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DUBAI: Luke Ronchi smashed a fiery half century to help Islamabad demolish Karachi Kings by eight wickets in the qualifier of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 in Dubai on Sunday to take the former champions into the final. Unbeaten Ronchi finished with 39-ball 94 studded with five 6s and 12 boundaries as Islamabad romped home with 45 balls to spare to stun Karachi Kings whose 154-4 in 20 overs was made to look a mediocre total. Karachi Kings will now wait to see who wins the first eliminator between defending…

COLORADO: A man said he bought a box of cereal from Walmart and ate an entire bowl before finding that it had expired in 1997. The couple identified as Josiah and Anthea Carelse of Lakewood said they bought the box of Quaker 100 Percent Natural Granola cereal from the Walmart in Littleton on Monday and they later sat down to eat some of the breakfast food. Anthea Carelse said she took only a couple bites before deciding something was off about the taste, but Josiah ate an entire bowl. "I just started eating and…

DUBAI: Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson scored the highest knock of this year's Pakistan Super League (PSL) to lead Quetta Gladiators to a comprehensive 67-run victory in the reverse game in Dubai on Thursday. Player of the Match, Watson smashed seven sixes and five boundaries during his 58-ball 90 not out to help Quetta Gladiators to 180-4 after they were sent into bat. Karachi Kings finished with 113-8 in 20 overs, losing by the biggest margins in the entire PSL. A comprehensive win by @TeamQuetta against…

LAHORE: Pakistan completed 3-0 Twenty20 International match series whitewash against Sri Lanka on Sunday at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Pakistan piled up 180 against Sri Lanka in the dead rubber match after they were sent in to bat first. While, the visitors fell 36 runs short of the target chase. Mohammad Aamir and Shoaib Malik proved to be trump card in the victory. Amir took four scalps giving away 13 runs. The champions #PAKvSL 🏆 pic.twitter.com/9tk58PoXmA — PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) October 29, 2017 There he…

LAHORE: Pakistan celebrated the return of international cricket with a thumping 33-run win to clinch the final Twenty20 match and the series against a World XI team at Lahore's Gaddafi stadium Friday. The hosting of the short series is a major step towards convincing international teams to begin touring Pakistan again, with Sri Lanka already due to play a Twenty20 match in Lahore on October 29. Foreign teams have refused to tour Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009.…

LONDON: The turn around came in just 14 days as Pakistan, so humiliated in their 124-run defeat against India in the first game, trounced the same opponent in the final by a big 180 runs to lift the Champions Trophy on Sunday. CHAMPIONS! 🇵🇰 #CT17 pic.twitter.com/HH8idDXhU4 — ICC (@ICC) June 18, 2017 Scroll down to watch more videos Opener Fakhar Zaman set the platform with a brilliant 106-ball 114 backed up by half centuries from Azhar Ali (59) and Mohammad Hafeez (57 not out) to give bowlers an ideal…

BIRMINGHAM: Indian cricket is at different level than Pakistan. This was amply proved at Edgbaston on Sunday with the defending Champions Trophy winners punishing their opponents by 124 on Duck-worth Lewis method runs to open their account. The Indian Premier League has lifted their cricket to new heights which was amply exhibited in all three departments today. In contrast Pakistan faltered in all three, unable to stop the flow of runs in the slog overs, dropped two crucial catches, two of their bowlers fell unfit and…

LONDON: Joe Root made an unbeaten hundred as tournament hosts England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the opening match of the 2017 Champions Trophy at the Oval on Thursday England, set 306 for victory, finished on 308 for two with 16 balls to spare. Root was a career-best 133 not out and England captain Eoin Morgan 75 not out, with their unbroken stand worth 143. Opener Alex Hales was out for 95. 133 runs 129 balls 11 fours 1 six 👏@root66#ENGvBAN #CT17 pic.twitter.com/mjV73Oaa3P — ICC (@ICC)…

PORT OF SPAIN: Evin Lewis thrashed his way to 91 off 51 balls as the West Indies swept aside Pakistan by seven wickets in the third T20 International at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Saturday. Responding to the visitors’ total of 137 for eight, Lewis hoisted nine sixes and belted five fours in a hurricane innings that kept the series alive going into the final match on Sunday at the same venue with Pakistan holding a 2-1 advantage. His assault was in stark contrast to the struggles of most of the Pakistani…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Pakistan clinched six-wicket win against West Indies in the first Twenty20 International match in Bridgtown. They lead the four-match series by 1-0. Following strong bowling performance, Pakistan utterly dominated the match from the first ball of their batting. After Kamran Akmal (22) and Ahmed Shehzad (13) gave the game an impetus, while Shoaib Malik (38) and Babar Azam (29) played steady and vigilant inning with the bat to seal the victory as Pakistan required 112 runs to win, not a big deal.…