KARACHI: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan for the third T20I in Karachi. Pakistan made two changes in its squad as Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Shinwari have made their place in the final-playing 11 while fast bowlers Muhammad Amir and Hasan Ali are being rested. Afridi will be making his debut tonight, Wasim ...
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Brilliant Babar, Talat take Pakistan 2-0 up in Windies series
KARACHI: An unbeaten 58-ball 97 by Man-of-the-Match Babar Azam and a maiden half-century by Sunday’s debutant hero Hussain Talat helped Pakistan clinch the three-match T20I series 2-0 at the National Stadium on Monday. West Indies were bowled out for 123, after Pakistan posted their highest-ever T20I total of 205 in the second match. After facing a 143-run thrashing in the opening ...
Read More »PAKISTANI UMPIRES AND TECHNICAL COMMISSIONERS COMPLETED WBSC INTERNATIOAL TECHNICAL OFFICIALS SEMINAR FOR BASEBALL
By Nawaz Gohar Islamabad:-World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has organized WBSC International Technical Officials Seminar for Baseball 2018 in Hong Kong. Two Baseball Umpires and Two Technical Commissioners of Pakistan participated in Seminar. Seminar for Technical Commissioners was conducted from 31-03-2018 to 01-04-2018. Mr. Wasim Zahid and Mr. Imran Majeed Khan from Pakistan completed the Seminar and received their certificates ...
Read More »Meet Pakistan’s women athletes participating in Commonwealth Games 2018
In a squad comprising men mostly, 10 Pakistani women hope to make their mark in their respective categories. Photos: Commonwealth Games Gold Coast As many as 56 Pakistani athletes are representing their homeland in the Commonwealth Games 2018, being held at Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to April 15. The players will showcase their skills in different sports including ...
Read More »Permaul out of Pakistan T20Is due to ankle injury
KARACHI: West Indian bowler Veerasammy Permaul has been ruled out of the remaining T20Is against Pakistan after suffering an ankle injury during the opening match on Sunday. The 28-year old twisted his ankle while bowling against Pakistan in the first T20I at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday. He had to be stretchered off the field and was taken to a ...
Read More »India deny doping at Commonwealth Games after needles found
GOLD COAST: India´s men´s boxing coach on Monday denied any doping after syringes were found in the Commonwealth Games athletes´ village, saying one of his fighters was given a vitamin injection because he was unwell. Santiago Nieva was speaking to Australia´s 7 News as speculation grew over the syringes, which Games officials said were discovered after a tip-off from a ...
Read More »NZ start safe in pursuit of 382 for victory
Christchurch :- Tom Latham and Jeet Raval edged New Zealand to 42 without loss at the start of a formidable run chase when bad light brought an early end to the penultimate day of the second Test on Monday. Latham was not out 25 with Raval on 17 and New Zealand requiring a further 340 to reach their 382-run target. ...
Read More »German coaches arrive in Karachi to train young footballers
KARACHI: Two top football coaches from Germany have arrived in Pakistan to train under-18 footballers on their brief visit to Karachi. The coaching staff from second division Bundesliga team 1. FC Union Berlin, Oliver Rathenow and Sebastain Lejeune will train the youngsters in the training camp set up at the metropolis. The training camp organiser Major General Shaukat Iqbal said ...
Read More »PakvWI: Crowd saves the day as sound system fails during national anthem
KARACHI: The passion and patriotism of cricket lovers saved the Pakistan Cricket Board from a possible embarrassment on Sunday night when the sound system at the National Stadium stopped working while Pakistan’s national anthem was being played. The sound system malfunctioned when over 25,000 people at the NSK were singing the national anthem just before the start of first T20I ...
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