DUBAI: A rejuvenated Karachi Kings and defending champions Peshawar Zalmi meet at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Karachi Kings, who had a lacklustre campaign in the previous two editions of the Pakistan Super League, went for a new look this season and it worked: they defeated Quetta Gladiators on Friday to claim a 19-run victory. Captained by Imad Wasim, ...
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High-flying Multan Sultans face Islamabad United today
DUBAI: Multan Sultans, riding high on two successive wins in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) debut, will take on Islamabad United in today’s first match in Dubai. Multan have so far been the most impressive side this season, beating defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by seven wickets in the opening match of the PSL and then outclassing Lahore Qalandars by 43 ...
Read More »Pakistan’s Nauman Aftab wins ITF title
ISLAMABAD – Young Pakistani tennis player Nauman Aftab and his partner, Hong Kong’s Matthew Yee, lifted the doubles trophy in the on-going Syed Tajammul Abbas International Tennis Federation (ITF) Pakistan Juniors Tournament, here at PTF Complex on Friday afternoon. In a convincing victory, the fourth seeded duo upset the second seeded Thai-Malaysian pair of Siritaworachan and Suresh, by the score ...
Read More »Riyadh hosts first international half-marathon
Riyadh- Rain-soaked Riyadh hosted its first international half-marathon on Saturday with a top prize of one million riyals ($267,000), as the conservative kingdom seeks to boost sports and entertainment in a far-reaching liberalisation drive. Hundreds of male runners raced in three categories – 21, eight and four kilometres – in a contest that started and ended at the city’s King ...
Read More »Kenya captain, coach and board president resign
Kenya’s captain Rakep Patel has resigned after the team returned home winless from the WCL Division Two tournament in Namibia. The coach Thomas Odoyohas also stepped down, and so has the board president Jackie Janmohammed. By finishing last out of the six teams that participated, Kenya were demoted to Division Three. Their performance included a 218-run defeat, to UAE, which was the tournament’s worst in ...
Read More »Father-son bonding, the Chanderpaul way
Imagine you were a professional cricketer. Now imagine you had to share your dressing room with… your father. And, on top of that, your dad is a legend of your sport. A lot to handle? Doesn’t quite seem to be the case with Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who shares the Guyana dressing room with his father Shivnarine. Chanderpaul junior, 21, jokes that Shiv, 43, ...
Read More »Touch of Klaasen as SA beat India
Centurion:-South Africa’s stand-in skipper JP Duminy and Heinrich Klaasen smashed blazing fifties to fire the home team to a series-levelling victory against India in the second Twenty20 International at the SuperSport Park, Centurion on Wednesday. Klaasen smashed 69 from 30 balls to steer South Africa to a six-wicket victory over India at Pretoria to stay alive in the three-match series. ...
Read More »NCA’s U-16 Advanced Coaching Program, 2018
Lahore-February: The NCA is starting U-16 Advanced Coaching and Training Camp from March 12 to April 7, 2018 at Inzamam ul Haq High Performance Centre, Multan. In this regard, the junior national selection committee has selected 28 players which would train under the elite panel of NCA Coaches. The players selection for this program is based on their performance in ...
Read More »Multan Sultans win toss, opt to bowl first in PSL3 opener
Shoaib Malik’s Multan Sultans career got off to a good start as he won the toss and decided to field first in the opening match of the 2018 Pakistan Super League against the Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai on Thursday. The opening match of the 2018 PSL sees new entrants take on defending champions Zalmi. Multan Sultans Squad: Batsmen: Ahmed Shehzad, ...
Read More »Here’s everything you need to know about PSL 3
PSL captains pose with the trophy at the unveiling ceremony in Dubai/PSL Twitter As cricket fans from around the world get ready for the third edition of the Pakistan Super League, here’s a look at each franchise, their squads and their matches. Lahore Qalandars Head coach: Aqib Javed Captain: Brendon McCullum Squad: Brendon McCullum (c), Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Dinesh ...
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