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KARACHI: Quetta Gladiators have defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets in the final match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) Forth Edition at National Stadium Karachi. Quetta Gladiators had won the toss and elected to field first against Peshawar Zalmi. Zalmi had set a target of 139 runs for Quetta Gladiators ...

NEW DEHLI: Legendary spinner Shane Warne on Sunday named Yasir Shah from Pakistan, Rashid Khan from Afghanistan and Kuldeep Yadav from India as his most favorite current bowlers in limited overs cricket as they have been extraordinary in their own way. Warne believed that wrist spinner is the key to ...

KARACHI: Pakistan Super League’s fourth edition’s coveted trophy was unveiled at Karachi’s National Stadium on Saturday. The trophy was showcased by Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and Peshawar Zalmi’s captain Darren Sammy as the two teams have landed a spot each in the most sought-after finale of the series. The ...

MUMBAI: Even though he is sitting thousands of miles away on another continent, Ricky Ponting, the former skipper of the Australian cricket team, is deeply shocked by the Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand which left 49 people dead and over 40 injured on Friday. “You know my heart broke ...

KARACHI: Strains between singer Zoheb Hassan and Pakistan Super League (PSL) have evidently subsided as the the singer has offered his late sister Nazia  Hassan Hassan’s track ‘Dosti’ to the tournament with his full consent. The 52-year-old pop singer turned to Twitter to publicize his decision of giving the rights of ...

KARACHI: The win means Islamabad United will face Peshawar Zalmi in the second Eliminator. The winner of the match will play Quetta Gladiators in the grand final on 17 March. A cracking start from the openers, Colin Munro and Babar Azam, set the ground ablaze with some fireworks at the ...

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court scrapped cricketer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth life ban for match-fixing on Friday but stopped short of acquitting the paceman. The court said Sreesanth’s long-running case had been badly handled and gave the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) three months to reconsider his punishment. Sreesanth, ...

CHRISTCHURCH: Forty people were killed and 20 more were seriously injured in armed assaults on two Christchurch mosques Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack,” she said. “From what we know, it does appear to ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka recalled head coach Chandika Hathurushingha ahead of a three-match T20 series in South Africa amid reports of tensions with several players. Sri Lanka play the first T20 against the hosts on Tuesday in Cape Town, but Hathurusingha will return home after the fifth and final ODI on ...

KARACHI: Four years ago, Australia’s maestro Steve Waugh had predicted Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Hasnain will make it big by playing international cricket. Shaheen corrected Waugh’s prediction by featuring in all three international formats in the last one year. It’s now Hasnain’s turn, who is set to make a ...