MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Colin Munro smashed his way into the record books as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by 119 runs in the final Twenty20 at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to sweep the series. Munro, with a rollicking 104 off 53 deliveries, became the first player to hit three centuries in international Twenty20 cricket as New Zealand posted an imposing ...

AFTER ROUND THREE POINTS TABLE & NEXT ROUND OF ONE DAY CUP – DEPARTMENTS 2017-18 Sr. # Teams P W L Points N. R. Rate 1 UBL 3 3 0 6 2.586 2 SSGCL 3 2 1 4 1.254 3 PTV 3 2 1 4 0.756 4 WAPDA 3 2 1 4 0.600 5 SNGPL 3 2 1 4 -0.142 ...

Amir Khan has revealed he plans to make several announcements in the next ten days as he prepares to return to training. The British boxer took time out of the sport to appear on I’m a Celebrity, which helped to boost his image after 20 months out of the ring. Khan has been dealing with personal issues, including the breakdown ...

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket head coach Mickey Arthur feels that players have acclimatised well with the conditions in New Zealand, before the team kicks off its tour with a 50-over warm-up match against New Zealand XI in Nelson on Wednesday. A day before Pakistan’s practice match, Arthur said the team is looking forward to the game and both batsmen and bowlers ...

BRISBANE: Former world number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from the season-opening Brisbane International in a major setback to his Australian Open preparations. He suffered a right hip injury in 2017 and has not played on the ATP tour since losing a tough five-setter to American Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. Murray said on Sunday he felt in ...

SYDNEY: The Melbourne pitch for the fourth Ashes Test match has been rated “poor” by the International Cricket Council (ICC), reportedly the first for an Australian ground, just days after players also criticised the conditions. The showpiece Boxing Day match, which ended in a draw, denied England their first win of the series that Australia had already claimed with an ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s young spin sensation Shadab Khan has joined Hong Kong Island United for the next season of HKT20 blitz. An announcement from the management of Hong Kong Island United said that Shadab Khan has joined the team as the vice captain – the second Pakistani player to join the team after pace sensation Hasan Ali. “Teenage leg-spin sensation Shadab ...

Allrounder Ben Stokes has been withdrawn from England’s ODI squad for the series in Australia, and batsman Dawid Malan was named his replacement. Stokes is still waiting to hear if he will be charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for his role in an incident outside a club in Bristol, and although England had picked him in their ODI squad in the first week of ...

SHENZHEN, China – Maria Sharapova rang in the New Year with a decisive victory over an in-form Mihaela Buzarnescu, 6-3, 6-0, at the Shenzhen Open. “It’s quite remarkable to see a full stadium for a first round,” Sharapova said during her on-court interview. “It’s my first time here, so I didn’t know what to expect!” Sharapova made the best of her Shenzhen ...

Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman has been stripped of his BCB central contract as punishment for assaulting a fan during a first-class match. Sabbir has also been fined Tk 20 lakh ($25,000 approx) and barred from playing domestic cricket for the next six months. Sabbir was the first cricketer in Bangladesh to be punished in such a way. He was in Grade B in the ...