Lahore:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fought gallantly on the fourth and final day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2nd XI tournament but had to be content with a draw as Southern Punjab won the final on the basis of securing a first innings lead at the State Bank Stadium, Karachi on Friday. Chasing 484 runs for victory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were 379 for seven in ...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2nd XI captain charged for changing condition of the ball
Lahore:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2nd XI captain Mehran Ibrahim has been reprimanded for a Level 1 offence under Clause 2.14 of the PCB Code of Conduct for Player and Player Support Personnel, which relates to changing the condition of the ball (non-identification) during a match, in his team’s four-day non first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2nd XI final against Southern Punjab at the State ...
Read More »Pakistan’s first ever female athlete wins two golds at the 2nd World Alpagut Championship
Lahore: With Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited’s support, Arwa Afridi of Pakistan Railways wins 2 gold medals at the 2nd World Alpagut Championship- a martial arts tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 22-24, 2019. The tournament brought together 600 participants from over 24 countries in the competition according to age and weight categories, where 9 were from Pakistan including 2 ...
Read More »Pakistan must switch on with Adelaide lights to match Australia
Day-night Test matches have been the centre of much discussion in recent days with India hosting their first contest with the pink ball. The second game of this series brings us back to the original home of the day-night Tests as the Adelaide Oval hosts its fourth match under lights. Whether India are playing under lights here next year is ...
Read More »Shah Hussain Shah Jumps Five More Positions Up While Retaining His Crown Of Olympic Continental Quota.
In his pursuit for the place for Tokyo 2020, while playing in Osaka Grand Slam, Olympian Judoka Shah Hussain Shah ascended to 39th position in recently updated Olympic ranking list. This is ever highest any South Asian judoka could earn. He lost against world number 4 Aron Wolf from Japan in pre quarterfinal. He secured 160 points in this highest ...
Read More »Jos Buttler injury doubt for second Test; Ollie Pope would keep wicket
Jos Buttler is a serious injury doubt for the second Test in Hamilton after suffering a back spasm in training. Joe Root has confirmed that Ollie Pope will keep wicket if Buttler is, as expected, unable to play. That would be a big ask of Pope. He has kept in just five first-class games, the last of which was in ...
Read More »Shamarh Brooks maiden Test hundred puts West Indies in strong position
Tea West Indies 277 (Brooks 111, Campbell 55, Hamza 5-74) lead Afghanistan 187 by 90 runs Shamarh Brooks’ maiden Test hundred put West Indies in a strong position on the second day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Lucknow. Starting the day on 68 for 2, West Indies were eventually dismissed for 277, 90 ahead of Afghanistan’s first-innings total ...
Read More »Punjab Minister for Sports inaugurates 36th National Junior Hockey Championship
LAHORE : Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti inaugurated 36th National Junior Hockey Championship at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, Secretary PHF Asif Bajwa, Chief Selector Manzoor Junior and other officials were also present on this occasion. Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and ...
Read More »NZC apologises to Archer for racist abuse
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: The chief executive of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has apologised in person to England fast bowler Jofra Archer for the racist abuse he received from a spectator Monday on the final day of the first cricket Test at Mount Maunganui. David White visited the 24-year-old Archer to offer an apology and an assurance that heightened security will be ...
Read More »Australia leaning toward unchanged XI for second test: Langer
MELBOURNE: Australia are likely to field an unchanged team for the second test against Pakistan starting in Adelaide on Friday, coach Justin Langer said. The hosts beat Pakistan by an innings and five runs in Brisbane to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, with only the usually reliable Steve Smith failing with the bat. Pace bowler James Pattinson ...
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