The shortlist for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for June is dominated by batting superstars from England and New Zealand following their recent ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series. England enjoyed a successful start to Brendan McCullum’s coaching reign in the longest format, and two figureheads of their 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand, Jonny Bairstow and Joe ...

ROSEAU, Dominica – International cricket made a spectacular return to Dominica on Saturday, with home team West Indies ready to entertain their fans in the first T20 International (T20I) against Bangladesh at the picturesque Windsor Park.    As part of the celebrations marking the first international cricket at the refurbished stadium following the severe damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria in 2017, West ...

LAHORE (July 4, 2022): Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab, Commissioner Office Lahore and Sports Board Punjab have joined hands for strengthening the base of national hockey and in this regard Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Asadullah Faiz along with Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) M Usman and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi addressed a press conference at ...

LAHORE (July 4, 2022): Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi led an anti-dengue awareness walk from National Hockey Stadium to Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.   Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser, Director Youth Affairs Syed Umair Hasan, Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Deputy Director Chand Perveen, Deputy Director Rauf Bajwa, DSO Tanveer Shah, Chief Sports Consultant Hafeez Bhatti, Assistant Director Zahoor Ahmed, ...

  ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia) – Just one week after claiming the Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022, France just added another trophy to their cabinet with a victory at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Ulaanbaatar Stop 2022, which took place in the Mongolian capital on July 1-2.   Different roster, same result. France claimed their first Women’s Series win of 2022 in Ulaanbaatar after ...

Pakistan national women’s team will begin their ICC Women’s Championship campaign on 1 June when they host Sri Lanka for the first of the three One-Day International matches at Karachi’s Southend Club.     Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka will arrive in the cricket-mad city of Karachi on 19 May and will have three days of practice in the lead-up ...

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and Marnus Labuschagne of Australia reflect on 19 days of grueling, exciting and high-voltage cricket between the two sides in the latest edition of the PCB Podcast, which is available here for viewing and downloading.     Shaheen, who took nine wickets in three Tests, said: “This series has brought players from either side closer than ever. We visited Australia ...

The BRB Group will sponsor 100 contracts for junior cricketers that will be awarded under the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme. Alongside the financial support, the PCB will invest in personality development and grooming of these youngsters. The focus will be on providing quality education whilst also upskilling cricketing talent. These 100 players will be earning monthly retainers of PKR 30,000 ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Engro Corporation Limited will collaborate for the development of cricket at the grassroots level, making Engro Corporation an official partner of the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme.     Today, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding naming this sponsored leg of the Programme the Engro Cricket Coaching Project.     Under this commitment, ...

Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan has said that Punjab Stadium will be upgraded for the holding of South Asian Games 2023 events in a befitting manner; he said this while chairing an important meeting in connection with South Asian Games 2023 at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.     The meeting was convened to review the arrangements, particularly venues ...