to a bio-security hub. The first group among the 960 players, coaches and officials isolating at three Melbourne hotels were allowed to leave from 6 p.m. local time (0700 GMT), with the rest expected to depart by Sunday, …

COLOMBO: The International Cricket Council (ICC), the game’s global governing body, on Thursday found former Sri Lanka fast bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige guilty of three charges relating to corruption during the inaugural T10 tournament in Sharjah. Lokuhettige was found guilty on all three counts after being formally charged in November 2019 before a three-member tribunal, the ICC said. It said sanctions …

KARACHI: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took his 200th Test wicket against Pakistan in Karachi on Thursday, saying it was a massive feat to join a club of great players. The 25-year-old dismissed Pakistan’s Hasan Ali for 21 on the third morning of the first Test to reach the milestone in his 44th match. Rabada made his Test debut …

AMONGST the cricketing nations, South Africa is uniquely placed. It is not only one of the three founding members of the ICC, like England and Australia, it made headlines across the world when it was expelled from international cricket because of its government policy of racial segregation known as the ‘Apartheid.’ Apartheid is a law which did not allow the …

DURBAN: Pakistan women’s national cricket team will face South Africa in a three-match T20I series, which will be played at Durban’s Kingsmead Cricket Stadium from Friday. This will be the national side’s first international T20I format assignment since the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia last year. Pakistan have played eight T20Is in South Africa to date and faced …

Nauman Ali made a spectacular debut with five wickets and fellow spinner Yasir Shah grabbed four to give Pakistan a seven-wicket victory in the first Test against South Africa in Karachi on Friday. Nauman, making his Test bow at the age of 34, finished with 5-35 and Yasir took 4-79 as South Africa slumped to 245 all out in their …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza on Wednesday appreciated the talent of female football players from Chitral, who are being trained at Pakistan Sports Complex. Around 40 football players from Chitral Women’s Sports Club, are being trained at the complex by Spanish football coach Jose Alonso along with coach Waleed Javed. Mr Alonso runs an academy …

MELBOURNE: The number of positive Covid-19 tests linked to the Australian Open has been downgraded to eight after authorities reclassified one of the results as a previous infection, health officials said on Wednesday. “One case has been reclassified due to evidence of previous infection, meaning there is now a total of eight positive cases related to the AO cohort,” Covid-19 …