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LAHORE: National cricket team fast bowler Harris Rauf’s Corona Test came positive for the fourth time. According to sources, Haris Rauf has been sent in isolation after the test was positive again and he was sent back to Islamabad from Lahore on a special vehicle. Sources said that Harris Rauf will be in touch with the PCB medical panel during ...

Derby: Left-handed batsman Khushdil Shah has been ruled out for up to three weeks after suffering a fracture in his left thumb while batting during Saturday’s training session in Derby. Khushdil is not featuring in the ongoing four-day intra-squad match and will not be available for selection for the second four-dayer, which will be played from 24-27 July in Derby. As ...

Manchester: England pace bowler Jofra Archer has been fined and given a written warning by the England and Wales Cricket Board for breaching bio-secure protocols. Following a disciplinary hearing held on Friday evening, 17 July, England cricketer Jofra Archer has been fined an undisclosed amount and received an official written warning after admitting to breaching the team’s bio-secure protocols on Monday ...

Manchester: England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to bring the spectators back in stadiums after the UK government announced to pilot the safe return of spectators through late July and early August The Government today announced that a small number of sporting events will be used to pilot the safe return of spectators through late July and early August. ...

Chief Executive of Pakistan Cricket Board Wasim Khan termed Pakistan’s series against England as challenging. The Pakistan cricket team is currently in Derby and is conducting training sessions in addition to intra-squad matches, while the first Test of the three-match series against England will start on August 5 at Old Trafford Manchester. Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive Wasim Khan says ...

Lahore:The 23rd edition of the PCB Podcast has been released and is available here for free listening and downloading for editorial purposes. In this edition: ·         PCB Director – Commercial, Babar Hamid, talks about Pakistan Cricket Board’s partnership with Pepsi ·         Test batsman Asad Shafiq previews Pakistan’s four-day intra-squad match which begins on Friday ·         Pakistan U19 captain Rohail Nazir shares his experience of being in ...

Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board and Pepsi today announced a one-year extension as principal partner of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team for all three formats. Pepsi and PCB have enjoyed a fruitful partnership for over two decades. The partnership will run initially until 30 June 2021, during which period Pakistan will take on England in the upcoming Test and T20I series ...

Manchester: Kashif Bhatti cleared to join Pakistan squad in England after testing negative for COVID-19 in his second test. ECB spokesperson confirmed: “A Pakistan player has been cleared to return to the squad after undergoing a precautionary period of self-isolation. “The player had returned a positive test result for the remnants of a previous COVID-19 infection and in consultation with ...

Manchester: England’s Jofra Archer has been excluded from the #raisethebat second Test against the West Indies starting today (Thursday 16 July) at Emirates Old Trafford following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols. Archer will now commence five days of isolation and will undergo two COVID-19 tests in this period, which have to test negative before his self-isolation period is ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a new Test ranking.Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins remains at the top of the ICC Test rankings.West Indies captain Jason Holder is second, while New Zealand’s Neil Wagner is third. No Pakistani bowler is in the top 10 in the bowlers’ rankings, but Muhammad Abbas is 12th.In the list of batsmen, Australia’s Steven ...