Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo In the Cricket World Cup warm-up, England beat Bangladesh by four wickets under the Duckworth-Louis method. This match played in Guwahati was limited to 37 overs per innings due to rain. Bangladesh scored 188 runs for 9 wickets, Mehdi Hasan Miraz’s 74 runs, Tanzeed Hasan’s 45 runs were outstanding. England’s Race…
New Zealand beat South Africa by 7 runs in the World Cup warm-up match. The match played in Thiruvananthapuram was decided under the Duckworth-Lewis method. Batting first, New Zealand scored 321 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. Devon Conway scored 78, Tom Latham scored 52 and Glenn Phillips scored 43 runs. In reply, South…
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Abbas is stuck at Heathrow Airport in London since yesterday, his return flight has been canceled twice. Mohammad Abbas and other passengers are in dire straits, the Pakistani fast bowler is in UK to play county cricket. The cricketer says that he is facing problems due to the delay in the…
Photo: File Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed senior sports journalist Alia Rashid as Director Media and Communication. Alia Rashid is the first woman director to work as Media Head at PCB. Alia Rashid has been working as a sports journalist for the past 35 years and has been working as a cricket analyst on…
Former captain of the national cricket team, Misbah-ul-Haq, has said that Babar Azam XI will have to give a special performance to return to the winning track. Speaking to the media in Karachi, Misbah-ul-Haq said that the Pakistan team is in trouble, problems arose after losing the match against India in the Asia Cup. He…
Japan qualified for the semi-finals of the Asian Games hockey by defeating Pakistan. The Pakistan team is out of the race for the semi-finals, which will now play for the fifth position. In the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, the Pakistan hockey team was eliminated from the semi-final race after losing two consecutive group…
In a statement concluding a 12-day visit there, the UN expert group said that reforms including the transition to an accusatory criminal procedure, adherence to international human rights laws and introduction of a National Registry of Detentions, and an increasingly human-rights centred legal system are significant achievements. ‘Catalyst for ill-treatment’ However, they noted that “these…
The mission was requested by the Haitian Government and civil society representatives, following months of chaos and steadily worsening conditions affecting civilians. There have been more than 3,000 homicides reported this year, and over 1,500 instances of kidnapping for ransom. Around 200,000 have been forced to flee their homes while sexual violence and abuse against…
Speaking to reporters in Geneva on her first official day as head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope said that migrants were “people first” who should not be seen as a problem. That distinction was more critical than ever today, the IOM Director-General added, noting that it is almost 10 years since…
Global economic growth is declining to about 2.5 per cent this year, the UN said. Apart from the initial COVID-19 crisis three years ago, and the global financial crisis in 2009, this represents the weakest level since 2001. Given the size of the contribution of cities to national economies, the future of many countries will…
