Cricket

DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars’ dream has ended: Quetta Gladiators’ win over Peshawar Zalmi last night threw Lahore out of the race for top four, clean sweeping any hope of a miracle. With six defeats and just one win out of their seven games, Lahore’s qualification was still virtually impossible, independent of the outcome of yesterday’s match. The team, however, will look ...

Stumps South Africa 39 for 1 (Rabada 17*, Elgar 11*) trail Australia 243 (Warner 63, Rabada 5-96, Ngidi 3-51) by 204 runs It’ll do a bit early. Bit of grass, bit of moisture, big first hour. That about summed up the sentiments of Steven Smith and Faf du Plessis at the toss in Port Elizabeth, where Smith chose to bat ...

Harare: Afghanistan crashed to their third straight World Cup qualifying defeat at the hands of Hong Kong on Thursday, while captain Jason Holder led the West Indies to victory over Papua New Guinea. After losses to Scotland and Zimbabwe, new Test side Afghanistan’s hopes were hanging by a thread, but they collapsed to 195-9 in pursuit of 242 to beat ...

Lahore: 8th Amar Cables T-20 Veterans Cricket Championship Matches, two more matches decided.1st Match: Amar Cables beat Totally Cricket by 49 runs and first team to qualify in Super Eight stage. Amar Cables Batting First 170/6 after 20 overs. Tahir Mughal 73, Jamshed Ali 45 and Amer Ilyas Butt 21 Runs were the main batsmen, Totally Cricket bowling Shahzad Butt ...

DUBAI: Peshawar Zalmi face Islamabad United in today’s second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three. Islamabad sit at third spot, with four wins and two losses to ...

DUBAI: Karachi Kings and Pakistan Coach Mickey Arthur validated the possibility that in future Imad Wasim can be the captain of the national side but immediately added that as long as he is coaching he will be having Sarfraz Ahmed as captain in all three formats of the game. Speaking in a post-match press conference, he said: “In future Imad ...

DUBAI: Shaheen Shah Afridi’s magical five-wicket haul finally broke Lahore Qalandars’ losing curse, giving the team its first win of the season after six straight losses to salvage some of its pride. Shaheen claimed five wickets for just four runs, helping restrict Multan Sultans to 114 – which Lahore chased down with six wickets in hand and eight balls remaining. ...

DUBAI: Peshawar Zalmi face Islamabad United in today’s second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three. Islamabad sit at third spot, with four wins and two losses to ...

DUBAI: Zimbabwe´s Brian Vitori was suspended on Thursday after the ICC adjudged that the fast bowler uses an illegal action, just months after resuming his career. Vitori, a 28-year-old left-arm fast bowler, was reported by the match officials following his side´s match against Nepal on Sunday. An ICC panel then studied video of his action in Tuesday´s match against Afghanistan ...

KOLKATA: Police on Friday charged Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami after his wife filed a formal complaint alleging assault, domestic violence and infidelity. Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan, a former model, filed a written complaint with the police in Kolkata just days after going public with claims that Shami had affairs with other women. The controversy has already cost Shami as ...