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LAHORE: The caretaker government has green signalled the commencement of the ninth season of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) a day after the general elections — which are scheduled for Feb. 8, the day also earmarked for the PSL opener — sources told Dawn. The go-ahead was given by Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s interim management …

LAHORE: Pakistan chi­ef selector Wahab Riaz, who had slammed fast bowler Haris Rauf for opting out of the Test series in Australia, has now defen­ded the NOC given to him to play in the Big Bash League. Wahab, while announcing the Pakistan Test squad for the series last month had criticised Haris for not making himself available for selection for …

LONDON: Manchester City survived a scare at Luton Town to end their four-match winless run in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory, while Chelsea’s problems mounted with a 2-0 defeat at Everton on Sunday. With star striker Erling Haaland absent due to injury, Pep Guardiola’s side trailed to Elijah Adebayo’s goal late in the first half at Kenilworth Road. …

KARACHI: Visa and passport issues have left the Pakistan squad in Australia without a doctor and the under-19 side in the UAE without a team manager the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Sunday. Sohail Saleem, who was named as the official team doctor for the series in Australia and New Zealand, is yet to join the team. “The Pakistan …

DURBAN: The first Twenty20 International between hosts South Africa and India has been washed out by rain in Durban, with no play possible on Sunday in the first game of the three-match series. The match was scheduled to start at 1400 GMT but the toss was delayed indefinitely and the umpires eventually decided there was no prospect of play in …

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Sunday that spinner Abrar Ahmed has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia which begins in Perth from December 14. In a press release, the cricket board said that during the warm-up match against the Prime Minister’s XI, Abrar had left the field due to “severe pain in his right leg around …

KARACHI: Lahore Whites bowed out of the National T20 Cup with a 30-run win over Sialkot, featuring a century by opener Mohammad Faiq in the Super Eight fixture here are the UBL Sports Complex on Friday. Lahore Blues, meanwhile, narrowly missed out on beating high-flying Abbotabad and finishing their campaign on a high. Both the Lahore outfits could manage only …

DHAKA: Glenn Phillips scored an unbeaten 40 under pressure as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the second Test on Saturday to finish the two-match series level. Set a chase of 137 on a treacherous track at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla Stadium after Bangladesh’s Zakir Hasan hit a battling 59, the visitors reached 139-6 an hour into the fourth …

KARACHI: Having changed the fortunes of cricket in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the last decade, it was inevitable Abdul Rehman would be rewarded for having modern ideas as a coach. Following successful stints as assistant coach for Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans, a Master’s degree holder in International Relations, Rehman got opportunities to serve Pakistan as …

QUEENSTOWN: New Zealand women avoided a series clean sweep as they beat Pakistan in the third and final Twenty20 International by six runs on DLS method at the John Davies Oval on Saturday. After Pakistan had put 137 on the board, the hosts were boosted to 101-2 by the 15th over — thanks to a crucial partnership between opener Suzie …