Karachi: After batting for almost two days, Central Punjab secured three valuable bowling points as well by squeezing Southern Punjab to 392 before the culmination of the third day’s play at the State Bank Stadium on Wednesday. Central Punjab, opted not to follow-on the opposition, have scored one run before stumps were drawn to stack an overall lead of 206 runs. ...

Karachi: Two quick Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wickets, minutes before the close of play gave Northern the upper hand on an action-packed day-three of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class 10th round game being played at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi on Wednesday. Northern who need an outright win to book their place in the 27-31 December tournament final declared their second innings ...

Lahore:The International Cricket Council has confirmed umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC World Test Championship fixtures between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, to be played from 11-23 December. Andy Pycroft will lead the Playing Control Team for the opening Test in Rawalpindi from 11-15 December, which will also include Michael Gough and Richard Kettleborough as the on-field umpires, Richard ...

The baton of No. 1 Test batsman in the world has changed hands between Virat Kohli and Steven Smith again, with Kohli surpassing Smith following a century in his team’s inaugural day-night Test, against Bangladesh in Kolkata. While Kohli led the Indian batting effort, Smith failed to go past 36 in Australia’s home Tests against Pakistan, resulting in the swap ...

Defending champions Melbourne Renegades have signed Pakistan left-arm seamer Usman Shinwari and allrounder Faheem Ashraf for a chunk of the upcoming Big Bash League season. Shinwari will be available for the first five games, with England quick Harry Gurney replacing him for the remainder of the season, while new recruit Faheem will be replaced by Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi after ...

COLOMBO:South African Mickey Arthur has been named Sri Lanka’s head coach, replacing Chandika Hathurusingha, who was stripped of his coaching responsibilities following a disappointing World Cup, an official source said Wednesday. The 51-year-old takes over ahead of the two-match Test series against Pakistan later this month, the official said, adding that a formal announcement was expected shortly. Details of the ...

LAHORE:Renowned England-based Pakistan bodybuilder Syed Rahat Ali Shah called on Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. Birmingham-based Syed Rahat Ali Shah became first Pakistani who clinched British Championship in Men Physique Category in 2018. Syed Rahat Ali Shah informed Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh about his achievements in the field of ...

Islamabad:The 13th South Asian Games-2019 are being held at Kathmandu (Nepal). Pakistan squash contingent comprising of Tayyab Aslam, Farhan Mehboob, Asim Khan and Amaad Fareed along with Madina Zafar, Faiza Zafar, Amna Fayyaz and Moqaddas Asraf would be participating in Men & Women Individual & Team events. Group Captain Irfan Asghar and Mr Fazal Shah are accompanying the contingent as ...

LAHORE: former cricket Star and former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team Wasim Akram on Tuesday congratulated his wife for being selected as first Global Ambassador for Pakistan with Fred Hollows–an international foundation working on restoration of eye sight. In a tweet, former Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Wasim Akram expressed pleasure over success of his wife, addressing her wife Shahniera Akram ...

Karachi : Northern strengthened their position against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on day-two of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class 10th round game being played at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi on Tuesday. After amassing 411 runs in their first innings, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were left reeling at 156 for six as Northern pace man Waqas Ahmed took five wickets to give his team ...