The business end of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 has arrived and we now know who will contest the Super League stage and the Plate competition. Six of the eight Super League teams have previously won the tournament, with India, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, England and defending champions Bangladesh all through. Sri Lanka, who finished as runners-up ...
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Marais Erasmus is ICC Umpire Of The Year 2021
As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Marais Erasmus as the ICC Umpire of the Year 2021. Officiating in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand, Marais Erasmus has led the way in his officiating, earning the respect of his peers and the international cricket fraternity. ...
Read More »PCB to undertake breast and childhood cancer awareness initiatives during HBL PSL 7
The Pakistan Cricket Board will use the popularity and reach of the HBL Pakistan Super League to create awareness about breast and childhood cancer as part of its social corporate responsibility in the seventh edition of the tournament that starts from 27 January. The two initiatives have turned into a HBL PSL tradition since the PCB first marked the Pink ...
Read More »Joe Root is the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2021
As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced England’s Joe Root as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2021 for his consistent performance across the format in 2021. In 2021, Root amassed 1708 runs in 15 matches which included six centuries. He was in sublime form, as he became only the ...
Read More »Shaheen Afridi receives the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021
As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi as the recipient of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2021. Afridi has had a fabulous 2021 across all three formats of the game. He took 78 wickets in 36 internationals at an average of 22.20. His contribution ...
Read More »Smriti Mandhana receives the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021
SMRITI MANDHANA RECEIVES THE RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY AS THE ICC WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2021. As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Indian opener Smriti Mandhana as the recipient of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021. Mandhana has had a fabulous ...
Read More »Lizelle Lee and Babar Azam are the ICC ODI Cricketers of the Year 2021
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 11: Babar Azam of Pakistan plays a shot during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai International Stadium on November 11, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) As part of the 2021 edition of the ICC Awards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) ...
Read More »Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan greets Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan and women all rounder Fatima Sana for winning ICC Awards
LAHORE : Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan has congratulatedPakistan skipper Babar Azam, fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, wicketkeeper MohammadRizwan and women allrounder Fatima Sana for winning coveted International CricketCouncil (ICC) awards in their respective categories. Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan in his greeting message on Monday said thatfabulous ICC awards showed that our national male and female players ...
Read More »Foreign cricketers excited to be in Pakistan for HBL PSL 7
Since its inception in 2016, the HBL Pakistan Super League has proved to be a brilliant platform for the cricketers from around the world to ply their trade. The foreign contingent of cricketers in successive HBL PSL seasons have made no secret of their admiration for the young local talent and, since the league’s homecoming in 2020, they have thoroughly ...
Read More »PCB mourns passing of Aftab Baloch
The Pakistan Cricket Board today expressed its sadness following the death of Aftab Baloch, who in 1969 made his Test debut at the age of 16 against New Zealand in Dhaka. He was 69. Aftab scored 25 in his only innings in the drawn Test and had to wait for six years for his second and final Test in which ...
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