DURBAN: South Africa women’s team narrowly beat Pakistan women by just three runs in the first of the three One-day Internationals at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. This was Pakistan women team’s first appearance in international cricket after a gap of 10 months. Chasing 201 to win, the tourists fell just three runs short at 197 for eight in …

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan claimed four wickets for eight runs in his international comeback to set up an easy six-wicket victory for Bangladesh over the depleted West Indies in the first One-day International in Dhaka on Wednesday. Debutant pacer Hasan Mahmud also impressed with the ball, picking up 3-28 as the hosts bowled out the weakened tourists for 122 before …

LAHORE: Former captain Mohammad Hafeez on Wednesday came in support of the current Pakistan team management which is under heavy criticism from many quarters in the wake of national team’s disastrous performance on their recently-concluded tour of New Zealand. “My [individual] performance during the past one year improved mainly due to the effort of the national team’s current coaching staff, …

TO be gobsmacked at what the Indian touring team to Australia has managed to achieve in the end is a lot milder expression. In fact, to be truthful, they having won the series 2-1 after being shot out for a humiliating 36 in the first Test at Adelaide have once again showed us that where there is a will there …

ISLAMABAD: The Right of Way (ROW) Policy for the telecom sector — recently approved by the federal cabinet — clears a large number of hurdles faced by telcos and internet service providers in the installation and maintenance of their telecommunication equipment and expansion of systems across the country. The policy was approved in a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday. A …

KARACHI: Younis Khan was vocal in saying on Wednesday he would have faced the PCB Cricket Committee, which grilled head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis in the wake of a disastrous tour of New Zealand. Talking to reporters during a virtual media conference here, national batting coach Younis — now in his third series after being hired for …

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising prices, the government on Wednesday decided to allow tax- and duty-free import of 800,000 tonnes of sugar and 300,000 tonnes of wheat to beef up buffer stocks. The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet presided over by Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh. The ECC allowed tax- and duty-free …

China’s car production and sales respectively reached 2.84 million units and 2.83m units in December of 2020, and also increased 5.7 per cent and 6.4pc from a year earlier, according to the National Business Daily, citing the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Thursday. The production and sales of passenger cars respectively reached 2.33m and 2.38m units in December, jumping 6.5pc …

KARACHI: After staying in surplus for five consecutive months, the country’s current account posted a deficit of $662 million in December, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan showed on Wednesday. The current account was in surplus of $513m in November. On a year-on-year basis, the monthly deficit swelled by more than 130 per cent, data showed. The deterioration …