Abu Dhabi:An unbeaten 137-run partnership for the opening wicket between Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja gave Islamabad United an emphatic 10-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators in the 18th fixture of the HBL PSL 6 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday night. Chasing 134 to win, the openers Munro and Usman hammered Gladiators to all parts of ...
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Surf Excel becomes Pakistan men’s team’s official detergent partner
Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board and Unilever have further strengthened their partnership with Surf Excel becoming Pakistan national men’s cricket team’s official detergent partner for the year 2021. The partnership with Surf Excel covers an exciting season of home cricket including series against England, New Zealand and the West Indies. PCB and Unilever joined hands last year for a historic social awareness ...
Read More »Chief executives of Central Punjab and Northern announced
Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board took another step towards its objective of decentralisation of country’s cricket and instilling a corporate culture in the six Cricket Associations with the appointment of chief executives for Central Punjab and Northern. Mr Abdullah Khurram Niazi, a former first-class cricketer who played 11 matches from 2001-03, has been appointed as the chief executive of the Central ...
Read More »Innovation and scientific advancements remain at core of NHPC’s evolution
Lahore:The National High Performance Centre continues its transformation in order to provide the country’s elite and emerging cricketers with opportunities to hone their skills at the state-of-the-art facilities in Lahore by introducing latest, modern and widely used digital and scientific tools. In the latest step in that direction, the NHPC will introduce hi-tech data collection across all the rungs of ...
Read More »Match officials for HBL PSL 6 Abu Dhabi-leg announced
Abu Dhabi:The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced match officials for the remaining 20 matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 which will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi from Wednesday, 9 June to Thursday, 24 June. Pakistan’s senior most umpire Aleem Dar who is also one of the most distinguished members of the ICC Elite Panel ...
Read More »PCB Chief Executive’s statement
Abu Dhabi:Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Wasim Khan has today made the following statement: “On Saturday during an interview, I made some comments about some members of the media. On reflection, my selection of words and the tenor was inappropriate, which I regret. The continued and unending tirade against me based on my loyalty and commitment to Pakistan cricket took ...
Read More »49 cricketers take Level-1 Umpiring course
Lahore:As many as 49 cricketers were part of the online Level-1 Umpiring course for umpires and match officials which began today. These cricketers include Pakistan internationals – Abdul Rauf, Bilal Asif and Salman Butt. A total of 350 personnel are taking part in the course and they are being provided training by the match referees from PCB’s Elite and Supplementary ...
Read More »“FIH Hockey Five World Cup, a game changer event”
International Hockey Federation strives to promote field hockey worldwide, has nominated Oman to host FIH Hockey Five World Cup. The decision was made by the International Hockey Federation on the recommendation of the Task Force Event Bidding Committee, which is made up of members of the executive boards of the five continental federations, and the executive board of the International ...
Read More »City Cricket Association trials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to begin from Thursday
Lahore:The trials for the senior and U19 sides of the City Cricket Associations falling under the jurisdiction of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association will commence from Thursday, 10 June. The decision to conduct the trials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been made after the provincial government provided the No-Objection Certificate to the Pakistan Cricket Board on 3 June. Along with Khyber ...
Read More »Domestic and international cricketers begin training at NHPC
Lahore:Top-performing domestic cricketers along with the international cricketers began training at the National High Performance Centre under the watchful eyes of the NHPC coaches and the members of the coaching staff of the national men’s and Shaheens sides today. The camp has been designed to provide format-specific training to the players who are not part of the HBL Pakistan Super ...
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