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The Pakistan women’s team defeated their West Indies counterparts by 12 runs in the final of a three-match T20 International series at Karachi’s Southend Club Cricket Stadium on Sunday, preventing a whitewash by the visitors who won the series 2-0 with their victory on Friday. At the outset of the match, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first, setting …

South Africa beat Pakistan by seven runs in the second Twenty20 international to claim the series at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. Batting first, Stand-in captain David Miller hit an explosive half-century as South Africa made a strong finish to their innings. Miller slammed 65 not out off 29 balls to enable South Africa to post 188 for …

Lahore Qalandars coach Aqib Javed on Saturday said  South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers was due in Dubai on February 9 to take part in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) fourth edition. The former skipper  is part of PSL franchise Lahore Qalandars this year. He said the players were eagerly waiting for de Villiers to learn from him. Javed said …

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani on Friday said that in the punishment given to captain Sarfaraz Ahmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for allegedly racist remarks made against South African cricketer Andile Phehlukwayo, bureaucracy seems to have won against common sense. “As far as we were concerned, an apology had been tendered and accepted and the only …

West Indies Women needed a super over to edge out Pakistan Women in their second T20I on Friday and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. After the visitors finished with exactly the same total (132) the home side had made, the match needed a super over to decide the winner. In the super over, the match that had …

Qatar stunned Japan 3-1 to win their first Asian Cup on Friday sparked by a moment of magic from record-breaker Almoez Ali and after nail-biting late drama. Sudan-born striker Ali scored with an acrobatic bicycle kick after just 12 minutes before Abdelaziz Hatim curled in a superb second and Akram Afif converted a VAR-assisted penalty to give the 2022 World …

Former cricketers Wasim Akram and Zaheer Abbas on Friday criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) policy of selecting captains on a ‘series-to-series basis’ as revealed by the board’s spokesperson on Wednesday. The PCB is yet to decide who will lead the national side in the one-day international (ODI) series against Australia in March/April. Meanwhile, the captain, Sarfraz Ahmed, has been …

Faf du Plessis and Reeza Hendricks shared a record partnership as South Africa ended a nine-match Pakistan T20 winning streak in the first international at Newlands on Friday. South Africa prevailed by six runs in a tense finish after being sent in and making 192 for six. Pakistan came close, scoring 182 for nine. “We were two boundaries behind,” said …

GILGIT: The Chief of the Air Staff International Karakoram Alpine Ski Cup, which saw participation of 40 skiers from 13 countries, concluded in Naltar’s PAF ski resort on Friday. The participants, mostly women, were from Pakistan, Greece, Afghanistan, Tur­key, Ukraine, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, Azer­bai­jan, and Tajikistan. These athletes took part in the slalom …

A star-studded HBL PSL 2019 commentary panel including former South African captain Graeme Smith, former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden and former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja was unveiled today. The trio joins world-famous commentators Danny Morrison, Michael Slater, Bazid Khan, Alan Wilkins and Kepler Wessels on a panel that is set to enthral viewers from around the world. South African legend …