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Shoaib Akhtar says young breed of Pakistani fast-bowlers only want to play Twenty20 cricket, and do not even want to play one-day internationals.—Photo courtesy: Shoaib Akhtar/Youtube Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned the retirement of paceman Mohammad Amir from Test cricket, asking if Wahab Riaz and Hasan Ali will also follow soon in his footsteps. In a video posted ...

While all eyes will rightfully be on Lasith Malinga ahead of his final ODI, the Sri Lanka quick’s swansong also brings into the focus the journey both these sides have been on over the last several years. In 14 ODIs against Bangladesh, Malinga has tasted defeat just three times, and remains probably the last member of the Sri Lanka squad, ...

COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka paceman Nuwan Kulasekara has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. The 37-year-old, who reached No.1 in the ODI bowling rankings during his international career, is quitting as Sri Lanka’s fifth-highest ODI wicket-taker with 199 scalps in 184 games. The news comes just a few days after it was announced that fellow quick Lasith ...

LAHORE: The Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday refused to comment on a scandal surrounding cricketer Imam-ul-Haq terming it a personal issue. Imam-ul-Haq has been accused of manipulating and cheating on multiple women. The conversation began on Wednesday evening when a Twitter user posted several screenshots of alleged Whatsapp and Instagram conversations between Imam and several other girls. “So apparently ...

The Indian Army on Thursday confirmed that cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has decided to use his break from the sport to serve in Kashmir Valley as he joined a battalion, international media reported. “The 38-year old wicketkeeper had expressed his unavailability for the tour of West Indies next month and will instead head to the Kashmir Valley,” ESPNcricinfo reported. “There, ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is providing its ardent cricket fans and followers with an opportunity to vote for Pakistan’s greatest Test from its 67-year proud history. The voting will open on Friday, 26 July, at 10am and close on Monday, 29 July, at 10am, following which the PCB will announce the results through a media release. The poll will ...

Lahore:The biomechanical lab at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has been accredited by the International Cricket Council as a testing centre for suspected illegal bowling actions, becoming the first such facility in Pakistan. The centre joins the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, Loughborough University, Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai and the University of Pretoria as testing centres for ...

Statistics are considered the most reliable indicator of a subject’s performance — and they really are. But if we expect numbers to not lie, it’s also imperative to look at the right ones, and not the ones that can greatly mislead. Take Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman for instance. Here are some glittering numbers from his young but impressive CV: ...

COLOMBO: Bangladesh were comfortable with the high level of security as they became the first foreign team to visit Sri Lanka since the Easter bombings, skipper Tamim Iqbal said on Monday. Speaking to reporters two days after arriving in Colombo, Tamim said security was not a concern for them although the hosts had arranged tight protection following the April 21 ...

Sri Lanka will start looking to replace key wicket-taker Lasith Malinga when the shaggy-haired fast bowler calls it quits after the first one-day international against Bangladesh on Friday. Both teams go into the three-game series nursing a World Cup hangover, with Sri Lanka facing an especially tough rebuilding task with the loss of the instantly recognisable Malinga. The blond-highlighted bowler ...