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Cricket: Green Shirts win 1st test against S. Africans

KARACHI: Green Shirts succeeded in defeating the South African cricket team in the first Test match by seven wickets here today (29th of Jan) taking a lead of 1-0 in the two-match Test series.

On a pitch that favored spinners, Pakistan’s Nauman Ali sent five South Africans back to pavilion while Yasir Shah took 4 wickets. Visiting team managed to score 245 all out in their 2nd innings on the 4th day.

Due to security concerns and last year’s COVID-19 Pandemic, few cricket teams visited Pakistan. South African Cricket team too avoided this country for fourteen years.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.