England have effectively been playing knockout cricket since the fourth match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 and skipper Heather Knight believes they could not have asked for better preparation for their semi-final. Three defeats in as many games for the defending champions left England on the brink, but they have responded with four successive wins to book ...
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Two-day International Films Festival 2022 gets underway under the auspices of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab
Two-day International Films Festival 2022 got underway under the auspices of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab and with the collaboration of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) at Alhamra Arts Council on Tuesday. Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan was the chief guest on this occasion. Director Youth Affairs Syed Omair Hassan and other top officials were ...
Read More »West Indies Championship resumes on May 18
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the West Indies Championship 2022 will resume on Wednesday, May 18. CWI unveiled the match schedule for the final three rounds of the four-day first-class red ball tournament for the six professional regional franchises. The first and second rounds were played in February ahead of the Apex Test Series which concluded yesterday with West Indies beating England 1-0 to win the ...
Read More »The Inside Track March Issue
THIS MONTH // WIC BELGRADE 22 The atmosphere was electric at the Stark Arena, which recently hosted the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 and gave us three days of unforgettable moments. The action kept on getting better and better and ended on a high with three world records on the last day of competition: Yulimar Rojas’ sensational 15.74m jump, making her the ...
Read More »Saqlain Mushtaq speaks to media
Head coach Saqlain Mushtaq spoke to the media following the first match of the three-match ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against Australia which was played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Tuesday. Australia won the match by 88 runs. The second and third ODIs will be played at the same venue on 31 March and ...
Read More »Media Opportunities at ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022
The following is the updated schedule of media opportunities on Wednesday, 30 March at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (please note change in England media conference timing): Wellington: Australia and the West Indies play the first semi-final at the Basin Reserve starting 11h00 local time. Both teams will address post-match media conferences with the losing team ...
Read More »Mangru approved as replacement for Fletcher in West Indies squad
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 has approved Mandy Mangru as a replacement for Afy Fletcher in the West Indies squad. All-rounder Mangru, who has played a solitary ODI for the West Indies against South Africa in Johannesburg last month, is a temporary replacement for Fletcher, who has tested positive for COVID-19 ...
Read More »Taylor: We want to relish the moment
After celebrating their progression to the semi-finals excitedly, the West Indies are now fully focused on facing Australia in the first of the knockout games in Wellington. The West Indies faced a 72-hour wait to confirm their place in the semi-finals, needing South Africa to defeat India in the final group game. South Africa did just that, bringing up the win off the ...
Read More »National Men and Women Netball Championship
ISLAMABAD (29th March, 2022 ); Four matches Men and Eight matches Women event in opening day of National Men and Women Netball Championship at Liaqat Gymnasium, here. President, Pakistan Netball Federation, Mudassar Arian inaugurated 4-days championship. Secretary General, Pakistan Netball Federation, Syed Gohar Raza and a large number of peoples were also present on the occasion. Results Men event; WAPDA ...
Read More »Media Opportunities at ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022
The following is the schedule of media opportunities on Wednesday, 30 March at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (not for publication): Wellington: Australia and the West Indies play the first semi-final at the Basin Reserve starting 11h00 local time. Both teams will address post-match media conferences with the losing team coming in first followed by the ...
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