Islamabad:-From a country known and feared for its fast bowlers who just keep on coming, a young boy has emerged with a bowling action uncannily similar to Pakistani swing legend Wasim Akram. The former fast bowler recently shared a video from a Twitter user of an unknown kid bowling with an identical action and swinging the cricket ball in the ...

DUBAI: Two Chinese cricketers arrived here today to join the Peshawar Zalmi camp for the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) on a special invitation by the franchise. The cricketers, Jian Li and Yufie Zhang, will train with the Peshawar Zalmi squad as special guests of Chairman Javed Afridi. Former Test captain and Peshawar Zalmi mentor Younis Khan presented ...

SHARJAH: Quetta Gladiators, boosted by their two successive victories, will look to extend their winning streak when they take on a wobbly Peshawar Zalmi at the Sharjah Cricket Ground tonight. After losing their first match to Karachi Kings, Sarfraz Ahmed’s XI made a whirlwind comeback to beat Lahore Qalandars by 9 wickets and Islamabad United by 6 wickets. Defending champions ...

SHARJAH: Kevin Pietersen’s 48-run knock powered Quetta Gladiators to outpower Islamabad United by six wickets in the first match of the Sharjah leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Wednesday. In the first innings of the match, successive timely wickets by Quetta’s bowling attack restricted Islamabad United to 134 runs. Quetta faced early setback with the wickets of Shane Watson and ...

Sharjah:-In the ninth fixture of Pakistan Super League (PSL-3), Sarfraz-led Quetta Gladiotors won the toss and opted to bowl against Misbah-led Islamabad United at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. From beginning, the bowlers kept it hard for batsmen to score boundaries as bounce varied throughout the innings. As pressure mounted, Walton tried to go big but was dismissed by Anwar Ali. The ...

Salle des Etoiles :-India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who is out of the national team reckoning, said that he is looking to play cricket till 2019 and will take a call on his career after that. In an interview to PTI, Yuvraj, who last played for India in June 2017 in an ODI, said, that he was looking forward to this ...

DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars have decided to name South African pacer Kyle Abbott as a replacement for the injured Chris Lynn, sources privy to the matter revealed on Wednesday. Lynn was earlier ruled out of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition, after the explosive opener dislocated his shoulder during fielding in Australia’s T20 tri-series final victory against New Zealand a ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada has said that Punjab govt under the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, is doing hectic efforts for the promotion of traditional games in the province; he expressed these views while addressing the opening ceremony of 40th National Kabaddi Championship at cycling velodrome, Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Wednesday. Addressing the opening ...

Perth :-Not only is David Warner intent on captaining Australia at every opportunity, the opening batsman has also flagged the possibility of a career in politics once he retires. Warner has been known to interact a little more often with political leaders than most members of the Australian side, famously fronting then Prime Minister Tony Abbott to commit federal government ...

England 225 for 4 (Stokes 63*, Morgan 62, Boult 2-46) beat New Zealand 223 (Santner 63*, Guptill 50, Moeen 2-33, Stokes 2-42) by six wickets Mount Maunganui :-Ben Stokes produced a starring all-round performance in his second match back in the England fold to help level the ODI series. He helped seal a reasonably straightforward chase of 224 with a ...