Cricket

Lahore, 16 February 2022: 20-year-old Will Smeed missed a maiden Twenty20 century by one run as Peshawar Zalmi defeated Quetta Gladiators by 24 runs in the 22nd match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. Smeed dragged a full-toss by Salman Irshad onto his stumps that not only ended his entertaining innings but also shut ...

Heather Knight It’s pretty surreal to feel so near to a World Cup and yet so far away! Throwing rolled up socks into your bed to keep ticking over wasn’t how I imagined our build-up for this tournament back in 2017 but an awful lot has happened in the world since then. As I write this, we’re on day five ...

Karachi, 16 February 2022: Training camp for the available Test players ahead of Pakistan-Australia Test series in Karachi will commence on Thursday. The following players will participate in the camp: Azhar Ali (Central Punjab)Fawad Alam (Sindh)Imam-ul-Haq (Balochistan)Nauman Ali (Northern)Sajid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)Saud Shakeel (Sindh)Zahid Mahmood (Sindh) Reserves: Mohammad Abbas (Southern Punjab)Yasir Shah (Balochistan) In addition to the above, additional players ...

Lahore city’s top notch club teams will feature in Col. Fateh Sher Khan Memorial T20 Cup, commencing here from March 2 at Model Town Green Club ground.“The event is being organised in the memory of my late father, who served Pakistan Army with pride and distinction,” said Nabeel Ahmad, the chief patron and sponsor of the event while talking to ...

New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite has moved up to number three in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after a fine effort in the opening match of their five-ODI series against India in Queenstown, less than three weeks ahead of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. Satterthwaite, who smashed a 67 ball 63 and was involved in an important ...

Karachi Kings have crashed out of the race for HBL Pakistan Super League 7 play-offs spot after losing their seventh successive match of the season in an incredibly dramatic game against Islamabad United on Monday night at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. After a heroic fight back by Imad Wasim and Qasim Akram (108-run sixth-wicket stand) the 2020 champions needed a ...

Sri Lanka have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the second T20I held in Sydney. David Boon of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Sri Lanka were found to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced Heather Knight and Keegan Peterson as the winners of the ICC Players of the Month Award for January 2022. England skipper Heather Knight came up with a brilliant batting performance in the only Test of the multi-format Women’s Ashes against Australia. Knight amassed 216 runs during the Test match in Canberra, including a magnificent knock of an unbeaten 168 during ...

Karachi, PAKISTAN: Indian women cricketers Jaya Sharma, (L), Reema Malhotra, (C), and Neetu David display a victory sign after winning the match against Pakistan during the second Women’s Asia Cup match at the National Stadium in Karachi, 30 December 2005. India won by 193 runs. AFP PHOTO/ Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images) The growth ...

Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (player of the match) produced another searing opening over to lay the foundation of his side’s thumping eight-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators in the 20th match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 7 played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Sunday night. Shaheen sent back Gladiators batting mainstays Jason Roy and James Vince for ducks ...