KARACHI: The best likely outcome of Friday’s one-day International (ODI) featuring Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the National Stadium would be a mismatch. And that too if the wet weather — that is threatening to affect the game — doesn’t play spoilsport. The Sri Lankans have arrived in Pakistan without almost all of their leading players — including the likes ...

Lahore: An unbeaten century from Sidra Amin, which included a 100-run partnership for the fourth-wicket with Aliya Riaz, helped PCB Blasters beat PCB Challengers by six runs in the final of the National Triangular One-Day Women Cricket Championship 2019 at the Lahore Gymkhana on Thursday. After being put into bat, PCB Blasters scored 216 for five in 50 overs. Sidra, ...

LAHORE: Pakistan’s ODI series against Sri Lanka in Karachi, which commences Friday, marks return of five players to the national squad. They are Abid Ali, the right-handed opener, Iftikhar Ahmed, an all-rounder who bats in the middle order and bowls off-spin, Mohammad Nawaz, a slow left-arm bowler, Mohammad Rizwan, wicketkeeper-batsman, and Usman Shinwari, left-arm fast-bowler. With this series being an ...

DOHA: Dalilah Muhammad says she is relishing the pressure of trying to break her own world record as she aims to add a World Championships gold medal to her 2016 Olympics 400m hurdles crown. The 29-year-old New Yorker stunned the athletics world in July when she obliterated one of the longest-standing records in women´s track and field during the US ...

Wimbledon champion Simona Halep was left disappointed Wednesday after suffering a fresh injury setback in China that forced her to retire from the Wuhan Open with a lower back problem. Halep said the problem that caused her to quit her third-round match felt different to the herniated disc she had suffered at the China Open in Beijing a year ago ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s head coach Misbah ul Haq has demanded world cricket to actively support Pakistan as it takes another step towards the revival of complete international cricket at home with Sri Lanka ODI and T20I series which will be played in Karachi and Lahore. Misbah told media in Karachi ahead of the series that it is important for world cricket ...

MADRID: Lionel Messi has sustained a strain in his left thigh, Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday. Messi was substituted at half-time of Barca´s 2-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday in what was the striker´s first start of the season. He had previously been out with a calf injury sustained on August 5 and Barcelona have not indicated when they expect their ...

Pakistani paceman Faheem Ashraf on Wednesday broke into the ICC’s top 10 T20I ranking for bowlers, becoming the third Pakistani bowler to be currently on the list. Faheem Ashraf joined compatriots Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, who currently stand on second and third position respectively. Simultaneously, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman also made it to the list of T20I bowling elites. ...

The selection committee of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council headed by Muhammad Bilal Satti (Chairman Selection Committee) and comprising Masood Jan and Ibrar Shah (members) selected following 15 players for Pakistan Blind Cricket Team for the series vs England. Pakistan and England will lock horns in U.A.E for a series of six (6) T-20 Internationals to be played during 10th to ...

LAHORE: Captain Bismah Maroof’s unbeaten 72-ball 55 and Syeda Aroob Shah’s six wickets for 41 runs secured a berth in the final for PCB Challengers as they beat PCB Dynamites by six wickets in the final league match of the ongoing National Triangular One-Day Women Cricket Championship 2019 at the Lahore Gymkhana Ground. PCB Challengers, who play PCB Blasters in ...