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Mir, Maroof lead pakistan to maiden sri Lanka axe Mendis, silva

oDI victory against NZ for India tests

CoLoMBo: Sri Lanka on Sunday which starts on Nov 24. The final Test
dropped the out-of-form top order will be played in Delhi between Dec
Sadia Yousuf managed 2-23 in her batsmen Kusal Mendis and Kaushal 2 and 6.
quota of ten overs. Sam Curtis was Silva from the squad for a three- Meanwhile, Sri Lanka named
New Zealand’s highest scorer with match Test series against India start- former Test batsman Thilan Sama-
50 runs to her credit. ing in Kolkata next week. raweera as the batting coach to groom
New Zealand bowlers did not The board brought back the national team in the run up to the
give much trouble to guarded Paki- all-rounders Dasun Shanaka and Da- 2019 World Cup.
stan batters who achieved the target nanjaya de Silva to the squad led by The 41-year-old, who retired
in the 49th over. Dinesh Chandimal. from Test cricket in 2013, had been a
Newly-appointed captain Bis- Former skipper and all-rounder batting consultant for the Bangladesh
mah Maroof — the highest scorer Angelo Mathews has recovered from team. He will join the squad before
of the innings — was on the crease a recurring calf injury and was in- they leave for India later this week.
at 36 with Mir who hit the winning cluded in the squad. Squad: Dinesh Chandimal (cap-
runs for Pakistan. During Sri Lanka’s home series tain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Danan-
The victory — first ever for Pa- against India, the hosts lost all nine jaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawick-
kistan against New Zealand in ODIs games — three Tests, five One-day rama, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru
— was a welcome win for the team Internationals and a lone Twenty20 Thirimanne, Rangana Herath, Suran-
which saw long-standing captain Mir International — between July and ga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera, Lahiru
being sacked after a win-less World September. After playing the first Gamage, Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa
sHArJAH: Strong shows by for- pionship in Sharjah on Sunday. New Cup run earlier this year. Test in Kolkata from Nov. 16-20, the Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan
mer skipper Sana Mir and current Zealand won the toss and elected “Cannot thank Allah enough teams move to Nagpur for the second, Dickwella, Roshen Silva.
captain Bismah Maroof led Paki- to bat first but early wickets meant for this victory we have achieved.
stan to a convincing maiden victory the visitors were all out for 155 in Proud of team Pakistan. We will keep West Indies tour postponed
against New Zealand women in the the 44th over. Mir took four wick- marching ahead,” Maroof tweeted af-
third ODI of ICC Women’s Cham- ets, giving away only 25 runs while ter the five-wicket win. due to Lahore smog
City sink Arsenal to continue winning streak LAHorE: The much-awaited three- “The PCB and the West Indies

match T20 series between Pakistan Cricket Board had agreed that West
LoNDoN: It’s a sign of Manches- doubled their advantage soon after chettino said. “Palace were compact, and the West Indies, slated to be held Indies will tour Pakistan in Novem-
ter City’s incredible level this season the interval when record scorer Ser- narrow and playing on the counter-at- later this month, is likely to be post- ber, but now it is unlikely to happen
that a 3-1 win over a major rival like gio Aguero slotted home a penalty af- tack. We had a few problems after poned, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) because of the smog and some other
Arsenal was met with a “could do ter Raheem Sterling was barged over the Madrid game and that’s why I’m officials told media. reasons,” the official said, adding that
better” assessment by manager Pep by Nacho Monreal. so happy with the victory. In the end A senior PCB official said the the Meteorological Department had
Guardiola. Arsenal threw on striker Alexan- though I’m very pleased with an im- thick blanket of smog in Lahore, been unable to specify a timeframe
“We could have scored five or dre Lacazette in the 56th minute and portant three points.” [where the matches were expect- for the dissipation of the smog.
six today,” Guardiola said. “We just he fired them back into the game with The only member of the Premier ed to be held], and the commitment He said both the boards are now
needed to be more clinical.” a clinical diagonal finish after being League’s top six in action on Satur- of West Indies’ major players to the deliberating other possible dates for
Unbeaten. Ten wins from 11 set up by Aaron Ramsey. day, Liverpool took full advantage. Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) the series.
games. 38 goals. And still Guardio- But City restored their two goal Juergen Klopp’s side won at West became the main reasons for the post- The tour is expected to take place
la isn’t satisfied. That’s the standard lead when Silva, in what replays sug- Ham United 4-1 to secure succes- ponement of the bilateral T20 series. after March 2018, the official said.
the rest of the Premier League is up gested was an offside position, col- sive league victories for the first time
against this season. lected a pass from Fernandinho and since August.
Playing four days after an ener- slipped the ball to substitute Jesus for Mohamed Salah scored twice,
gy-sapping 4-2 win at Napoli in the a simple tap-in. while Joel Matip and Alex Ox-
Champions League, City weren’t as Tottenham Hotspur remained in lade-Chamberlain also found the net
fluent as usual but still swept past third position with 23 points, behind as Liverpool made light work of West
Arsenal at Etihad Stadium to make United on goal difference, after Son Ham at the Olympic Stadium.
another statement heading into the Heung-min’s second-half goal se- The victory took Liverpool level
international break. cured a nervy 1-0 win over Crystal on points with Chelsea and Arsenal.
They opened up an eight-point Palace earlier on Sunday. Remarkably, Burnley are also
lead at the top of the table before Mauricio Pochettino’s side, fresh level-pegging on 19 points as Sam
second-placed Manchester United’s from beating European champions Vokes pounced late on for Sean Dy-
game against Chelsea an and left the Real Madrid in midweek, found Pal- che’s side to earn a 1-0 victory at
Gunners trailing 12 points behind. ace a difficult nut to crack at Wemb- Southampton.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was ley and could have been behind be- Bournemouth grabbed a last-gasp
angered by the awarding of a penalty fore Son curled in the winner midway winner at Newcastle United to move
against his team in the 50th minute through the second half. out of the bottom three. Swansea City
and what he saw, with some justifica- “No point in beating Real Ma- dropped into the relegation zone after
tion, as an off-side when David Silva drid on Wednesday if you can’t win slumping to a home defeat by Brigh-
set up Gabriel Jesus for City’s deci- at home at the weekend,” Tottenham ton and Hove Albion. pakistan to provide 400 balls for
sive third. defender Eric Dier said. “We knew it Steve Cook sealed Bour-
“Can anyone stop them? It will would be difficult today with players nemouth’s 1-0 win with a 90th-min-
be difficult this season, the way they missing but we wanted to keep the ute header while Brighton’s 1-0 win Blind Cricket World Cup
have started, the quality they have but momentum going.” in south Wales came courtesy of
you never know. If on top of that they Mauricio Pochettino’s side la- Glenn Murray’s first-half shot. LAHORE: Pakistan will be sup- Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and
have decisions at home like that, they boured at times against Palace and Huddersfield Town beat strug- plying 400 cricket balls for the Blind Australia, he said.
will be unstoppable,” Wenger told re- had debutant goalkeeper Paolo Gaz- gling West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at Cricket World Cup scheduled to be He said the national squad for the
porters. zaniga to thanks for saves from Scott home to stay safely in mid-table — held in Pakistan and UAE in Janu- cup will be announced on November
City grabbed the lead in the 19th Dann and Andros Townsend. Dutchman Rajiv van La Parra decid- ary 2018, said Pakistan Blind Cricket 24. As many as 24 matches of the
minute through a low drive from Bel- “It was a tough game for us af- ing it with a curling shot just before Council (PBCC) Chairman Syed Sul- world cup will be played in the UAE
gian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and ter Wednesday,” Spurs manager Po- halftime. tan Shah. while 7 matches will be played in Pa-
“All blind cricket playing nations kistan, he said.
are using Pakistan manufactured Pakistan won two of these tour-
cricket balls,” he told media. naments in 2002 and 2006 while the
“Recently Australia and En- other two are won by South Africa
gland had requested us for 1,000 (1998) and India (2014).
cricket balls, each. We had sent 500
cricket balls to both the countries
and as many are yet to be supplied,”
he said.
Sultan further said that the sched-
ule of the world cup will be an-
nounced on November 15.
“If Asian teams make it to the
final then the final would be held in
Pakistan but if European teams quali-
fy for the top honour then it would be
played in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE),” he said.
He added the Nepalese team
would be participating in the world
cup for the first time.
The South African team will
not participate in the cup while the
other participating seven teams in-
clude Pakistan, West Indies, India,
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