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KARACHI: Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed vowed Tuesday to be a better player as he returned home after being handed a four-match ban for a racial slur against a South African player in Durban last week. The 31-year-old was heard on a stump microphone making a comment in Urdu about Andile Phehlukwayo during the second One-day International. The International Cricket …

ISLAMABAD: Turkish skier Usta Berkin dominated his opponents in men’s giant slalom category on the opening day of 3rd Chief of Air Staff Karakoram International Alpine Ski Cup being held at the scenic PAF Ski Resort, Naltar. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Air Force here on Tuesday, Ukrainian skiers Tsibelenko Levko and Nariichyn Andriy secured second and …

DUBAI: The fixtures for the ICC T20 World Cup Australia 2020 were revealed in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday morning, the cricket governing body said in a statement issued to the media. For the first time, the women’s and men’s T20 World Cups will be held as standalone events in the same year and in the same country. The ICC Women’s …

Pakistan Super League’s foreign imports are not just limited to cricketers. To cover the T20 spectacle, the league invites a bunch of international analysts who aid the local pundits in presenting the game to the fans. The inaugural tournament in 2016 was called by Ramiz Raja, Bazid Khan, Alan Wilkins, Pat Symcox and Tom Moody. In 2017, Ian Bishop, Danny …

LAHORE: Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz has criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for appointing controversial all-rounder Shoaib Malik as captain of the national team as replacement of regular skipper Sarfraz Ahmed who has been served a four-match ban by the ICC over his racist remarks during the second ODI against South Africa in Durban last week. Talking to Dawn on …

AL AIN: Japan benefited from a controversial penalty as they sent favourites Iran crashing 3-0 in the Asian Cup semi-finals to move within one win of a record-extending fifth title on Monday. Yuya Osako put Japan 1-0 up after half-time but it was his penalty shortly afterwards, awarded following a video review, that knocked the stuffing out of Iran. Takumi …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has expressed the hope that the upcoming PSL contest would be the last to be played in the United Arab Emirates as “we want to shift the cricket gala event to Pakistan”. Addressing the opening ceremony of a campaign in connection with the PSL-4 in Dubai, he said that the PSL …

THE loud presence in the field of Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has now been gagged by the game’s world governing body, the ICC, who have finally slapped him with a four-match ban for his racial slur during last week’s Durban ODI which the tourists lost. In frustration of not being able to break what turned out to be the match-winning partnership between …

Hosts Australia will take on Pakistan’s men and India’s women for the opening fixtures of the Twenty20 World Cups in 2020, organisers said Tuesday as the draw for the tournaments was announced. The T20 World Cups are being held in the same year and in the same country for the first time, with the men’s and women’s finals to be …

South Africa: 134/4 in 31 overs _____________________________________________________________________ End of over 31: South Africa 134/4 Imad Wasim to Miller, no run Imad Wasim to van der Dussen, 1 run, Imad Wasim to Miller, 1 run Imad Wasim to van der Dussen, 1 run Imad Wasim to Miller, 1 run  Imad Wasim to Amla, OUT End of over 30: South Africa 130/3 …