Faisalabad:Imam-ul-Haq’s half-century and Akif Javed’s three-fer secured a seven-wicket win for Balochistan against Southern Punjab in the ninth match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Balochistan captain Haris Sohail decided to bowl first after winning the toss and the decision produced the desired results for his side immediately with young pacer Akif removing Shan Masood and ...
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Nadeem Khan appointed selection committee coordinator
Lahore:Former Test spinner Nadeem Khan has been appointed as Coordinator – National Selection Committee following a recruitment process. Nadeem will act as a bridge between chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and the six selectors by gathering feedback, information and maintaining players’ profile from the domestic matches, and presenting to the selection committee so that the data can be used in their decision-making. ...
Read More »The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visits PCB’s NCA
Pakistan’s national game 🏏 #RoyalVisitPakistan pic.twitter.com/vWVw0UUvR8— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) October 17, 2019
Read More »Pakistan U-19 cricket team to play against China and Afghanistan
Lahore:Pakistan U19 to play friendly matches against china and Afghanistan U19 squads. The 12-player squad will be captained by Mohammad Harris Khan, while Saim Ayub will be his vice-captain. Pakistan U19 team will play China on Saturday, 19 October and Afghanistan on Sunday, 20 October. A combined Afghanistan and Pakistan side will play China on Wednesday, 23 October. Pakistan squad ...
Read More »Torch reaches Islamabad amid National Games’ postponement
ISLAMABAD: The National Games torch reached Islamabad on Tuesday, amid the postponement of the much-awaited event which is being held after a gap of seven years. The Games were slated to be held in Peshawar from October 26 to November 1 but on Tuesday, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) announced that it was deferring the event by two weeks. The ...
Read More »Ahmed Shehzad joins Kohli and Smith in T20 centurions club
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team’s opening batsman Ahmed Shahzad, on Tuesday, joined the ranks of Virat Kohli and Dwayne Smith in the list of players with the most T20 centuries. Ahmed —who is playing for Central Punjab’s team in the ongoing National T20 Cup — scored an unbeaten 111 off 63 balls against Northern at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, smashing three sixes ...
Read More »POA, KP government postpone National Games for two weeks
Peshawar : The 33rd edition of Pakistan’s National Games is postponed, once again, for the umpteenth time, when it was announced jointly by the Khayber Pakhtunkhwa government and Pakistan Olympic Association. The games were originally scheduled to be held from October 26th in Peshawar with around 12,000 male and female athletes participating in 34 different disciplines. The postponement was announced ...
Read More »Mohammad Amir most expensive among 35 Pakistanis in ‘The Hundreds’ players’ draft
KARACHI: Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been included as most expensive Pakistani cricketers in players draft for the inaugural edition of England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) newly introduced “The Hundred” cricket. Thirty-five Pakistani cricketers were among 239 foreign players whose names were released by ECB with Amir as most expensive among all the Pakistanis with a reserve price ...
Read More »Pakistan loses second game in Socca World Cup
Karachi: Pakistan socca football team lost its second Socca World Cup game to Romania in Group ‘H’ on Tuesday in Crete, Greece. According to information made available here, Pakistan conceded an own-goal from its player Mohammad Ali, who mistakenly sent the ball into his team’s own goal posts while trying to pass the ball to goalkeeper. That goal had a ...
Read More »Ahmed Shehzad’s 111 help Central Punjab chase Northern’s 222
Faisalabad,: An unbeaten 111 from 63 balls by Ahmed Shehzad helped Central Punjab to a four-wicket win over Northern in the fifth fixture of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Set a target of 223, Central Punjab chased down the total on the penultimate ball of the match. Opener Ahmed played an instrumental role in the run-chase, ...
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