Date Teams Venue Umpires Referee Scorer 25 Jan Lahore Region (W)-Lahore Region (B) National Ground Islamabad Imtiaz Iqbal-Shamim Ansari Azizur Rehman Fazle Azeem Karachi Region (W)-Faisalabad Region KRL Ground Islamabad Ghaffar Kazmi-Tariq Rasheed Masood Anwar Muhammad Zeeshan Islamabad Region-Rawalpindi Rgn Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi Riazuddin-Muhammad Sajid Nadeem Arshad Adnan Farooq Peshawar Region-FATA Region Diamond Ground Islamabad Aley Haider-Qaiser Waheed Athar Laiq ...
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U-19 WC: Akash Gill becomes first Canada batsman to hit ton
Canada and Zimbabwe progressed to the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Plate semi-finals, with convincing victories over Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Namibia, respectively in Christchurch on Monday. All-rounder Akash Gill slammed the first century by a Canada batsman in an ICC U19 Cricket World Cup match as the North American side defeated PNG by 80 runs, while Wessely Madevere ...
Read More »Australia name squad for tour of South Africa
Victorian spinner Jon Holland and Western Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson are the bolters in Australia’s 15-man squad for the Qantas Tour of South Africa, while Hobart Hurricanes run machine D’Arcy Short is set to make his international debut after he was picked for the Gillette T20 INTL Series. Steve Smith will be rested for the T20 international tri-series with ...
Read More »ICC WOMEN’S WORLD TWENTY20 2018 VENUES ANNOUNCED
Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia were today announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the venues for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018, which will be staged from 9-24 November. Hosts Windies will defend the title they won with an eight-wicket victory over Australia in Kolkata in 2016. Stafanie Taylor, who was named as captain of the ...
Read More »PCL: Champions Guyana Jaguars end season unbeaten
Guyana Jaguars ended the Professional Cricket League Four-day championship as the only unbeaten team, whipping Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by an innings and 81 runs this morning at Providence. With the victory, their seventh of the season, to go with two drawn encounters and a tie, the Jaguars finished the competition way ahead of the other teams, copping the ...
Read More »Pakistan to face South Africa at U-19 World Cup eliminator
Pakistan would face off South Africa in the Under 19 World Cup Super League quarter final on January 24 at Christ Church, after the Proteas lost to New Zealand by 71 runs on Saturday. The South African finished second at their Group A, with the Kiwis topping the group. Meanwhile, Pakistan topped the group with four points, winning two of ...
Read More »Australia to review woeful ODI form
SYDNEY: Australia´s world champion one-day team could face a major overhaul after they slumped to a 10th loss in 11 games, according to chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns. Steve Smith´s side were beaten by 16 runs by England in Sydney on Sunday to give the tourists an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. It is the first home series ...
Read More »I’m not giving up on this young unit: Arthur
Although “incredibly frustrated” at the back-to-back losses in New Zealand, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is not giving up on his young side. “Very frustrating, very hard to understand [why we are continuing to lose] despite all our hard work, but I’m not giving up on this young unit,” Arthur said during a press conference after New Zealand beat Pakistan ...
Read More »First Twenty20:New Zealand beat Pakistan by 7 wickets
Pakistan´s batting woes continued Monday in the first Twenty20 in Wellington as New Zealand beat the tourists by seven wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand chased down 106 with seven wickets in hand and 25 balls remaining, driven by a power batting show by Colin Munro (49*). Pacer Rumman Raees struck twice to remove the ...
Read More »Australia’s losing streak
1- This was the first time Australia had lost the first three matches of an ODI series at home. They have had five such performances away from home, the last of which was in their last series against India last year. 5- Consecutive bilateral ODI series wins for England, including this victory. The last they lost was in India at ...
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