s Pakistan head coach Misbahul Haq said on Monday that his fate was in the hands of the national cricket authorities after the team’s New Zealand series defeat prompted speculation about his future. Misbah, who has lost all three away Test series in his 15 months in charge, blamed an extended stay in New Zealand coronavirus isolation for the latest failure. “I …

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday asked Twitteratis, in a poll, to identify which captain was the best. The options given by the ICC are India captain Virat Kholi, former South African captain AB de Villiers, current captain of Australia’s women Team Meg Lanning and former Pakistan team captain Imran Khan. The ICC said that  the captaincy for …

All-rounder Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi is known in almost every household for his jaw-dropping sixes and batting magic. However,  in a  rare sight, a woman at the airport failed to recognise the player and the video of this undated interaction has taken social media by storm. The woman is seen calling Afridi for a picture in the viral social media …

SYDNEY: Australia captain Tim Paine said he felt he had let down his bowlers with his atrocious wicket-keeping as India batted through the final day of the third Test for a draw on Monday. Paine thought Australia’s pace unit and spinner Nathan Lyon had created enough chances to bowl out the tourists for a win and a 2-1 series lead …

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has started net practice here at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) after missing out all the matches of Pakistan against New Zealand owing to thumb injury. Babar’s thumb was injured during net practice in Queens Town on Dec 12. Despite missing out all the matches, Babar remained with the team in New Zealand. The New …

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia (CA) could slap indefinite bans on any fans found to have racially abused the visiting India players during the third Test in Sydney, its interim chief executive Nick Hockley said on Monday. CA has launched an investigation with New South Wales Police after India bowler Mohammed Siraj’s complaint led to the ejection of six fans from the …

KARACHI: World T20 winner Umar Gul will be the bowling coach for former Pakistan Super League champions Quetta Gladiators in the sixth edition of PSL. Gul is  known as one the best T20 bowlers of all time. He will replace legendary all-rounder Abdur Razzaq as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided against issuing non-objection certificates to national coaches and head …

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday notified about Rs1.06 per unit increase in electricity rates for ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) to generate about Rs8.4bn additional revenue to troubled power sector. The increase was allowed on account of monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for electricity consumed in October and November 2020. This would be charged to consumers …

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh has directed the provincial governments to continue momentum of strict price evaluation for provision of basic items to masses at affordable prices. He was chairing a meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Monday and reviewed the price trend of essential commodities especially wheat, sugar, eggs and edible oil. Federal Minister for …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday kicked off a major drive against 195 illegal petrol retail outlets in three provinces on the first day of launching of anti-smuggling operations. Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a deadline of four weeks to the Customs Department and other law enforcement agencies to take action against 2,094 illegal petrol retail …