Cricket

Lahore: Teenage cricketers from the six Cricket Associations begin their quest for the National U19 One-Day Tournament trophy from tomorrow. The event, which serves as a steppingstone for these players to graduate to the Pakistan U19 side, will be played across Lahore, Muridke and Sheikhupura. Sindh will be eager to defend the title with PKR1million on offer as the winning ...

Rawalpindi: Khushdil Shah scored the fastest T20 century by a Pakistan batsman to help Southern Punjab to their first win of the ongoing National T20 Cup for First XIs on Friday at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. The 25-year-old batsman reached the 100-run mark in 35 balls and smashed as many as nine sixes and eight fours against Sindh to set the ...

Rawalpindi:Babar Azam led from the front to guide Central Punjab to a commanding eight wicket victory over the defending champions Northern in the 15th match of the National T20 Cup for First XI teams and the first of the 19 matches scheduled at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Northern who entered the match on a 10-match winning streak in the National ...

Karachi:A women player has tested positive in the second round of Covid-19 testing ahead of the National Women’s High Performance Camp and, as such, she has been put in self-isolation, while a player and a player support personnel have also been withdrawn from the bio-secure bubble as a precaution after they showed symptoms of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. The three ...

Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board has allowed the players and support staff to be joined by their families in the team hotel for the second round of the National T20 Cup, which gets under way in Rawalpindi on Friday, 9 October. However, before reuniting and as part of the PCB Covid-19 protocols, the families will have to undergo two mandatory tests. Once ...

Lahore: A positive and constructive meeting was held today between the Pakistan Cricket Board and all the HBL PSL Franchise Teams. Participants engaged in good faith discussions with a view to resolving outstanding matters, disputes and grievances. Both sides held healthy candid discussions airing concerns and their respective viewpoints on outstanding matters. PCB presented to the team owners a draft proposal ...

Multan: Fakhar Zaman’s half-century set Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s fourth consecutive win in the ongoing National T20 Cup First XI tournament as they defeated Central Punjab by 29 runs at Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. With a blazing 66, which came off 42 balls, Fakhar registered his second half-century on trot and 20th overall in T20 cricket. The 30-year-old provided Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a solid ...

Multan: Defending champions Northern recorded their 10th consecutive victory (National T20 Cup for First XIs 2019 and 2020) by defeating last year’s finalists’ Balochistan by a comprehensive seven wicket margin on Tuesday night at the Multan Cricket Stadium in the 14th match of the National T20 Cup for First XI teams 2020. This was the last match of the Multan-leg and ...

Lahore:Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan men’s limited overs teams, will take the charge of Central Punjab when the National T20 Cup First XI tournament resumes in Rawalpindi from 9 October. The champion batsman turned out for Somerset in the England T20 championship, where he scored his career-best 114 not out, after the conclusion of Pakistan’s Test and T20I series ...

Karachi:Regarding the birth of a fifth daughter, former national team captain Shahid Khan Afridi believes that Allah rewards daughters with whom He is pleased. Allah is pleased with me, so He rewards me with daughters. It may be recalled that Shahid Afridi became the father of his 5th daughter in February this year.