Sri Lanka 282 for 6 (de Silva 87*) v Pakistan Thirty-two deliveries. That’s all the cricket Rawalpindi saw on yet another frustrating, weather-affected day. Overnight rain and a delay in removing the covers wiped out the entire first session of play – the one-hour lunch break for Friday prayers unfortunately falling during exactly the brightest, most cricket-conducive period of the ...

New Zealand 5 for 109 (Taylor 66*, Starc 4-31) trail Australia 416 (Labuschagne 143, Head 56, Wagner 4-92, Southee 4-93) by 307 runs A nearby grass fire wafted the unmistakable odour of smoke across Perth Stadium early on another enervating day in the west. By the close the only fire was that being breathed by Mitchell Starc, as Australia cornered ...

Former West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has officially come out of international retirement, making himself available for selection in the West Indies T20I side in the lead-up to their men’s T20 World Cup defence in Australia next year. Bravo, however, confirmed that he didn’t want to play any other format. “I would like to announce my return to international T20s ...

Karachi: The second edition of KFC Karachi Premier League has tentatively been scheduled to begin from December 27 here at Naya Nazimabad Cricket Stadium. A MoU was signed between KPL CEO Moiz Bin Zahid and KFC CMO Muhammad Noor Alam on Thursday here at KFC Gulshan Iqbal branch in the presence of other guests and media. KPL Patron-in-Chief Zeeshan Altaf ...

Graeme Smith has been announced as South Africa’s first director of cricket, albeit in a temporary role, after several months of negotiation. Smith has signed on for three months and will begin work immediately, with two weeks to go before South Africa play England in a four-Test series at home, starting on Boxing Day, followed by three ODIs and as ...

Pace sensation Gerald Coetzee, who had suffered a hamstring strain in a recent MSL match, has recovered and was named in South Africa’s squad for the Under-19 World Cup at home in January next year. Allrounder Bryce Parsons was appointed captain of a 15-man squad that is filled with all-round talent. As many as four allrounders were picked, and wicketkeeper ...

Asghar Afghan has been reappointed captain of Afghanistan across all three formats, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced. Afghan, 31, will replace Rashid Khan, who was named captain across formats in July, after Afghanistan lost all their matches at the World Cup under Gulbadin Naib. Rashid will now become Afghan’s deputy. The ACB had wrested captaincy away from Afghan in ...

Rawalpindi: A riveting battle between bat and ball marked the return of Test cricket to Pakistan in more than 10 years as Sri Lanka ended a shortened day-one of the first ICC World Test Championship series match placed at 202 for five in their first innings at the Pindi Cricket Stadium against the hosts on Wednesday. Sri Lankan captain Dimuth ...

Balochistan U16 v Sindh U16, Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad Sindh beat Balochistan by three wickets; Sindh won the toss and asked Balochistan to bat first. Balochistan were bowled out for 114 runs in 34.4 overs. Muhammad Nasir top-scored with 22 runs. Aimal Khan contributed 14; Saad Asif took three wickets for 16 runs while Hassan Asim and Aaliyan Mehmood took two ...