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SYDNEY: Pakistan cricket team will tour Australia for two Tests and three-T20I  in November later this year,  a schedule released Tuesday.  As per details,  one of the two Tests to be played in the series in Adelaide will be a day-night affair featuring the pink ball, and it will be a part of the ICC World Test championship. There will …

CARDIFF: England captain Eoin Morgan led his side to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in a lone Twenty20 international in Cardiff on Sunday with an unbeaten innings of 57. Test skipper Joe Root made 47 and James Vince 36 as England overhauled Pakistan´s total of 173 for six with four balls to spare at Sophia Gardens. This was England´s second …

DUBAI: Caribbean openers  Shai Hope and John Campbell smashed the record for the highest first-wicket partnership in a one-day international with a stand of 365 against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday. Both the openers played magnificent innings as Campbell scored 179 and Hope 170 in an eventual total of 381 for three after the visitors were sent in to bat …

England captain Eoin Morgan led his side to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in a lone Twenty20 international in Cardiff on Sunday with an unbeaten innings of 57. Test skipper Joe Root made 47 and James Vince 36 as England overhauled Pakistan’s total of 173 for six with four balls to spare at Sophia Gardens. This was England’s second victory …

West Indies openers John Campbell and Shai Hope shattered the record for the highest first-wicket partnership in a one-day international with a stand of 365 against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday. The duo comfortably exceeded the previous opening best at this level of 304 set by Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in July last year. Campbell …

LONDON: Chelsea were assured of a place in next season’s Champions League after their 3-0 win over Watford was followed by London rivals Arsenal being held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday. Quick-fire headed goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and David Luiz, both set up by Eden Hazard early in the second half, helped Chelsea to …

BRISBANE: Steve Smith and David Warner are set to don the Australian colours this week for the first time since their ball-tampering bans despite struggling with illness. The pair were welcomed back into the national fold last week for a pre-World Cup camp in Brisbane after serving year-long suspensions for their part in the ‘sandpapergate’ scandal in Cape Town that …

LAHORE: Legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has become the latest critic of Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) plan to abolish departments from the sport’s domestic structure. Qadir, who featured in 67 Test matches, said departmental teams have contributed a lot for the betterment of the country’s cricket, majorly in the form of players. “Departmental cricket has produced iconic cricketers such as Hanif …

DOHA: Caster Semenya won the 800 metres at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday in her first race since losing her appeal over a controversial gender ruling, claiming “actions speak louder than words”. The South African, a two-time Olympic champion, timed 1min 54.98sec to defeat Burundi´s Francine Niyonsaba, who clocked 1min 57.75sec and Ajee Wilson of the United States …

KARACHI: Four years ago, two-time World Cup winner Steve Waugh predicted young fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain would one day make a name for himself on the international stage. Now the 19-year-old can prove Waugh right after his blistering pace earned him a call-up to Pakistan´s squad for the World Cup. Pakistan´s chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, a member of the country´s first …