Six months ago, Misbah-ul-Haq was playing for Peshawar Zalmi, his remarkable career that simply refused to end still going strong. In 2018, he had backtracked on his agreement with Islamabad United to be a mentor, instead going on to play for Zalmi as a gold-category player in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League. But now, at age 45, ...
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Joe Root keeps England hopes alive
England 67 and 156 for 3 (Root 75*, Denly 50) trail Australia 179 and 246 (Labuschagne 80) by 202 runs Josh Hazlewood beat Joe Root’s bat by a lick of paint with a ball that buzzed outside off stump just inside the last hour of yet another dramatic day of this Ashes series. The hint of a smile at the ...
Read More »Sri Lanka leave out Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera for New Zealand T20Is
Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera are among the most high-profile omissions from Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, along with the likes of Suranga Lakmal and Dhananjaya de Silva. The selectors have named a youthful squad, with only two players above the age of 30 – captain Lasith Malinga and seam bowler Isuru Udana. Niroshan ...
Read More »Tom Latham, Dhananjaya de Silva hundreds headline exciting day
New Zealand 196 for 4 (Latham 111*, Dilruwan 2-76) trail Sri Lanka 244 (De Silva 109, Southee 4-63, Boult 3-75) by 48 runs A compact century from Tom Latham and a more adventurous one from Dhananjaya de Silva headlined an absorbing day of cricket at Colombo’s P Sara Oval. De Silva’s 109 off 148 balls – 77 of them came ...
Read More »Imad Wasim ties the knot with Sannia Ashfaq
ISLAMABAD: Imad Wasim became the second Pakistani cricketer after Hassan Ali to tie the knot this week. The all-rounder’s nikkah to British-Pakistani Sannia Ashfaq was held on Saturday at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. His wedding dinner will take place on August 26 in Islamabad and invites to notable people including Prime Minister Imran Khan have been sent out. Apart ...
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