Lahore:Top-order batsman Saud Shakeel has been named captain and Rohail Nazir vice-captain for this month’s 50-over ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019, which will be held in Cox’s Bazar and Mirpur, Bangladesh, from 12-23 November. The squad has been jointly selected by the men’s senior and junior selection committees, and, as per the event playing conditions, it includes 11 players ...

Students from all over Karachi are participating in 10 events in U-17 and U-19 categories. On day 3 of our Sports Festival we had 3 games (Futsal, Counter-Strike & Cricket) in both the categories happening at two of our campuses of Alpha College and Alpha Core and IBA Cricket Ground. Following are the results of Day 3: Day 3 Results. ...

Lahore:With four rounds remaining in the four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the six teams will fight for every point, when the sixth-round of the tournament commences on Monday, to secure a berth in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, which will be held at Karachi’s National Stadium from 9 to 13 December. Table-toppers Central Punjab will be aiming to consolidate their position when ...

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters with an abdominal injury just minutes before the scheduled start of his semi-final against Denis Shapovalov on Saturday, and admitted his participation at the ATP Tour Finals was in doubt. Canadian youngster Shapovalov will face Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s final in the French capital. Second seed Nadal could have secured the year-end ...

South Africa broke English hearts with a ruthless display of power rugby to seize their third Rugby World Cup in devastating fashion. Twenty two points from the boot of nerveless fly-half Handre Pollard and second-half tries from wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe ground England into the Yokohama dirt on a horrible night for Eddie Jones’s men. England had trailed ...

Sydney :Ahead of his first-ever outing as Pakistan’s new T20I captain, Babar Azam on Saturday said that he would miss his predecessor and recently sacked skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed “a lot” in the series against Australia. The 25-year-old Azam took over the T20I reins from Sarfaraz earlier this month after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to remove the Karachi native ...

SHENZHEN, China: An indefatigable Elina Svitolina came from behind to outlast a hobbled Belinda Bencic in a gruelling semi-final on Saturday, continuing her dogged quest to defend her WTA Finals title. The world number eight worked over an ailing Bencic with a comeback 5-7, 6-3, 4-1 victory in one hour and 50 minutes at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre. The ...

Lahore:The ninth episode of the weekly PCB Podcast is now available here for listening and free downloading for editorial purposes. In the latest edition: Australia star Adam Gilchrist reviews the Pakistan side and their chances in the upcoming series Babar Azam looks forward to the T20I series, which begins in Sydney on Sunday Saud Shakeel shares his excitement after being ...

Karachi: HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft first round pick order for the 2020 season will be determined at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Sunday. Representatives of the six HBL PSL franchises and PCB senior management will gather at the headquarters of Pakistan cricket to determine the pick order of the first round of the HBL PSL 2020 Player Draft.   ...