The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced umpire and match referee appointments for the three playoffs, which will be played from 23-25 March at the Gaddafi Stadium. The 23 February Qualifier involving table-toppers and defending champions Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars will be refereed by Roshan Mahanama. Aleem Dar and Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires, while Michael Gough and ...

Eight women feature in a team of 15 Match Officials named for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022, which is to be played across six venues in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April. The International Cricket Council’s commitment to support women officials reflects in the appointments with several making their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup debuts starting ...

I clearly remember the emotions from the final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017, having come so close to winning. The match against England was played in a packed Lord’s stadium and to miss out on that chance is something that will rankle forever. It has been an honour to have led India to two of the ...

LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – San Juan (PUR) won their first-ever FIBA 3×3 World Tour event since the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Miami Final in 2012 in Lausanne, Switzerland on August 20-21, 2021. What a difference a day makes. Just one day after losing their opener against Ub (SRB) by nine points and winning their ticket to the knock-out stage in overtime, ...

Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi produced a sensational burst with the bat to score 22 runs in the final over bowled by Mohammad Umar including three sixes and one four to tie the 30th and last group stage HBL Pakistan Super League 7 match against Peshawar Zalmi in front of a heaving Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Monday night. However, Qalandars lost ...

MIES (Switzerland) – The latest FIBA World Ranking Women, presented by Nike, has several teams rewarded after solid results at the recent FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments in Osaka (Japan), Belgrade (Serbia), and Washington D.C. (USA). While the top four teams remain unchanged, with the USA still having the No. 1 spot, followed by Spain, Australia and Canada, Belgium have leapfrogged France ...

Bowlers dominated the afternoon session of day 3 in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A, supported by Dream 11, at Al Amerat on Monday aiding Nepal and hosts Oman to advance to the semi-final of the tournament from Group A.  Nepal defeated Canada by eight wickets while Oman raced to a nine-wicket win over the Philippines.  Having bowled ...