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Sri Lanka have set a 148-run target for Pakistan to prevent a series whitewash in the third and final Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Lahore on Wednesday. Pakistan were 94-2 at the end of 15 overs. Earlier, Sri Lanka, who had won the toss and decided to bat, finished with a challenging 147-7 in their […]

NEW DELHI: Fast bowlers usually play second fiddle to their slow-bowling counterparts on the final day of Tests on the sub-continent but Mohammed Shami’s performance in India’s win over South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Sunday told a different story. It has been almost a tradition for quicks to begin proceedings before retreating into the background […]

Sri Lanka stunned Pakistan by 35 runs in the second Twenty20 international in Lahore on Monday. The visitors had set a target of 183 runs for Pakistan to save the series, but the hosts were bowled out for 147 with one over to spare. Rajitha sent Fakhar Zaman (6 runs) back to the pavilion while […]

China on Tuesday pulled National Basketball Association (NBA) exhibition games from television screens as the league faced an escalating punishment campaign in the lucrative Chinese market ignited by an American basketball executive’s pro-democracy tweet. However the NBA faced a counter-attack in the United States, where presidential candidates and influential senators accused it of kowtowing to […]

Andy Murray will make his Grand Slam return at the Australian Open in January, a year after career-saving hip surgery, tournament organisers announced on Tuesday. The British three-time major winner has been slowly working his way back to fitness and is now ranked 289th, up from 503rd just a week ago. Murray, 32, won his […]

Steve Smith and David Warner completed their return from the wilderness on Tuesday when Australia recalled them to a 14-man Twenty20 squad to play Sri Lanka and Pakistan with a firm eye on next year’s World Cup. The star batsmen were both banned for a year for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal but have […]

Sri Lanka have set a target of 183 runs for Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international in Lahore on Monday. Bhanuka Rajapaksa smacked an aggressive maiden half-century as the visitors made 182-6 against Pakistan. The 27-year-old left-hander, playing only his second T20I, blasted 77 off 48 balls in an innings featuring six sixes and four […]

England have named Chris Silverwood as their new head coach to replace Trevor Bayliss, who stepped down last month at the end of his contract. The 44-year-old has spent the past two years serving as fast bowling coach under Bayliss. Silverwood’s first competitive series will be England’s tour of New Zealand, which includes a five-match […]

VISAKHAPATNAM: Pace­man Mohammed Shami and spinner Ravindra Jadeja took nine wickets between them as India outplayed South Africa, winning by 203 runs on the final day of the first Test on Sunday. Set a daunting target of 395, the tourists were bundled out for 191 in the second session at the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy […]

Sri Lanka were 107-1 at the end of 13 overs in the first match of the Twenty20 international series against Pakistan being played in Lahore. The hosts had won the toss and decided to bowl first. Danushka Gunathilaka was dismissed at 9.4 overs while attempting to sweep Shadab Khan’s delivery. Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa […]