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The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has approved Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand, Zimbabwe and Namibia and Bangladesh and Nepal as the host countries of the ICC U19 events from 2024-2027. The ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 will be hosted by Sri Lanka whilst the 2026 edition will be staged in Zimbabwe and Namibia. The ICC U19 Women’s ...

The best cricketers on the planet have been lighting up the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 over the past month and fans are reminded not to miss their chance to vote for the Player of the Tournament. Nine players have been shortlisted and five have the chance to advance their case in the final, with three Englishmen and two ...

Pakistan all-format captain and the most successful batter in the history of the tournament, Babar Azam, will don Peshawar Zalmi colours in the eighth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League. In one of the biggest trades of the tournament, 2017 champions Peshawar Zalmi snapped Babar in the Platinum category and the first pick in the supplementary round for Haider ...

After winning the three-match ODI series 3-0, Pakistan will eye for another clean sweep over Ireland when both sides meet tomorrow at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium for the first of the three T20Is. The second and third T20I will be played on 14 and 16 November.   Bismah Maroof-led Pakistan and Laura Delany-led Ireland are eager to showcase their talent, skill ...

The eighth round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 between Central Punjab and Northern at the LCCA Ground and Southern Punjab and Balochistan at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium ended in draws on Friday. After Central Punjab’s Tayyab Tahir scored his fourth century of the season and fifth of his first-class career, Northern were set 274 to win.   Central Punjab ...

The match officials appointments for the final of the eighth ICC Men’s T20 World Cup have been announced. Umpires Marais Erasmus and Kumar Dharmasena will assume on-field duties in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 to be played between Pakistan and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 13 November at 19h00 AEDT. Chris Gaffaney will ...

Morrisville SAMP Army, USA is part of Season 6 of the 8-team Abu Dhabi T10, beginning 23 November at the iconic Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. “SAMP Army is one of the biggest franchises in the US with plenty of international players involved. We were aiming to expand our franchise, and the Abu Dhabi T10, which is one of the ...

The three T20Is between the women’s sides of Pakistan and Ireland will be played on 12, 14 and 16 November at the Gaddafi Stadium. The T20Is will begin at 1000 with the toss taking place at 0930 and the matches will be live-streamed on the PCB YouTube Channel. The following is the schedule of media conferences, training sessions and matches in Lahore. ...

Central Punjab had a second innings lead of 188 against Northern at stumps on day three of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 match, thanks to Zafar Gohar’s splendid bowling performance. The left-arm orthodox recorded his first-class career’s 16th five-wicket haul, returning incredible figures of six for 96 in 31.2 overs as Northern were bowled out for 333, in reply of Central ...

Maruf Mridha’s player of the match bowling performance of four wickets for 38 runs and half-centuries by openers Chowdhury Mohammad Rizwan and Ashiqur Rahman Shibli handed Bangladesh a comfortable seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the first of three U19 one-day matches at the Multan Cricket Stadium.   Mridha’s splendid opening spell reduced Pakistan to three for three after Bangladesh captain ...