LAHORE: After skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, all-rounder Shahid Afridi has also spoken out against acquiring foreign players who are not willing to travel to Pakistan for the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Afridi who spoke with the media here on Thursday said PSL franchise owners should refrain from drafting foreign players who are unwilling to come to Pakistan for the tournament. The ...

India resisted the technology for years but finally adopted it in 2016, becoming the last Test nation to do so NEW DELHI: This year´s Indian Premier League will feature the Decision Review System (DRS) for the first time, organisers have said. IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla confirmed that the technology will be used when the eleventh edition of the cash-rich tournament ...

AUCKLAND: Captain Kane Williamson´s unbeaten 91 set New Zealand up for a commanding lead after England were skittled for one of the lowest scores in their history in the first Test in Auckland on Thursday. At stumps on day one in the first day-night Test in New Zealand, the Black Caps were 175 for three and 117 runs ahead with ...

Peshawar Zalmi skipper Darren Sammy is no stranger to taking his team to championships. The star all-rounder led the West Indies to two T20I World Cup wins, and lifted the glittering Pakistan Super League (PSL) trophy last year. This year as well, his team Peshawar Zalmi is in the finals, and he is just one more win away from becoming ...

LAHORE:- Punjab Minister of Sports Jahangir Khanzada said that the participation of top cricket stars in the on-going 3rd edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has proved that international cricket has been revived in Pakistan; he said this while talking to media at National Hockey Stadium after inspecting arrangements of PSL’s second eliminator match at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on ...

KARACHI: The KFC- Karachi Premier League, which will be starts from the 28Th of march here at the Naya Nazimabad Hussain Lawai Cricket Stadium.This was announced in a media briefing Chairman KFC- Karachi Premier League  Moiz Bin Zahid with Abid Akhtar Khan (CEO), former first class cricketer and Chief coodrinator Taufeeq Tirmizi, former president KCCA and Chief Secretary tournament Siraj ...

LAHORE: A record-breaking 77 runs off 27 deliveries by opener Kamran Akmal against Karachi Kings on Wednesday propelled former champions Peshawar Zalmi into the final of the Pakistan Super League on Wednesday. Babar Azam fell after a resilient 45-ball 63 in Karachi Kings’ chase of 171 in the rain-reduced second eliminator at the Gaddafi Stadium. Peshawar Zalmi were given an ...

MOGADISHU: Shortly after sunrise, a group of young women arrives at a football pitch in Mogadishu, where they shrug off their hijabs — some changing underneath the billowing veil — to reveal their team kit. Young Somali men stand nearby, some disapproving but all watching closely, as the women jog up and down, dribble a worn-out ball between colourful cones ...

AUCKLAND: New Zealand received a boost Wednesday, on the eve of the first Test against England at Auckland´s Eden Park, with confirmation senior batsman Ross Taylor is fit to play. Taylor, who has a Test average of 48.04, had been battling a groin injury and a stomach bug but captain Kane Williamson said he had completed a full training session ...

HARARE: The West Indies snatched a spot at next year´s World Cup by edging to a five-run victory over Scotland on DLS method in Harare on Wednesday. The two-time World Cup winners were bowled out for just 198 batting first, but rain forced an early finish with the game in the balance and Scotland on 125-5 with 14.4 overs remaining. ...