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Ashleigh Gardner spins Australia women to victory over Pakistan in Dubai

Ashleigh Gardner spins Australia women to victory over Pakistan in Dubai
Pakistan players gather after loss against Australia during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates on October 11, 2024. (AP)
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Ashleigh Gardner spins Australia women to victory over Pakistan in Dubai

Ashleigh Gardner spins Australia women to victory over Pakistan in Dubai
  • Wicketkeeper Muneeba Ali says the team needs to take charge to win matches for Pakistan
  • Pakistan will now face New Zealand in their last group game at the beginning of next week
Updated 12 October 2024
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ISLAMABAD: Australia Women secured a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan Women in the 14th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday evening, handing Pakistan their second defeat while Australia claimed their third win of the tournament.
Australia chased down the 83-run target in 11 overs as skipper Alyssa Healy top-scored with a 23-ball 37 before retiring hurt in the 10th over of the innings. Her 36-run opening partnership with Beth Mooney was cut short by Sadia Iqbal in the fifth over when Mooney departed for a run-a-ball 15 with the help of three boundaries.
Ellyze Perry, who hit the winning run for Australia, remained unbeaten for 22 off 23 balls hitting two fours along with Ashleigh Gardner (7 not out). Out of the seven bowlers used by Pakistan, only Iqbal remained successful while Syeda Aroob Shah was denied Healy’s wicket as Nashra Sundhu dropped her in the eighth over.




Australia's Ashleigh Gardner bats during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates on October 11, 2024. (AP)

“We are not up to the mark in batting. That’s not how you approach T20 cricket, it’s embarrassing and we need to change that and win games for Pakistan,” wicketkeeper Muneeba Ali said after the match.
Ali took charge of the team as captain Fatima Sana flew back home ahead of the match after the death of her father.
“Everybody needs to step up and we need to have the confidence to win the last game.”
Earlier, after Australia won the toss and opted to field, Gardner tied down the Pakistan batters with a four-wicket haul while she was backed up by tidy spells from Annabel Sutherland (2-15) and Georgia Wareham (2-16).
A quiet powerplay saw Pakistan amass 23 runs for the loss of two wickets before they were reduced to 39-5 in 9.4 overs. Aliya Riaz, who top-scored with 26 off 32 hitting three fours, stitched a 19-run sixth-wicket partnership with Iram Javed and a 13-ball 18-run seventh-wicket stand with Tuba Hassan to take Pakistan to 82 in 19.5 overs.




Australia's Ellyse Perry bats during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates on October 11, 2024. (AP)

Megan Schutt picked up one wicket in her three-over spell to surpass Nida Dar’s tally of 143 T20I wickets and became the leading wicket-taker in Women’s T20Is. Schutt snaffled her 144th T20I wicket when she dismissed Sadaf Shamas in the fifth over.
Pakistan will now face New Zealand in their last group game on 14 October in Dubai with the first ball to be bowled at 1900 PKT.
With input from AFP

Topics: Pakistan women cricket team

PSL X: Pakistan moves all remaining matches to UAE amid ongoing conflict with India

PSL X: Pakistan moves all remaining matches to UAE amid ongoing conflict with India
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PSL X: Pakistan moves all remaining matches to UAE amid ongoing conflict with India

PSL X: Pakistan moves all remaining matches to UAE amid ongoing conflict with India
  • Fighting has escalated between the two nuclear-armed neighbors since Wednesday when India struck multiple locations in Pakistan
  • Pakistan says it has shot down five Indian fighter jets and 29 Israeli-manufactured Harop drones, launched by New Delhi, in retaliation
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Shahjahan Khurram

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved all remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League’s 10 edition to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it announced on Friday, after deadly confrontations between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
Border skirmishes between the two South Asian neighbors have escalated since Wednesday when India conducted missile strikes on multiple locations in Pakistan in response to a deadly attack targeting tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that New Delhi blames on its neighbor. Islamabad has denied any complicity in the attack.
Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in retaliation to Wednesday’s strikes by India, while 29 Israeli-manufactured Harop drones, launched from India, were downed a day later. Officials have confirmed the killing of nearly 50 people on both sides since Wednesday, in the worst violence in decades between the South Asian neighbors.
Amid the escalating situation, the PCB said the remaining eight fixtures of this year’s PSL, which were previously scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi, Multan and Lahore, will now be staged in the UAE, adding that the new dates and venues of the matches will be shared in due course.
“The PCB has always stood by the position that politics and sports need to be kept apart,” PCB Chair Mohsin Naqvi said.
“However, in view of the extremely irresponsible and dangerous Indian act of targeting the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, which was manifestly done to disrupt the ongoing HBL Pakistan Super League X, the PCB has decided to shift the remaining matches to UAE so that the domestic as well as foreign cricketers, who are our precious guests, can be saved from the possible reckless targeting by India.”
The PCB postponed a PSL X match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, which was due to take place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday after Pakistan shot down an Indian drone near the venue.
As a responsible organization, Naqvi said, it was important for the PCB to ensure the mental well-being of all players participating in the league.
“I regret that our domestic audience and cricket lovers will not be able to watch these matches in Pakistan’s stadiums,” he said.
“Like in the past, we hope that our stakeholders will rally with us to further the best interests of the tournament, our players and the fans. We are committed to ensuring that the league continues to thrive!“
Separately, an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala — less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the town of Jammu where explosions were reported hours earlier — was also abandoned Thursday because of apparent floodlight failure.
Indian cricket will decide on Friday what happens to the rest of the IPL season, a senior official said
“We are monitoring the situation, seeking the government’s advice, and will take the final decision on the IPL tomorrow,” Rajeev Shukla, vice president of cricket board the BCCI, told The Indian Express on Thursday.
“The situation is changing day by day. We will do whatever we are told and inform all stakeholders. At the moment, our priority is the safety of all players, fans and stakeholders.”
 

Topics: Pakistan India Ties Pahalgam attack PSL X

Pakistan’s currency exchange union offers $1 billion to government in case of war

Pakistan’s currency exchange union offers $1 billion to government in case of war
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Pakistan’s currency exchange union offers $1 billion to government in case of war

Pakistan’s currency exchange union offers $1 billion to government in case of war
  • Currency markets are not in a state of panic, ECAP Chairman Malik Muhammad Bostan says
  • Record-breaking 6,482-point plunge stunned the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Thursday
Updated 42 min 9 sec ago
Ismail Dilawar

KARACHI: The Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP) has offered $1 billion per month to the government in case of war or an emergency, the organization said on Thursday, as fears have grown that the worst confrontation in two decades of conflict between India and Pakistan could escalate.

India on Wednesday struck what it said was “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir and Pakistan said it retaliated by shooting down five Indian aircraft. The Indian strikes killed 31 people and injured 57, Pakistan’s army said. 

On Thursday, Pakistan’s military said it shot down 29 drones from India at multiple locations, including the two largest cities of Karachi and Lahore and the garrison city of Rawalpindi, home to the army’s headquarters. 

The Indian defense ministry said Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in northern and western India from Wednesday night into Thursday morning and they were “neutralized” by Indian air defense systems. In response, Indian forces targeted air defense radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan on Thursday, the ministry said.

“We are capable of providing the government with $1 billion (Rs280 billion) dollars per month in case of war or emergency,” ECAP Chairman Malik Muhammad Bostan said. “There is no panic in the currency markets.”

Exchange companies provide $25 million (Rs7 billion) daily to the interbank market, the statement said, adding that they had managed to sell $10 million (Rs2.8 billion) in the interbank market despite fresh tensions between Pakistan and India.

The statement quoted Bostan as saying the inflow of dollars would increase after flight operations returned to normal. 

The ECAP offer came amid a record-breaking 6,482-point plunge at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), marking the largest single-day decline in the index’s history as investors feared escalation in the standoff between India and Pakistan.

The relationship between India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from colonial Britain in 1947. The countries have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir, and clashed many times.

The countries, which both claim Kashmir in full and rule over parts of it separately, acquired nuclear weapons in the 1990s.

Topics: Pakistan India Ties Pahalgam attack Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan

Islamabad denies as India says military stations attacked by drones and missiles

Islamabad denies as India says military stations attacked by drones and missiles
Updated 08 May 2025
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Islamabad denies as India says military stations attacked by drones and missiles

Islamabad denies as India says military stations attacked by drones and missiles
  • Sirens sounded and red flashes and projectiles erupted in the night sky above Jammu for about 2-1/2 hours
  • Islamabad says accusations “entirely unfounded, politically motivated, part of reckless propaganda campaign“
Updated 08 May 2025
AFP

JAMMU/ ISLAMABAD: Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military stations around the Kashmir region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Sirens sounded and red flashes and projectiles erupted in the night sky above Jammu for about 2-1/2 hours, a Reuters journalist said, in what appeared to be an escalation in the countries’ worst confrontation in more than two decades.
Two days of fighting have killed nearly four dozen people.
“Military stations at Jammu, Pathankot & Udhampur were targeted by Pakistani-origin drones and missiles along the international border in J&K today,” India’s Ministry of Defense said on X, citing places in and near the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
“The threats were swiftly neutralized .... No casualties or material losses were reported.”
Indian TV channels also showed flares and flashes in the sky above Jaisalmer city in Rajasthan state, which shares a border with the southern Pakistani province of Sindh.
In a statement, Islamabad denied attacking Pathankot in India’s Punjab state, Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley and Jaisalmer and said the accusations were “entirely unfounded, politically motivated, and part of a reckless propaganda campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan.”
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country would respond to any escalation “with full resolve and determination to safeguard Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Electricity in Jammu was slowly being restored after a blackout during the attack, a Reuters journalist said.
Eight missiles, fired from Pakistan at the Jammu region towns of Satwari, Samba, Ranbir Singh Pura and Arnia, were intercepted by air defense units, added an Indian military source who asked not to be named.
They were part of a wider attack, the source added.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif earlier said further retaliation was “increasingly certain” after both countries accused each other of launching drone attacks.
World powers from the US to Russia and China have called for calm in one of the world’s most dangerous and populated nuclear flashpoint regions. The US Consulate General in Pakistan’s Lahore ordered staff to shelter in place.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for de-escalation in separate calls with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, the State Department said.
The relationship between India and Pakistan has been fraught with tension since they gained independence from colonial Britain in 1947. The countries have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir, and clashed many times.
The neighbors, which both claim Kashmir in full and rule over parts of it, separately acquired nuclear weapons in the 1990s.

DRONES, MISSILES, AIR DEFENCES

In the latest confrontations, India said it hit nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites in Pakistan on Wednesday in retaliation for what it says was a deadly Islamabad-backed attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22.
Pakistan says it was not involved and denied that any of the sites hit by India were militant bases. It said it shot down five Indian aircraft on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s military said earlier on Thursday it shot down 29 drones from India at multiple locations including the two largest cities of Karachi and Lahore and the garrison city of Rawalpindi, home to the army’s headquarters.
The Indian defense ministry said Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in northern and western India from Wednesday night into Thursday morning and they were “neutralized” by Indian air defense systems.
In response, Indian forces targeted air defense radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan on Thursday, the ministry said.
Before trading ended, both countries saw their stocks, bonds and currencies decline, and Pakistan’s benchmark share index closed down 5.9 percent.
Local media reported panic buying in some cities in the Indian state of Punjab, which shares a border with Pakistan, as people hoarded essentials.

Topics: Pakistan India Ties

US secretary of state Rubio urges Islamabad and New Delhi to step back

US secretary of state Rubio urges Islamabad and New Delhi to step back
Updated 08 May 2025
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US secretary of state Rubio urges Islamabad and New Delhi to step back

US secretary of state Rubio urges Islamabad and New Delhi to step back
  • Marco Rubio holds separate phone calls with Pakistani PM and Indian external affairs minister 
  • Urges Pakistan and India to improve communications, engage in “direct dialogue” to de-escalate 
Updated 08 May 2025
Arab News Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday held separate telephone calls with Pakistan’s premier and the external affairs minister of India and urged the two nations to engage in “direct dialogue” to de-escalate their ongoing conflict, the state department said. 

India hit Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, called Azad Kashmir, with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan said it shot down five Indian aircraft in retaliation in their worst clash in over two decades. Pakistan said 31 civilians were killed in the Indian strikes while New Delhi says it targeted “terror camps.”

On Thursday, Pakistan said it had shot down 29 drones launched by India while New Delhi said it had “neutralized” Islamabad’s attempts to target military targets with drones and missiles.

“He expressed US support for direct dialogue between India and Pakistan and encouraged continued efforts to improve communications,” the state department said in two separate statements after Rubio spoke to Pakistani Premier Shehbaz Sharif and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. 

“The Secretary emphasized the need for immediate de-escalation.”

India is an important US partner for Washington, which aims to counter China’s rising influence, while Pakistan remains an ally, despite its diminished importance after the US withdrawal from neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.

Both India and Pakistan claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full, with each controlling only part and having fought wars in the past over the region.

The latest standoff was triggered by an April 22 attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, which has denied the claims and called for a neutral investigation.

Topics: Pakistan India standoff

Pakistan’s Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft — US officials 

Pakistan’s Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft — US officials 
Updated 08 May 2025
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Pakistan’s Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft — US officials 

Pakistan’s Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft — US officials 
  • Performance of leading Chinese fighter jet against Western rival is being closely watched in Washington 
  • Episode may offer insights into how Beijing might fare in any showdown over Taiwan or the wider Indo-Pacific
Updated 08 May 2025
Reuters

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: A top Chinese-made Pakistani fighter plane shot down at least two Indian military aircraft on Wednesday, two US officials told Reuters, marking a major milestone for Beijing’s advanced fighter jet.
The performance of a leading Chinese fighter jet against a Western rival is being closely watched in Washington for insights into how Beijing might fare in any showdown over Taiwan or the wider Indo-Pacific.
One US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was high confidence that Pakistan had used the Chinese-made J-10 aircraft to launch air-to-air missiles against Indian fighter jets — bringing down at least two.
Another official said at least one Indian jet that was shot down was a French-made Rafale fighter aircraft.
Both officials said Pakistan’s F-16 aircraft, made by Lockheed Martin, were not used in the shootdown.
Delhi has not acknowledged the loss of any of its planes and instead said it carried out successful strikes against what it said was “terrorist” infrastructure inside Pakistan.
World powers from the US to Russia and China have called for calm in one of the world’s most dangerous, and most populated, nuclear flashpoint regions.
In France, Rafale manufacturer Dassault Aviation and the MBDA consortium, which makes the Meteor air-to-air missile, could not immediately be reached for comment on a public holiday.
While Reuters reported on Wednesday that three Indian planes went down, citing local government officials in India, this marks the first Western confirmation that Pakistan’s Chinese-made jets were used in the shootdowns.
Pakistan’s Defense minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, told Reuters on Thursday that the J-10 was used to shoot down three French-made Rafale planes, which were newly acquired by India. 
Pakistan says it downed five Indian planes in air-to-air combat. 

Topics: India Pakistan stand off Rafale fighter aircraft

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