Cricket

The global spread of the coronavirus has claimed another international sporting fixture with the Bangladesh Cricket Board postponing the World XI v Asia XI matches that would have marked the birthday celebrations of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, referred to as father of the nation. These matches were scheduled to take place on March 21 and 22 in Dhaka and were set ...

The status of the next set of ICC board meetings is in doubt due to travel restrictions emanating from the coronavirus epidemic that has disrupted movements across the globe. The ICC meetings were scheduled to be held over the March 26-29 weekend in Dubai and is an important one, given that the ICC management wants to get on with the ...

England’s cricket team will refrain from taking selfies with fans and limit public engagements on their tour of Sri Lanka amid the global Coronavirus outbreak. The team also asked “all supporters joining the tour to maintain good levels of hygiene” as advised by the World Health Organisation Britain’s National Health Service to avoid possible infection and spreading of illness in ...

England will begin the defence of their Women’s World Cup title against Australia in Auckland next year the day after New Zealand open the tournament on February 6, Waitangi Day. The 30-day, 31-match tournament concludes with the final at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on March 7. In total there will be six venues: Eden Park, Dunedin, Hamilton, Mount Maunganui, the ...

Ireland 142 for 8 (Delany 37, Naveen 3-21, Ahmad 3-25) tied with Afghanistan 142 for 7 (Gurbaz 42, Delany 2-21) Ireland won the Super Over Kevin O’Brien smashed Rashid Khan for a six on the last ball of the Super Over to give Ireland their first win over Afghanistan in last 13 T20Is in the third and final match of ...

Lahore:With the noose tightening around them, Quetta Gladiators face Multan Sultans in their Pakistan Super League match at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium tonight. Gladiators whose performance has been below the belt this tournament sit at the bottom of the points table with six points from eight matches. On the other hands, Sultans who only made their debut two editions ago, lead ...

Fakhar Zaman and Chris Lynn struck form at the right time when they stroked sparkling half-centuries as Lahore Qalandars defeated Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets on the penultimate ball of the 24th match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 in front of a packed-to-capacity Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. WHAT A MATCH! WHAT A FINISH!WIESE WITH THE CLUTCH SIX!GAME OVERPlay & ...

Karachi:The HBL PSL 2020 action returns to Karachi. The following is the schedule for trainings and media conferences from 11-15 March. Media advisory for the first Qualifier (play-off) scheduled for Tuesday, 17 March will be shared later. Wednesday, 11 March: Karachi Kings are expected to hold their practice sessions from 5pm onwards at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, adjacent ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed following positive and constructive discussions with the Government of Sindh, the five HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 matches will be played at the National Stadium as originally planned. “As is always the case, the PCB is guided by the Sindh government on such matters. In this background, we are satisfied with the feedback the ...

Bangladesh on Sunday named opening batsman Tamim Iqbal as captain of the national one-day side, replacing pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza. Mashrafe stepped down as ODI captain this week after the third and final game of a three-match series against Zimbabwe. He had led the side for more than five years. “The board has unanimously selected Tamim Iqbal as our new ...