The President of Pakistan Federation Baseball Syed Fakhar Ali Shah visit Hyderabad for the promotion of Baseball. Hyderabad Baseball Association has invited him on welcome aftar dinner at Sindh Sports Hyderabad Club. Fakhar Amir Kazmi Legal Advisor PFB also accompany him. Perwaiz Ahmad Sheikh Vice President Sindh Baseball Association/President Hyderabad Baseball Association (HBA) alongwith Advocate Abdul Razaq Barohi SVP HBA ...

The PCB is hopeful that South Africa will tour Pakistan within the next 12 months. ESPNcricinfo understands that PCB managing director Wasim Khan recently extended an invitation to CSA. South Africa have not toured Pakistan since 2007 though captain Faf du Plessis led a World XI side to Lahore in September 2017. It is unclear what format the tour could ...

World number one Naomi Osaka’s hopes of winning a third successive Grand Slam ended Saturday when she was knocked out of the French Open in the third round by unheralded Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic. Japanese top seed Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, crashed to a 4-6, 2-6 defeat to the 42nd-ranked Czech. Osaka was undone ...

Australia 209 for 3 (Warner 89*, Finch 66) beat Afghanistan 207 (Najibullah 51, Rahmat 43, Cummins 3-40, Zampa 3-60) by seven wickets Eleven years after winning the World Cricket League Division Five in the British Isles, Afghanistan completed a remarkable turnaround to make it to their second World Cup, also in the UK, but Australia captain Aaron Finch and his ...

Serena Williams’s bid to win a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title was thwarted again on Saturday when she was knocked out of the French Open 2-6, 5-7 by US compatriot Sofia Kenin in the third round. It was 37-year-old Serena’s earliest exit at the Slams since a third round loss to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon in 2014. Kenin, the 20-year-old ...

NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has expressed his disappointment at his side’s dismal show in World Cup match against West Indies. Mickey, after Pakistan’s seven-wicket defeat at the hands of West Indies at Trent Bridge on Friday, highlighted that team couldn’t take their preparation to the game. “Yes, it was a shocking start and batting…the players did not take ...

I know our fans will be disappointed with the manner in which we played in our World Cup opener against the West Indies. We are hurt too as no one wants to lose a World Cup match like that. All those who have played this great game will vouch the pain the players undergo following such an ordinary performance. What ...

CARDIFF: Fast bowlers Matt Henry and openers scripted a thumping win over Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the World Cup match played in Cardiff on Saturday. Henry returned figures of 3-29 in his seven overs of pace and swing to justify skipper Kane Williamson´s decision to bowl first as New Zealand ran through the Sri Lanka line-up in 29.2 ...

Big Picture New Zealand’s turbo-aggressive yet endearing cricket turned a rugby-mad nation into a cricket-loving country in 2015. Brendon McCullum, the (Super)man who was at the forefront of New Zealand’s surge then, will breathe easy in the commentary box this time. Sure, Kane Williamson hates it – but the focus will be on him this time. The current New Zealand ...

Big Picture Four years ago, Australia’s World Cup campaign was stuttering in the wake of a washout against Bangladesh and then a dramatic defeat by New Zealand at Eden Park. Duly chastened, they flew across the continent to face Afghanistan. With a staunch batting display from David Warner and Steven Smith and a comfortable victory, they were able to refocus ...