The Surfer: Administrators’ gluttony weighing cricket down

Chloe Saltau, writing in the Age, says the “gluttony” of administrators in trying to squeeze in more limited-overs cricket, usually matches without context, is proving detrimental to the game. Embracing temperance as a virtue, Saltau says, is the way to go. The effect of too much cricket, without context, is to induce a sleepiness in the same way a heavy turkey dinner releases tryptophan. It leads to an inability to recall details, to distinguish one innings or one game from the next….

No respite from cold in Kashmir; Dal, water bodies remained frozen

Srinagar, Jan 9 : There was no respite from the cold in the Kashmir valley, where snow remained on roof tops and water on roads remained frozen, making pedestrian and vehicle movement almost …

Cold, gas crisis affect life in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: People of Peshawar are facing double trouble due to extreme weather and gas loadshedding that has affect

The Surfer: ‘The innings of the 21st century’

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Baum leads the tributes to Michael Clarke, who declared Australia’s innings when he was batting on 329. An innings such as this is by definition larger than life, yet consists of a repetition of life-sized acts: those glorious covers drives, that effortless easing to leg, the feather-light footwork against the off-spinner. One ball might have halted it. Ask Shaun Marsh, who faced only one, or Rahul Dravid, who last night was bowled an exceptional one by Ben Hilfenhaus. Yet Clarke outlived all of the…

30 killed in new attack In Iraq

NASIRIYAH: A roadside bomb targeting Shia pilgrims killed 30 people on the outskirts of the southern city of Nasir

Militants attack Pakistan army; 21 die in clash

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -; A local government official says militants set off a roadside bomb near a Pakistani army convoy in a tribal region close to the Afghan border, sparking clashes that killed …

The Long Handle: Cooking calamities of cricketers

Kochi’s orange pads can be used to fence your garden to attract butterflies and other such winged creatures to pollinate your flowers

Ghazar loadshedding protests enter 4th day

GILGIT: Protests against ‘historic loadshedding in Gilgit-Baltistan s Ghazar district defied subzero temperatures

Jamaluddin shines as Peshawar take title

Peshawar 351 (Jamaluddin 124, Imran Ali 4-71) and 153 for 4 (Akbar Badshah 54*, Jamaluddin 58*) beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 202 (Riaz Afridi 4-55) and 301 (Umar Akmal 93, Waqar Ahmed …

Pakistan leads Bangladesh by 77 runs at lunch

Pakistan leads Bangladesh by 77 runs after resuming on an overnight score of 132-0.Hafeez started the second day on 74, and his overnight partner Taufeeq Umar (61) was the only batsman to be …

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