The PCB has announced that Pakistan’s Under-19s will tour Sri Lanka from May 23 for a series of five 50-over matches. The tour was originally scheduled to begin in early May, with the team set to depart Pakistan on April 30, but was postponed following the Easter Sunday blasts that left over 250 dead in Colombo. The original schedule consisted ...

Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javed 55, Ismail 2-12) beat South Africa 138 for 3 (Brits 70*, Shamim 1-20) by four wickets On Saturday, South Africa completed a tight chase with only a ball to spare to draw level in the series, but Pakistan pulled off their own last-over finish in the third T20I to make it 2-1. Having slipped to ...

Ireland 210 (Stirling 71, Porterfield 53, Aftab 3-28, Dawlat 3-35) beat Afghanistan 138 (Asghar 29, Nabi 27, Adair 4-19, Murtagh 2-12) by 72 runs World Cup-bound Afghanistan were tripped up by Ireland, who made excellent use of cold and blustery conditions in Belfast to defend a modest 210 in style. First, William Porterfield and Paul Stirling added 99 for the ...

Phil Simmons will step down as Afghanistan coach after the World Cup. The former West Indies opener, who was appointed to the position in December 2017, said the time is right for him to move on as the target he was given – of helping Afghanistan reach the World Cup – has been achieved. Simmons is understood to have communicated ...

LONDON: Manchester City crushed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday to become the first team to win the English treble of league championship and both domestic cups in the most emphatic way imaginable. The victory matched the competition’s record final win — set when Bury beat Derby County 116 years ago — and was the perfect end ...

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) won the seventh edition of Corporate T20 Cup beating favourites Omar Associates by 41 runs in the final at the DHA Moin Khan Acadamy on Saturday. Trailing at 16/3, SSGC turned things thanks to Ahmed Shahzad and Khushdil Shah after being put into bat first by Omar Associates. Shahzad smashed five sixes and four ...

LEEDS: Chris Woakes took five wickets as England beat Pakistan by 54 runs to win the fifth one-day international (ODI) match at Headingley on Sunday. Victory, in their final match before the World Cup hosts and favourites name their tournament squad on Tuesday, saw England to a 4-0 series win after the first match was washed out. Woakes took three ...

LAHORE: Former sports editor of Pakistan Today, Agha Akbar, passed on Sunday in Lahore after a prolonged illness. He had a liver transplant a few months ago but due to post-operation complications, he never recovered fully. He was associated with The Nation newspaper before joining Pakistan Today where he worked as the editor of the sports and magazine sections. He later ...