LONDON: Cricket staged its first day/night Test in 2015 after years of speculation that such matches might help arrest declining attendances for the sport's longest format...
November witnessed the landmark fixture when Australia beat New Zealand in front of an impressive aggregate crowd of 123,736 who flocked to the Adelaide Oval for the three days the match lasted...
Opener Azhar Ali became the first batsman to record a century in a day-night Test off a pink ball as he helped Pakistan dominate West Indies in Dubai on Thursday...
Ali's unbeaten 146 guided Pakistan to 279-1 at close on the opening day of the first Test ? just the second day-night match in Test cricket's 140-year-old history ? after Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and opted to bat on a flat Dubai stadium pitch...
CAIRNS: Pakistan held a lead of 218 runs over a Cricket Australia XI after the second day of their three-day day-night match in Cairns Friday ahead of next week’s pink-ball Test against Australia...
The tourists fought back to dismiss the CA XI for 114 and an innings lead of 94 runs before going to stumps at 124 for five ahead of Saturday’s final day...
A joint effort of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) and ‘I AM Karachi’, the Karachi City of Lights Festival brought a glowing radiance to performing and visual arts at the Fomma Trust-Art Centre at Zamzama Park on Friday...
”Starting off with the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa)’s Kahani Walay, the festival, which held visual and performing arts simultaneously in the premises of the park and centre, saw the attendees...
“This entire area is called Lighthouse because of our presence here for almost seven decades now...
Strangely, the other shops which also sell lights in this vicinity also believe that the name of the area is thanks to them...
And now the 1,000 metres record is held by the daughter of Assassi which is a rare distinction for the sire...
The riders of both the disturbed horses lodged objections against the winner for sharply crossing and causing disturbance in their running violating the Rules Of Racing...
International cricket returned to Pakistan on Friday after six, long years...
Thousands of die hard fans braved the scorching Lahore heat and gathered at the infamous Gaddafi stadium to watch the Pakistan cricket team battle it out with Zimbabwe, kicking off Twenty20 international...
England were 429 for six in their second innings at stumps on the fourth day, a lead of 295 runs, despite having been outplayed for much of this match, the first of a two-Test series...
England were in trouble when they lost Ian Bell, caught behind off a Tim Southee outswinger, to Sunday’s third ball without adding to their overnight score to be 74 for three...
KARACHI: Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrated by Hindu and Sikh communities, involves plenty of excitement which includes offering pooja, preparing sweetmeats, exchanging gifts, decorating homes, donning new clothes, drawing rangoli and letting off fireworks...
The usual mithai like laddu, gulab jamun and burfi were being sold at Rs500 per kg while the traditional halwa associated with the day was available for a little higher...
The timing of this astronomical event is such that the moon’s shadow will completely obscure the light of the sun for several minutes in the middle of the day...
The skies will suddenly darken and stars will be visible and for several minutes a good portion of the North American continent will be denied the light of the sun...
ADELAIDE: England snared the prized wicket of their nemesis Steve Smith as Australia toiled under the lights in a feisty opening day of the first-ever day-night Ashes Test in Adelaide on Saturday...
It was debutant Craig Overton who claimed the huge scalp of the world’s top-rated Test batsman for 40 and his first Test wicket in the 63rd over of a grimly-fought contest between bat and ball at the Adelaide Test...
KARACHI: “Dekh shehr ki battian! [See the city lights]” used to be the oft-repeated comment by the people who arrived in Karachi from small towns or villages for the very first time...
It was fascinating for them to see the lights installed here for illuminating the roads, streets, lanes, parks, buildings, etc...
It began in July 2015 for a week as a pilot project, before being launched in March last year...
West delivered his often corny lines with deadpan earnestness, entertaining children and adding a touch of satirical humour for adults...
“To really experience this project we need it to be a little darker, I think that light attracts people and this was one of the ideas behind this piece, he said, adding that they had used sheet metal, LED lights and mirrors for the project...
The blinking lights inside help create a hypnotic effect within each of our models—it’s a party at Sheesh Mahals!“What we are trying to do right now is make connections with these figures...