Chief Executive of Pakistan Cricket Board Wasim Khan termed Pakistan’s series against England as challenging. The Pakistan cricket team is currently in Derby and is conducting training sessions in addition to intra-squad matches, while the first Test of the three-match series against England will start on August 5 at Old Trafford Manchester. Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive Wasim Khan says ...

Karachi: The Executive Committee of Karachi Sports Forum in a meeting approved renaming the Forum to Karachi Sports Foundation to expand the scope of welfare and social services to other cities of the country. The meeting was presided by KSF President Syed Waseem Hashmi also decided to hold events to encourage the athletes who excel for the country at the ...

Lahore:The 23rd edition of the PCB Podcast has been released and is available here for free listening and downloading for editorial purposes. In this edition: ·         PCB Director – Commercial, Babar Hamid, talks about Pakistan Cricket Board’s partnership with Pepsi ·         Test batsman Asad Shafiq previews Pakistan’s four-day intra-squad match which begins on Friday ·         Pakistan U19 captain Rohail Nazir shares his experience of being in ...

Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board and Pepsi today announced a one-year extension as principal partner of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team for all three formats. Pepsi and PCB have enjoyed a fruitful partnership for over two decades. The partnership will run initially until 30 June 2021, during which period Pakistan will take on England in the upcoming Test and T20I series ...

Manchester: Kashif Bhatti cleared to join Pakistan squad in England after testing negative for COVID-19 in his second test. ECB spokesperson confirmed: “A Pakistan player has been cleared to return to the squad after undergoing a precautionary period of self-isolation. “The player had returned a positive test result for the remnants of a previous COVID-19 infection and in consultation with ...

Manchester: England’s Jofra Archer has been excluded from the #raisethebat second Test against the West Indies starting today (Thursday 16 July) at Emirates Old Trafford following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols. Archer will now commence five days of isolation and will undergo two COVID-19 tests in this period, which have to test negative before his self-isolation period is ...

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to start national sports activities with ‘Hockey Five’. The national game of hockey, like other sports, has been delayed due to the global corona virus. Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa said that the activities of International Hockey are about to start and International Hockey Federation (FIH) has also announced the schedule of ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a new Test ranking.Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins remains at the top of the ICC Test rankings.West Indies captain Jason Holder is second, while New Zealand’s Neil Wagner is third. No Pakistani bowler is in the top 10 in the bowlers’ rankings, but Muhammad Abbas is 12th.In the list of batsmen, Australia’s Steven ...

Test cricketer Shaun Masood says that one should not make wrong assumptions about the England team after losing a Test to the West Indies. In a video conference from Derby, left-arm batsman Shaun Masood said, “Our second phase in Derby has started well after Worcester. Staying in Worcester was good and after 3 months of lockdown, the way we are ...

In the first Test of the first cricket series, which started several months later due to the global epidemic Corona, the visiting West Indies defeated England by 4 wickets. West Indies completed the 200-run target in the fourth innings at a loss of 6 wickets thanks to 95 runs by Jermaine Blackwood. Earlier in Southampton, with caution from the Corona ...