Cricket

Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javed 55, Ismail 2-12) beat South Africa 138 for 3 (Brits 70*, Shamim 1-20) by four wickets On Saturday, South Africa completed a tight chase with only a ball to spare to draw level in the series, but Pakistan pulled off their own last-over finish in the third T20I to make it 2-1. Having slipped to ...

Ireland 210 (Stirling 71, Porterfield 53, Aftab 3-28, Dawlat 3-35) beat Afghanistan 138 (Asghar 29, Nabi 27, Adair 4-19, Murtagh 2-12) by 72 runs World Cup-bound Afghanistan were tripped up by Ireland, who made excellent use of cold and blustery conditions in Belfast to defend a modest 210 in style. First, William Porterfield and Paul Stirling added 99 for the ...

Phil Simmons will step down as Afghanistan coach after the World Cup. The former West Indies opener, who was appointed to the position in December 2017, said the time is right for him to move on as the target he was given – of helping Afghanistan reach the World Cup – has been achieved. Simmons is understood to have communicated ...

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) won the seventh edition of Corporate T20 Cup beating favourites Omar Associates by 41 runs in the final at the DHA Moin Khan Acadamy on Saturday. Trailing at 16/3, SSGC turned things thanks to Ahmed Shahzad and Khushdil Shah after being put into bat first by Omar Associates. Shahzad smashed five sixes and four ...

LEEDS: Chris Woakes took five wickets as England beat Pakistan by 54 runs to win the fifth one-day international (ODI) match at Headingley on Sunday. Victory, in their final match before the World Cup hosts and favourites name their tournament squad on Tuesday, saw England to a 4-0 series win after the first match was washed out. Woakes took three ...

LAHORE: Former sports editor of Pakistan Today, Agha Akbar, passed on Sunday in Lahore after a prolonged illness. He had a liver transplant a few months ago but due to post-operation complications, he never recovered fully. He was associated with The Nation newspaper before joining Pakistan Today where he worked as the editor of the sports and magazine sections. He later ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has scheduled a fresh round of talks with officials from Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board after the World Cup to discuss the resumption of international cricket in the country. The board is also set to officially discuss Sri Lanka’s and Bangladesh’s scheduled visits to the country as per the FTP. The discussions between ...

NOTTINGHAM: Tom Curran played an important knock towards the end of the England innings which secured the team’s win against Pakistan in the fourth ODI. Curran batting at No 8 scored 31 from 30 balls which was part of a 61-run partnership with Ben Stokes at a time when it seemed the match had slipped away from England. Tom Curran, ...

ََLahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced a revised schedule of Pakistan U19 cricket team’s tour to Sri Lanka, which will now comprise five 50-over matches against Sri Lanka U19 in Hambantota from 26 May to 5 June. The tour was originally planned from 6 to 20 May, comprising two four-day matches and three 50-over matches. However, the series was postponed ...

KARACHI: High flying Qasmi GYmkhana will take on debutants Agha Steel in the 31st AKG Twenty20 Ramazan cricket tournament final at the AKG Ground on today on thursday at 1.00 pm. The prize distribution ceremony will be held after the final match  the cricket convener AKG Mirror Afzal Baig announced on wednesday. Pakistan’s Test Batsman Asad Shafiqe will be the ...