Cricket

Central Punjab U19 Blues will take on Southern Punjab U19 Blues in the National U19 Championship final, a four-day affair, at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. The two sides have topped their groups with Southern Punjab Whites winning three of their five matches and Central Punjab Blues winning two. The winning team will receive PKR1.5million while the ...

Pakistan women’s national cricket team will depart for Zimbabwe to participate in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport at 0250 on Tuesday morning. They will be joined by their West Indian counterparts on the journey after the two sides played a three-match One-Day International series at the National Stadium, which concluded on Sunday. Meanwhile, ...

 Left-handed top-order batter Saud Shakeel will captain future Pakistan hopefuls on the tour of Sri Lanka, which will comprise two four-day fixtures and three 50-over matches in Kandy and Colombo from 28 October to 14 November. Saud played in three One-Day Internationals against England earlier this summer, while other internationals named in the 19-player squad include Abdullah Shafique (T20I), Arshad ...

All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz delivered both with bat and ball to spearhead Northern’s exciting 14-run win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 17th match of the National T20 tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Sunday evening. Set a 182-run target, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished their 20 overs at 167 for eight as Iftikhar Ahmed’s fighting half-century went in vain. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Faraz Ali opened the second round of the Cricket Associations Championship 2021-22 with a 179-ball 130 as Sindh scored 374 all out in their match against Southern Punjab at the Rana Naved ul Hasan Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura. Faraz struck 15 boundaries when he came in to bat with the scorecard reading 88 for two. Saim Ayub and Omair Bin Yousuf ...

ATF Southern Punjab suffered their sixth successive defeat in the National T20 2021-22 as Home City Central Punjab romped home by seven wickets in the 18th and last match of the Rawalpindi-leg of the tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday night. Central Punjab comfortably chased down the 120-run target with their captain and ace batter Babar Azam scoring ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kamran Ghulam has been fined 25 per cent of his match-fee for breaching the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel during his side’s Cricket Associations Championship (three-day event) match against Balochistan at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Friday. Kamran was found to have violated Article 2.21 of the PCB Code of Conduct, which reads as: “Conduct that brings the game ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Balochistan by six wickets at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on the final day of the opening round match of the Cricket Associations Championship (three-day event) on Friday. Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Half-centuries from Zohaib Khan and Waqar Ahmed helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to a six-wicket win against Balochistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chased down 196-run target ...

ATF Southern Punjab suffered their fifth successive defeat as Balochistan stayed in hunt for a semi-final place in the 13th match of the National T20 2021-22 played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Friday evening. Set a 175-run target, Balochistan coasted home in 18.4 overs for the loss of two wickets only. Openers Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (player of the match) ...

Sindh secured a thrilling win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Super Over in the seventh fixture of the ongoing Cricket Associations T20 at the Quetta’s Bugti Stadium. Sindh made 25 with Shahid Miran hitting 17 off five. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa managed 14. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa posted 200 for nine after Sindh captain Faraz Ali had decided to bowl after winning the toss. Khyber ...