KARACHI: West Indian batting legend Sir Vivian Richards, who is in Karachi ahead of the final of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018, hopes to send out a message to the world that the country is safe to host international cricket. Speaking to media during a tour of Moin Khan Cricket Academy earlier today, Sir Richards expressed his gratitude to the ...
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Morne Morkel joins 300 club
CAPE TOWN:- South African fast bowler Morne Morkel took three of the first four Australian wickets to fall and became the fifth South African to take 300 Test wickets on the second day of the third Test on Friday. Morkel dismissed Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith in his first spell, then came back to break a 78-run stand between Cameron ...
Read More »Afghanistan qualify for next year’s Cricket World Cup
HARARE:- Skipper Asghar Stanikzai put a bout of appendicitis behind him to guide Afghanistan to a five-wicket victory over Ireland on Friday to qualify for next year’s Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan, after losing their opening three qualifying games, suffered a middle-order wobble that looked to have handed Ireland the advantage. But Stanikzai, who received on-field treatment for dressings around ...
Read More »Pakistan Day Friendly Baseball Match Between Pakistan Green vs Pakistan White
By Nawaz Gohar Pakistan Federation Baseball organized a friendly baseball match on 23rd march for celebration of Pakistan Day یوم پاکستان Pakistan Resolution Day . Pakistan Green youth team won the Match 1-0 from Pakistan white youth national team at Ashiq Hussain Baseball ground Bahria Town Lahore . Syed Fakhar Ali Shah President Pakistan Federation Baseball / Director Bahria ...
Read More »Jahangir Khanzada appreciates Punjab contingent’s performance in Inter-Provincial Games
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada said Punjab contingent by winning 139 medals including 65 gold, 44 silver and 30 bronze medals in the 4th Inter-Provincial Games at Peshawar, truly won the hearts of Punjab people; he was talking to Idris Haider Khawaja, the Secretary of Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) at his office at National Hockey Stadium on ...
Read More »Pakistan Day Tenpin Bowling Championship gear up
Islamabad:Pakistan Day Tenpin Bowling Championship gear up here tonight at Leisure City bowling club under the supervision of Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation. The event is two day event in which Master singles and Women event will be played. On first day of the championship an inauguration ceremony was held in which chief guest of the day Pakhtun Action Committee Chairman ...
Read More »New Zealand v England: first Test:Rain ruins second day
Auckland:Only 23.1 overs were possible on the second day in Auckland as steady rain prevented no more than 90 minutes of play. New Zealand’s best Test batsman Kane Williamson, though, brightened up a gloomy afternoon with his 18th Test hundred, passing Martin Crowe and Ross Taylor to become the country’s leading century-maker. He eventually fell for 102 shortly after the ...
Read More »Najam Sethi says half of PSL 4 matches will be played in Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi claimed on Friday that half of Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches for the fourth edition of the tournament will be played in in Pakistan next year. Talking to the media during a visit to the National Stadium, where the PSL 3 final will be held this Sunday, Sethi said, “You should trust ...
Read More »Islamabad United players to arrive in Karachi tonight
KARACHI: Cricketers from Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Islamabad United, including foreign inductees, will arrive in Karachi tonight to play the final of the third edition of the tournament against Peshawar Zalmi. Islamabad, the winner of the inaugural edition of PSL, defeated Karachi Kings in the qualifier in Dubai to earn a direct flight to the final in Karachi, which ...
Read More »Kane Williamson completes record 18th century
Auckland:Kane Williamson’s hundred on the second day of the first Test at Eden Park took him past the great Martin Crowe to become New Zealand’s leading century-maker in Test cricket, a record that has stood for more than 20 years. Williamson now has 18 Test hundreds to his name from 64 matches at an average of more than fifty. It ...
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