Cricket

By Shiraz Asif Karachi : Karachi and Abbottabad making it to the finals after close encounters in the semifinals of NBP T-20 Blind Cricket Trophy Grade-2 here on Thursday. Karachi took on Multan whereas Abbottabad faced Quetta.The first semifinal was played between Karachi and Multan at Afza Cricket Ground. Multan won the toss and elected to field first. Wali Ullah ...

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan smashed a maiden T20 century with seven sixes as Pakistan beat South Africa by three runs in the first Twenty20 international on Thursday. Rizwan’s unbeaten 104 off 64 balls anchored the home team to 169-6 after Heinrich Klaasen won the toss and elected to field. In the process, Rizwan became only the second Pakistan batsman to score ...

Pakistan Cricket Board and Zimbabwe Cricket have mutually agreed to end Pakistan women’s national cricket team’s ongoing tour to Harare due to the latest travel policies of the visiting side’s carrier – Emirates Airlines. Pakistan won the opening 50-over match on 9 February and were due to play the second 50-over match on Friday with the final match of the ...

Lahore: After gaining two places in the ICC Test Team Rankings, Babar Azam’s men will aim to collect the four available T20I ranking points when they go head to head with South Africa in the three-match series at the Gaddafi Stadium today.  Pakistan is presently ranked fourth on the ICC T20I Rankings Table with 259 points, nine points behind India (268), ...

Lahore:The PCB has condoled the passing of former Test umpire Said Shah. Said, expired Friday evening in his hometown Peshawar at the age of 80 years. Said umpired in one Test match in 1997 between Pakistan and West Indies that was played in Peshawar. Said also umpired a total of five ODIs during his umpiring career (1984-1997). Besides his six ...

Lahore:The HBL Pakistan Super League 6 anthem, “Groove Mera” has been launched today. The anthem will be playing on leading TV channels and will also be available on HBL PSL digital platforms throughout the 2021 edition of the most popular Pakistani cricket event of the calendar. Continuing the rich tradition of entertaining HBL PSL fans with a new anthem for ...

Karachi : Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) officials announced the schedule of the Blind Grade- 2 trophy during the joint press conference held at Karachi Press Club Karachi. The grade-2 league of the Blind T-20 trophy will begin from 8th till 12th February 2021 at Karachi. Tournament matches will be played at Dr. Muhammad ...

A blazing innings from James Vince and a dominant bowling display saw the Sydney Sixers claim back-to-back BBL crowns with a 28-run win over the Perth Scorchers in front of a sold-out SCG.The Sydney Sixers have defeated the Perth Scorchers by 27-runs to win their third KFC Big Bash League title in a thrilling final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.In ...

Abu Dhabi: Through disciplined bowling from Sri Lanka’s promising players 20-year-old off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana and 22-year-old Dhananjaya Lakshan, backed by the accurate UAE medium-pacer Junaid Siddique, Northern Warriors restricted Delhi Bulls to a paltry 81 for 9 and emerged as the champions through an eight-wicket win in the final of the fourth edition of the Alubond Abu Dhabi T10 at ...

PESHAWAR: .Mian Said Ahmad Shah, a senior international Test cricket umpire, the only from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has died early morning due to prolonged illness. He was 81.Mian Said Ahmad Shah was born on April 28, 1940. He was ill for the last several months. His Namaz-e-Janaza was large attended by people from different walk of life including former and present ...