Cricket

Mushtaq Ahmed has promised to “revive” the form of Yasir Shah, who has been released from Pakistan’s squad after being left out of the XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka. Mushtaq, the former Pakistan legspinner, is with the PCB as a consultant, contracted to work with spinners at all levels, from age-group to national team, for 120 days ...

BCB president Nazmul Hassan is hopeful that the Bangladesh team will get security clearance from the government to tour Pakistan next month for a series comprising three T20Is and two Tests. However, he also said that there remained a couple of more steps that needed to be taken before a final decision could be arrived at. Last week, BCB chief ...

Lahore:The second cricket Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi from 19-23 December. The following is the schedule of media opportunities in the build up to and during the Test as well as important information for media planning to attend the match: Monday, 16 December: · Both the teams have opted not ...

Lahore:Northern U16 v Southern Punjab U16, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Northern U16 beat Southern Punjab U16 by eight wickets in PCB-Pepsi U16 one-day tournament at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Saturday. Chasing a 110-run target, Northern U16 achieved victory in the 19th over. Mohammad Saad scored an unbeaten 52 off 59 balls with five fours, while Shamyl Hussain scored 32 ...

Mark Boucher, the former South Africa wicketkeeper and current Titans coach, will be unveiled as South Africa’s interim coach by acting director of cricket Graeme Smith on Saturday. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that interim team director Enoch Nkwe will stay on and work with Boucher; a source said the pair is “keen to work together”. The Boucher news comes two days ...

Sri Lanka 282 for 6 (de Silva 87*) v Pakistan Thirty-two deliveries. That’s all the cricket Rawalpindi saw on yet another frustrating, weather-affected day. Overnight rain and a delay in removing the covers wiped out the entire first session of play – the one-hour lunch break for Friday prayers unfortunately falling during exactly the brightest, most cricket-conducive period of the ...

New Zealand 5 for 109 (Taylor 66*, Starc 4-31) trail Australia 416 (Labuschagne 143, Head 56, Wagner 4-92, Southee 4-93) by 307 runs A nearby grass fire wafted the unmistakable odour of smoke across Perth Stadium early on another enervating day in the west. By the close the only fire was that being breathed by Mitchell Starc, as Australia cornered ...

Former West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has officially come out of international retirement, making himself available for selection in the West Indies T20I side in the lead-up to their men’s T20 World Cup defence in Australia next year. Bravo, however, confirmed that he didn’t want to play any other format. “I would like to announce my return to international T20s ...

Karachi: The second edition of KFC Karachi Premier League has tentatively been scheduled to begin from December 27 here at Naya Nazimabad Cricket Stadium. A MoU was signed between KPL CEO Moiz Bin Zahid and KFC CMO Muhammad Noor Alam on Thursday here at KFC Gulshan Iqbal branch in the presence of other guests and media. KPL Patron-in-Chief Zeeshan Altaf ...

Graeme Smith has been announced as South Africa’s first director of cricket, albeit in a temporary role, after several months of negotiation. Smith has signed on for three months and will begin work immediately, with two weeks to go before South Africa play England in a four-Test series at home, starting on Boxing Day, followed by three ODIs and as ...