Cricket

The six HBL Pakistan Super League sides further boosted their squads on Saturday as they picked additional players and submitted partial replacements for the players unavailable for initial few matches in the supplementary and replacement draft held through a virtual session. The 2020 edition’s champions Karachi Kings, as decided through random draw, had the first supplementary pick, and they added ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board is pleased to note that honourable Justice Shahid Waheed today dismissed a petition submitted by Geo Entertainment Television Pvt Ltd in Lahore High Court against the bidding process for the TV broadcast rights of the HBL Pakistan Super League in Pakistan. The Honourable Judge refused to give any relief on Geo’s petition after hearing the arguments ...

CWI signs exclusive agreement with ESPN and its Caribbean Networks increasing access to home internationals and the CG Insurance Super50 Cup ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced a new broadcast partnership for the region with ESPN and its Caribbean Networks to become the exclusive broadcast partner for all West Indies live home international and regional cricket ...

·         Shaheen Shah Afridi nominated in five categories; Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan shortlisted in three categories each; Babar Azam, Fawad Alam and Haris Rauf chosen in two categories each ·         Winners to be announced on Thursday at 7pm PKT in a virtual show, which will be live-streamed on the PCB YouTube Channel ·         Urdu version of the media release is attached; official hashtag is #PCBAwards ...

·         PCB Awards 2021 winners announced in a virtual digital show, which was presented by Roha Nadeem and Sikander Bakht, is available on the PCB YouTube Channel ·         Independent panel that selected the winners included Rashid Latif, Marina Iqbal (former international cricketers), Tariq Saeed (broadcaster), Mazher Arshad (statistician), Majid Bhatti, Mohammad Yaqoob, Mohi Shah, Rizwan Ali, Shahid Hashmi and Sohail Imran (all journalists) ...

·         Media houses are advised to use correct event nomenclature in texts, headlines and bulletins Lahore, 7 January 2022: The HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 supplementary and replacement draft will take place on Saturday evening through a virtual session. Fourteen cricketers, who will not be available for the first few matches due to their other international commitments, will be partially replaced ...

Bangladesh batter Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of their two-Test series at home against Pakistan because of a thumb injury, ESPN Cricinfo reported. Cricinfo said an X-ray report on Sunday revealed Tamim had a fracture on his left thumb, which he injured during a franchise T20 match in Kathmandu last month. “The fracture had almost healed but my thumb remained swollen,” ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the official Men’s T20 World Cup Upstox Most Valuable Team of the Tournament and to the delight of many Pakistanis around the globe, Babar Azam has been selected as its skipper.  Cricketers from six different teams were named in the Most Valuable Team of the Tournament.  Cricketers from the World Cup-winning Australia, runners-up New Zealand, semi-finalists ...

Captain Stafanie Taylor scored the seventh century of her ODI career to spearhead her side’s six-wicket win over Pakistan in the third and final match of the series played at the National Stadium Karachi on Sunday. The victory ensured a three-zero clean sweep for the visitors who won the first match by 45 runs and the second match by 37 ...

 Maaz Sadaqat scored 63 off 81 as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites by 43 runs in the final of the National U19 Cup at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday. After opting to bat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Blues scored 231 for nine in 50 overs. The only half centurion of the match Maaz innings included ...