Four years after impressing Indian captain Virat Kohli as a net bowler, Marco Jansen produced a destructive spell of bowling for South Africa on the first day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday. Jansen, 21, a tall left-arm fast bowler, took four for 31 as India were bowled out for 202 after winning the toss. South Africa were 35 for one at the close. Kohli was one of Jansen’s five wickets on debut in the first Test in Centurion, which India won by 113 runs but was absent on Monday because of an upper back spasm. Stand-in…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
SYDNEY: Joe Root said Monday that he has “questions to answer” and will assess his future as England captain after the losing Ashes tour, as Ben Stokes insisted he has no ambition to take over. Root will become his country’s longest-serving Test skipper at the fourth Test in Sydney on Wednesday, surpassing predecessor Alastair Cook’s 59 matches in charge. But he is under pressure after three consecutive heavy defeats to Australia with some pundits, including Ricky Ponting and Geoff Boycott, scathing about his captaincy. “Obviously it’s been very challenging and we’ve had a lot to deal with, not just on…
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Mominul Haque and Liton Das led Bangladesh to a historic first innings lead over New Zealand in the first Test on Monday before both fell to Trent Boult in a dramatic final session. At stumps on day three Bangladesh were 401 for six in reply to New Zealand’s 328, a lead of 73 with four wickets in hand. They had reached 361 for four before Boult ended a 158-run stand with the wicket of Mominul for 88, followed 11 deliveries later by Liton for 86. “They played really, really well. They made us come back and bowl spell…
LAHORE: The ‘Professor’ will no longer play for Pakistan. Instead, veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez will keep plying his trade in franchise leagues including the Pakistan Super League. The 41-year-old Hafeez announced his decision to retire from international cricket at a press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday, bringing the curtain down on a career spanning nearly two decades in which he represented Pakistan in 392 matches across all formats. Hafeez had quit Test cricket in 2018 and played his last One-day International at the 2019 World Cup. He was recalled to Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad in 2020 and finished the…
KARACHI: In a meeting with emerging Pakistan pacer Shahnawaz Dahani, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah revealed plans of launching a team from Sukkur which could be an expansion franchise for the Pakistan Super League. The chief minister encouraged Dahani to continue the form which has seen him rise to the Pakistan squad after impressive performances in the PSL. He stressed that the Sindh government was keen to create an environment where new talent can come through. “My government will promote you in all intent and purposes so that you can focus on your sports,” he told Dahani, adding…
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Agriculture Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi on Monday said that area under cotton cultivation in the province was 17 per cent less than the previous year at 3.161 million acres. “Despite less area under cotton cultivation, 5.168m bales were produced and average production remained at 23.9 maund per acre. The 21pc increase in per acre production of cotton in Punjab is a welcoming sign,” the minister said. Mr Gardezi said farmers, ginners and the textile industry were happy with the increase in cotton production as compared to last three years. “The increase in cotton production is due…
KARACHI: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and State Bank of Pakistan Governor Dr Reza Baqir have assured exchange companies of facilitating their businesses while the firms said they could bring up to $10 billion annually to the country. At a meeting with exchange companies led by Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan chairman Malik Bostan in Karachi on Jan 1, the finance minister and the SBP governor were willing to see higher remittances in the banks by the exchange companies. The exchange companies asked for permission for signing agreements with the international money transfer companies since the commercial banks have pacts with…
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has introduced a framework to grant licences for setting up wholly digital banks that will provide all the banking services, from account opening to deposit and lending, through digital means and the customers will not need to visit any branch physically. “The SBP has set the stage for the dawn of a new era for banking in Pakistan with the introduction of a Licensing and Regulatory Framework for digital banks in line with international best practices,” said the central bank in a statement on Monday. The framework for digital banks is the latest…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said robust industrial growth and heavy exports were a must to make Pakistan economically strong and self-reliant. He claimed that inflation was coming down and there was a need to counter opposition’s “propaganda” of unprecedented price hikes in the country. The prime minister also directed all the provincial chief secretaries to take effective steps for the availability of urea by putting a check on its illegal transportation to neighboring countries, especially Afghanistan. Pakistan’s 70 years old friend China, he said, was ready to help Pakistan by all means to improve the latter’s economy.…
Apple Inc on Monday become the first company to hit a $3 trillion stock market value, before ending the day a hair below that milestone, as investors bet the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new markets such as automated cars and virtual reality. On the first day of trading in 2022, the Silicon Valley company’s shares hit an intraday record high of $182.88, putting Apple’s market value just above $3tr. The stock ended the session up 2.5 per cent at $182.01, with Apple’s market capitalization at $2.99tr. The world’s most valuable company reached the milestone…
