Colin Munro became the first batsman to hit three T20I centuries with his 104 off 53 balls against West Indies in Mount Maunganui. Four other batsmen have hit two hundreds in this format, including Munro’s former captain Brendon McCullum. Munro carted ten sixes in his innings, which are the joint most by a New Zealand batsman in a T20I innings. Corey Anderson too ...

LAHORE:  Provincial Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada has declared kabaddi as the most popular sport among the masses and it earned more international medals than any other sport. He was speaking during the opening of the Technical Kabaddi Course for Coaches that was initiated at the Gymnasium Hall of the Sports Board Punjab on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Aamir Jan, Secretary ...

LAHORE: Provincial Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada inaugurated the first ever Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy at the newly-constructed state of the art Tennis Complex here at Nishtar Park on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir jan, Director Sports Anis Sheikh, Deputy Director Mohammad Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Rasheed Malik and a large number of junior tennis players ...

The International Cricket Council today announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018, which will be staged in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February. The Windies will be looking to defend their title and emulate Pakistan, who won consecutive titles in 2004 and 2006. Australia and India have won the title ...

SYDNEY: Regulars Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade were axed from Australia´s squad on Wednesday for this month´s one-day international series against England. Chief selector Trevor Hohns said ODI specialist Maxwell was omitted over consistency concerns, while Tim Paine takes the wicketkeeping gloves from Wade following his outstanding form in the Ashes Test series. Selectors also named Australia´s Test pace trio ...

Pakistan beat New Zealand XI by 120 runs in their warm-up game in Nelson on Wednesday, three days before the five-match ODI series kicks off. Put in to bat first by New Zealand XI, who won the toss, Pakistan put up a massive total of 342 from 50 overs, driven by centuries from openers Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman who scored ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has been forced to change the schedule of this month’s Blind Cricket World Cup after the Indian government refused to grant permission to its team to travel to Pakistan for the matches. According to an official of PBCC, the fixtures of the Indian team will now be played in UAE instead of Pakistan. ...

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Colin Munro smashed his way into the record books as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by 119 runs in the final Twenty20 at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to sweep the series. Munro, with a rollicking 104 off 53 deliveries, became the first player to hit three centuries in international Twenty20 cricket as New Zealand posted an imposing ...