Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi is positive about New Zealand touring Pakistan after the Blackcaps said they are considering the request. New Zealand and Australia will play a series against Pakistan at a neutral venue, the UAE, later this year but Sethi is hopeful that some of the matches can take place on home…
WELLINGTON: New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson announced Thursday he was quitting, a year out from the World Cup, citing family reasons. During his 6-year tenure, the 43-year-old — described by former captain Brendon McCullum as “the best coach the Blackcaps have ever had” — guided the team to new heights across all three formats. Although…
KARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar is having the time of her life at the moment after guiding Pakistan to back-to-back victories in the Women’s Asia Cup taking place in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Nida claimed her first-ever five-wicket haul — also the first by any Pakistani woman — in a 23-run win over Sri Lanka and…
Australia captain Tim Paine believes training at Lord’s has fuelled the team’s “dream” of appearing in next year’s World Cup final at the ‘home of cricket’. The reigning world champions have been at Lord’s this week ahead of a one-day international series against England. The five-match contest, which gets underway across London at The Oval on…
DEHLI: The Hedgewar home was also the venue of the first ever meeting of the RSS which he founded in September 1922 Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday hailed Kehsav Baliram Hedgewar, the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as “a great son of Mother India”. “Today I came here to pay my respect…
Since the current uprising in Kashmir began with the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8, the unjustifiable and violent attack with bullets, birdshot from pump-action shotguns and extreme cane beatings by Indian military forces upon many of some 300,000 mourners who attended his funeral, who were in technical violation of a rigid curfew that…
