Category: Sports

An AFP photographer found himself being acclaimed by a capacity crowd at the Oval on Sunday after he held a stunning catch during a World Cup match between Bangladesh and South Africa. Ian Kington was stationed at the Pavilion End of the ground, near the steps leading up to the players’ dressing rooms, when South Africa […]

KARACHI: Pakistan’s road to World Cup glory 27 years ago cannot be completed without a reference to the violent Adelaide deluge. Pitted against England on the first of March in 1992 at the picturesque Adelaide Oval, there was nothing beautiful about the shambolic batting performance put up by the men in green shirts. Inserted in […]

One-day cricket’s most destructive batting lineup is playing on a world-record batting strip against a team seemingly in disarray. There’s only one winner when top-ranked England plays Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup at Trent Bridge, right? England batting coach Graham Thorpe tried to keep a lid on expectations ahead of Monday’s game, but it […]

When Pakistan were losing wickets in quick succession yesterday against the West Indies, it reminded me of one of the best climactic scenes of all-time. We knew what was happening but, we weren’t ‘mentally prepared’ for it. Much like Detective Mills in Se7en, we knew the psychopath we were dealing with but still continued to […]

Spanish footballer Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic accident, aged 35, his former club Sevilla said on Saturday. “We couldn’t be announcing any worse news. Our beloved former youth player Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic accident. Rest in peace,” said a statement on Sevilla’s official Twitter account. Reyes last played for Spanish […]

New Zealand kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 10-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka in Cardiff on Saturday. Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson both took three wickets for New Zealand as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 136 despite an unbeaten 52 from captain Dimuth Karunaratne. Martin Guptill and Colin Munro hit unbeaten half-centuries in […]

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has challenged his side to make amends for the painful start to their World Cup campaign as they aim to bounce back against Bangladesh on Sunday. The Proteas suffered a 104-run thrashing against hosts England in the tournament’s opening match on Thursday. South Africa restricted England to manageable 311 […]

West Indies inflicted a heavy seven-wicket defeat on Pakistan in their opening fixture of the 2019 World Cup at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Friday. The Calypso Kings chased down the measly 106-run target set by the Champions Trophy winners for the loss of just three wickets in the 14th over. The Caribbean side lost […]

When automatic gunfire erupted across Kabul last week, residents initially feared yet another terror attack was under way. Flag-waving crowds were instead marking another Afghanistan cricket victory ─ this time over Pakistan ─ with pistols, shotguns and AK-47s blasting into the night sky. The World Cup warm-up victory over the cricketing powerhouse illustrates how far […]

NOTTINGHAM: Nottingham: Pakistan Cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed says his side would want to forget the poor performance against Windies as a “bad day” and make a strong comeback in matches to come. West Indies had defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in Trent Bridge,  Nottingham after Pakistan was bowled out for mere 105 runs. Speaking at […]