India may rest key bowlers against Namibia
PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa), Feb 22: India may rest off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for Sunday’s World Cup Group ‘A’ match match against minnows Namibia in a bid to keep him fresh for the...
Warne’s future hangs in balance after 12-month ban
MELBOURNE, Feb 22: Shane Warne’s career was hanging in the balance after he was banned for 12 months on Saturday in the greatest doping scandal to hit cricket....
Gebrselassie, Feofanova carve new records
BIRMINGHAM (England), Feb 22: Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie and Russian pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova lit up the Birmingham Grand Prix with two world records falling on Friday....
Miracle on course for hat trick
LAHORE, Feb 22:Four-year-old bay filly Miracle will be on the trot to make it three in-a-row when she appears in the Narowal Cup during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse...
Squad named in absence of two selectors, coach
LAHORE, Feb 22: Tariq Aziz will lead an 18-member Pakistan junior squad announced on Saturday in the absence of two selectors and coach Ayaz Mahmood for next month’s seven-nation Akhbar Al-Youm...
Zimbabwe duo grilled over protest
BULAWAYO, Feb 22: World Cup players Andy Flower and Henry Olonga were called to a meeting with Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) officials on Saturday to discuss their continuing on-field protest against...
Free Lancer hopes to make amends today
KARACHI, Feb 22: Free Lancer, on trail for his fourth successive victory but soundly beaten last week by Lady’s Love going over six furlongs, will make amends on Sunday afternoon when...
England set Pakistan challenging target
CAPE TOWN, Feb 22: Pakistan squandered a great chance of bowling out England for a much lower total after skipper Nasser Hussain won the toss and elected to bat first in...
South Africa stay in hunt for Super Six stage
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Feb 22: South Africa kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup’s Super Six stage with a crushing 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their Group ‘B’...
Shoaib shrugs off express ball
CAPE TOWN, Feb 22: Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest ball recorded in cricket history on Saturday, but it did not do him much good....
Warne will be back: Pollock
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Feb 22: South Africa captain Shaun Pollock said on Saturday he expected Shane Warne to bounce back from his 12-month ban for drug use....
Canadians seek respectable showing against Windies
CENTURION (South Africa), Feb 22: Canada will be looking to recover their self-respect when they take on the West Indies in their World Cup Group ‘B’ match here on Sunday....
Points Table
World Cup standings after Saturday’s Group ‘B’ match between South Africa and Bangladesh:...
Results and fixtures
Feb 9: West Indies beat South Africa by three runs (Cape Town, D/N)....