Cricket

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to restrict its centrally-contracted players’ participation to two foreign leagues each season. Chairman Najam Sethi endorsed the decision proposed by a PCB committee to restrict contracted players’ participation in cash-rich T20 leagues around the world to two per season (including PSL), a press release issued on Wednesday said. As per the new ...

Dublin:- Ireland captain William Porterfield hopes a combination of local conditions and English county cricket experience will work in his side s favour when they make their Test debut at home to Pakistan later this week. Both the Ireland and Afghanistan teams were elevated to Test status last year, making them eligible for the five-day format. But it is Ireland who ...

KARACHI,  (Sports link report) :The Chief executive officer Naya Nazimabad and Director tournament Samad A Habib and director 5th Naya Nazimabad  T-20 Ramazan Cup’18 with finnance controler officer and Tournament Secretary Imran Haq and others  will hold a press conference today on May 9 to brief the media about the 5th Naya Nazimabad  T-20  Ramazan Cup’18 The Media briefing will ...

MUMBAI: Perennial slow starters Mumbai Indians are on course for a trademark late-season charge into the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs, thanks largely to some impressive performances by all-rounder Hardik Pandya. The defending champions, owned by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, lost their first five matches but still reached the 2014 playoffs before completing a fairytale tournament victory a year ...

Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa wrote a letter to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi expressing hearty felicitation on the conduct of the Pakistan Super League and the home series with the West Indies in Pakistan. “These landmark achievements not only bode well for the future of Pakistan Cricket but also allay the distorted ...

Former Pakistan legspinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a one-month contract as West Indies’ spin-bowling coach. Mushtaq’s contract with the PCB as the National Cricket Academy head coach ended last month and the extension takes effect from July, allowing him to take up the role with Cricket West Indies. “It’s a privilege to work with the West Indies cricket team,” Mushtaq ...

Guerilla Cricket, the alternative commentary provider, has been appointed by Cricket Ireland to provide ball-by-ball commentary of their inaugural Test against Pakistan. Guerilla, which was previously known as Test Match Sofa, has spent much of its existence fighting off legal threats from national boards and their broadcast partners. Commentating from TV pictures in the comfort of their own homes or ...

Abdul Razzaq is planning a return to top-flight cricket. Remember these days? The greatest escape: 109* v South Africa, Dubai 2010 One of the great ODI innings, although by today’s batting standards, the numbers that define it look good but not unusual – 10 sixes in all, 150 chased off the last 20 having been five down, 100 off 70 ...

Sydney:-Test captain Tim Paine will lead Australia’s one-day side for their limited-overs tour of England in June. Wicketkeeper Paine replaces Steve Smith – who was banned by Cricket Australia for a year following the ball-tampering scandal – for the five-match series. His vice-captain, batsman Aaron Finch, will lead the Twenty20 side in their sole match against England. National selector Trevor ...

FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s young batsman Sohaib Maqsood has been injured during the final of the Pakistan One-day Cricket Cup being played here at the Iqbal Stadium on Sunday. He was immediately taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. Sohaib was playing for the Federal Areas against Khybar Pakhtunkhwa in the final. He has been in a terrific form in the ...