Cricket

Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has shortlisted the following twenty-one (21) players as probable of Pakistan Blind Cricket Team for the 3rd World Cup Cricket of the Blind to be held in India in December 2022. These players have been shortlisted after viewing their performances in the recent past tournaments.   Syed Sultan Shah Chairman of PBCC has approved the names of the World ...

Thursday, 25 August – Abu Dhabi: New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) famed Small Blacks brand is going global with the Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub (ADCSH) in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) becoming the historic first international home of the acclaimed junior coaching resource. Small Blacks Abu Dhabi will launch this month becoming NZR’s only officially licensed ...

The Hong Kong Men’s team have qualified for the Asia Cup where they will go into battle against cricket giants, Pakistan and India.   Hong Kong finished unbeaten in the Asia Cup Qualifiers. The final game against the UAE acted as an unofficial final with both teams needing victory to win the Asia Cup Qualifiers and secure a spot at ...

Standing room tickets will be released on Thursday to the highly anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 fixture between India and Pakistan at the MCG. Over 4,000 standing room tickets and a limited number of additional seated allocations will be released from tomorrow (25 August) at t20worldcup.com at 07H00 Pakistan time / 07H30 IST/ 12h00 AEST.   The standing room tickets will ...

Five elite cricket coaches will commence work at the Engro Cricket Coaching Project under the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme. The first phase of the programme begins at the National High Performance Centre, Lahore later this week. The coaches are expected to arrive in Lahore in the next seven to 10 days. Before the arrival of the coaches, screening and fitness ...

Umer Rashid, one of the highly-rated bowling coaches at the National High Performance Centre, has been added to the Pakistan men’s side as assistant to the fast bowling coach for the Asia Cup.   Umer has worked in the development of all the national side fast bowlers since their early days, including helping Mohammad Hasnain to return to competitive cricket. ...

South African speedster, Kagiso Rabada gains two slots to rise to number three in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings following a thrilling bowling display in his side’s emphatic innings victory over England at Lord’s in the first of their three-match, World Test Championship series. The 27-year-old saw his name added to the honours board after taking his maiden five-wicket-haul ...

This year’s best two teams of teenage cricketers will be in action at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi from 25 August as Sindh Blues face Sindh Whites in the final of the National U19 Championship 2022-23.   Along with the bragging rights of being the red-ball champions, the final provides both sides a shot at the winning prize money of ...

Two cricket legends Sir Vivian Richards of the West Indies and Pakistan’s Javed Miandad, will reunite at October’s Pakistan Junior League after King Viv was named as one of the team mentors by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Richards joins Javed, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Daren Sammy, Colin Munro and Imran Tahir as league mentors.   The inaugural edition of the ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed David Hemp is not seeking an extension to his two-year contract, which expires in October.   David Hemp: “I have enjoyed living in Pakistan and working with the women cricketers, but it has also been difficult on me and my young family as I have been unable to spend enough time with them like ...