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DUBAI: Sri Lankan cricketers have been granted a 15-day amnesty to report previously undisclosed information relating to corruption in the sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday. The amnesty will apply to all participants under both the ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) anti-corruption codes who have previously failed to report information relating to wrongdoing. Players can be …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s most successful Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who retired from the international arena in June 2017, will feature in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament that starts from Friday at five venues in three cities. The seasoned campaigner of 276 international appearances with a combined tally of 11,132 runs will once again play for Faisalabad — one of the 10 …

CAPE TOWN: South Africa have named uncapped batsman Rassie van der Dussen in their 14-man squad for the first two contests of the five-match One-day International home series against Pakistan as they explore options ahead of this year’s World Cup. Van der Dussen, 29, was the highest scorer in the recent Mzansi Super League domestic T20 competition, averaging almost 60 …

JOHANNESBURG: Stand-in South African captain Dean Elgar said on Thursday he had given a “blunt message” to his players ahead of the third and final Test against Pakistan, starting here at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. “I spoke to the team yesterday and I told them that any complacency needs to be ironed out,” said Elgar, who is standing in …

HAVING already lost the Test series against South Africa, Pakistan will find it hard to motivate themselves to regroup and bounce back to end the three-match rubber 2-1 after the disappointments they encountered in the opening two Tests. The Wanderers, the venue of the third Test starting today, is not a place where I would expect Pakistan to look impressive …

WASHINGTON: The Int­er­national Cricket Council (ICC) approved USA Cricket as its 105th member on Tuesday, restoring the sport in the United States after the expulsion of a previous national governing body. The move making USA Cricket the ICC’s 93rd associate member allows the group to obtain ICC development funding and sanction international and domestic cricket in the US. That is …

Fast bowler Junaid Khan was the main casualty as Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming five-match ODI series against South Africa was announced on Wednesday. “Junaid Khan has not been considered for this tour because we feel he has to work more on his bowling since the fitness issues that had cut short his series against New Zealand,” chief selector Inzamam …

DAKAR: Mohamed Salah completed a memorable day for Egyptian football by retaining his African Player of the Year award in Senegal on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Liverpool star finished first with club-mate Senegalese Sadio Mane and Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the other finalists. “I have dreamt of winning this award since I was a child and now I have …

LAHORE: Consistency in selection despite the inconsistent performances of some players appears to be the criteria adopted by the national selection committee while announcing a 16-member Pakistan squad for the five-match One-day International series against South Africa starting later this month. A number of Pakistan players have been putting up below-average performances in the previous Asia Cup and New Zealand …

Despite being without suspended captain Faf du Plessis, South Africa will be pushing for a clean sweep when they play Pakistan in the third and final Test starting at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Opening batsman Dean Elgar was announced as stand-in captain on Wednesday after Du Plessis was suspended for one match after South Africa fell short of the …