PLAYING XIs West Indies: Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell (c), Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Gudakesh Motie. South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi. […]
Former champions Pakistan had a disastrous start to their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign as they endured a shock loss against the USA in the Super Over as they failed to chase down the 19-run target. Senior pacer Mohammad Amir bowled the Super Over for Pakistan and conceded 18 runs. In response, the Green Shirts […]
Set to chase a revised target of 123 in 17 overs, South Africa achieved the total when Jansen hit Obed McCoy for a six, earning a three-wicket victory on DLS with five balls to spare. Initially, South Africa needed to chase a 136-run target and Quinton de Kock gave his side a good start as […]
Pakistan pacer Mohammed Amir, who joined the national side after taking back his retirement, held separate sessions with his trainer during the T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, sources told Geo News Friday. The sources said Amir took training from a foreign trainer despite the availability of one for the national side. However, the pacer was […]
King suffered the injury while batting in the Super Eight clash against England, which West Indies lost by eight wickets. The right-handed batter gave his team a quick start with a 13-ball 23, which included three boundaries and a massive 101-metre six off Reece Topley. However, on his 13th ball, he crumbled after coming down […]
Chasing a modest 129-run target, the West Indies showed a dominant performance and achieved the target with 55 balls to spare after losing one wicket. Hope gave his team a strong start with his attacking approach, while Johnson Charles supported him from the other end, playing an anchor role. West Indies raised 58 runs in […]
Vancouver Knights, who got knocked out by champions Montreal Tigers in the playoff, bolstered their squad for the 2024 season by signing Amir and Babar in the GT20 Draft. Meanwhile, Rizwan was retained after representing the franchise in the 2023 edition. The inaugural champions also acquired the services of Pakistan’s aggressive middle-order batter Asif Ali […]
The death toll from this year´s Haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported on Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 […]
The Ministry of Industries and Production has sought a reversal of a proposed hike in sales tax on electric and hybrid vehicles in the new budget, saying that the tax increase is a violation of the government’s policies aimed at promoting new technologies. In a letter written to the Finance Division and the Federal Board […]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) leader Muhammad Farooq Sattar, while participating in the budget debate, termed the budget for 2024-25 as traditional, reflecting a continuity of policies from the past 77 years. “The country’s current debt servicing issues, noting that most budget allocations are used for this purpose,” he highlighted. He said, “It is the government’s […]
