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A dramatic England collapse which saw five wickets fall for only 10 runs allowed New Zealand to snatch a 14-run victory in their Twenty20 international in Nelson on Tuesday. It also put New Zealand 2-1 ahead in the series with two games to play. England were on track to overhaul New Zealand’s 180 when they […]

Master batsman Steve Smith stroked a faultless unbeaten 80 as Australia edged Pakistan by seven wickets in Canberra to go 1-0 up in their three-match Twenty20 series. Top-ranked Pakistan set a competitive 150 for six off their 20 overs, with skipper Babar Azam hitting his second consecutive half-century and Iftikhar Ahmed clubbing a quickfire 62. […]

The first T20 between Pakistan and Australia in Sydney ended without a result after it was called off on Sunday due to rain. Following a rain delay in Pakistan’s innings, a revised target of 119 runs from 15 overs was set for Australia. The match was reduced to 15 overs of play per side following […]

PARIS: Novak Djokovic reached the Paris Masters final for the sixth time when he downed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 on Saturday but Rafael Nadal pulled out injured. Serbia’s world number one, who will be supplanted by Nadal at the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, won a high-octane first-set tiebreak before wearing […]

SHENZHEN: Ashleigh Barty finished the season in style by beating defending champion Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3 to add the WTA Finals title to her end-of-year world number one ranking on Sunday. Barty, who became the first Australian to top the WTA rankings at the end of the year since they were introduced in 1975, capped […]

WELLINGTON: The safe hands of Colin de Grandhomme proved crucial as New Zealand drew level with England 1-1 in their five-match Twenty20 International series in Wellington on Sunday. While de Grandhomme was pouching all four skied balls that went his way at the Westpac Stadium, England were left to rue an uncomfortable day in the […]

KARACHI: Senior batsman Asad Shafiq expressed the hope on Sunday that Pakistan would compete with Australia despite their wretched Test record Down Under. Speaking to reporters during an open media session at the National Stadium, the 33-year-old right-hander said Pakistan may had not won any series in Australia but had opportunities from time to time […]

A maiden half century from James Vince powered England to a convincing seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 International in Christchurch on Friday. Vince top-scored for the tourists with 59 as England chased down New Zealand’s 154-run target in 18.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. While Vince’s […]

KARACHI: Faisal Saleh Hayat had told his supporters that their protests against the FIFA-appointed Normal­isation Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will bear fruit after he attends the AFC Executive Committee meeting in Vietnam. A change has been made to the composition of the Normalisation Committee, FIFA said on Friday. It wouldn’t have been […]