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CHRISTCHURCH: The New Zealand and Australian cricket teams joined together with spectators at the second Test in a minute of silence Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly Christchurch earthquake.

DUBAI: Three Pakistani players were named in International Cricket Council's (ICC) test team for the year 2015, ARY News reports.

QUETTA: The Health Department in Balochistan has expressed grave concerns over safe keeping of polio vaccinators after the police reportedly withdrew security to the team, ARY News reported.

DUBAI: Pakistani test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq moved into the top ten in the batsman test rankings whereas leg spinner Yasir Shah share the second spot in the bowler rankings along with England's James Anderson, ARY News reports.

NEW DELHI: Two teams from cricket's Indian Premier League were on Tuesday suspended for two years by a Supreme Court-appointed panel after team officials were found guilty of illegally betting on matches.

ISLAMABAD: Two health officials were suspended over wasting $3.7 million worth of vaccines donated by UNICEF to protect children from deadly diseases.

TAIPEI: Rescuers scrambled to reach around 30 people trapped in the wreckage of a passenger plane which clipped a road bridge and plunged into a river outside Taiwan's capital Wednesday, leaving at least 11 feared dead.

JAKARTA: Two Indonesian teams have been disqualified from an end-of-season tournament after five own goals were scored in a single match, an official said Wednesday, as both sides sought to lose in a bid to avoid facing a team reportedly backed by gangsters.