The final of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019-20 will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi from 27-31 December between Central Punjab and Northern. The following is the schedule of media opportunities in the build up to and during the match: Thursday, 26 December: · Both the teams will hold training sessions at the National Stadium from around 11am. ...

Australian Open organisers have increased the prize money to more than £38m with the biggest gains for those losing in the earlier rounds. The overall prize fund for the tournament has increased by 14% to 71m Australian dollars (£38.1m). Players who exit in the first round will receive 20% more than last year while money for losers in the opening ...

Ben Stokes has returned to full training with England as they prepare for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa at Centurion, after his father showed signs of improvement. All-rounder Stokes missed training on Christmas Eve after his father Ged, 64, was taken to hospital in Johannesburg. He remains in intensive care, but has responded to treatment and is stable. ...

Just five of New Zealand’s squad were born when the team last graced the MCG on Boxing Day. As for the rest of Kane Williamson’s team, well, they cannot possibly have any memories of the event. So the legendary contest between the teams of Allan Border and Jeff Crowe, with Mike Whitney blocking out Sir Richard Hadlee’s final over, can ...

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan and Middlesex allrounder, has been suspended from bowling in all ECB competitions after a bowling-action assessment found his action to be illegal. Umpires reported Hafeez’s action after a Vitality Blast match between Somerset and Middlesex in Taunton on August 30, following which he underwent independent assessment at Loughborough University. The game against Somerset was the penultimate ...

Despite the tough stance adopted by the PCB on Bangladesh’s unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, the BCB has reiterated that as things stood, it could only give the go-ahead to a T20I series in the country. In what could be seen as a slight softening of its position on the Tests, though, chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that ...