Cricket

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s Senior Selection Panel today named 16 players for the upcoming Goldmedal T20I Cup, powered by Kent Water Purifiers against India and for the three-match T20 International (T20I) Series against New Zealand.    The West Indies and India Men’s teams will go head-to-head in the five-match series, starting Friday 29 July, with the first-ever West Indies Senior Men’s team match to ...

South Africa’s highly-rated wrist spinner Imran Tahir and New Zealand’s T20 specialist Colin Munro were today confirmed as team mentors for the first of its kind six-team Pakistan Junior League, which will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium from 4-17 October.   Imran and Munro have joined Daren Sammy, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik who were last month named as ...

Despite the rain affected tri-series in Ireland which hampered the team preparations, the Bismah Maroof-led Pakistan are confident of a good show in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The green shirts, placed in Group A, open their campaign against Barbados with a day-night match at Birmingham’s famous Edgbaston Stadium.   After the Barbados clash, Pakistan play arch-rivals India on Sunday, ...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Goldmedal Electricals, one of India’s leading electrical manufacturing companies, today announced that it will be the title sponsor of the upcoming five-match T20 International (T20I) series between India and West Indies. The series will be branded as the Goldmedal T20 Cup with the first match scheduled to be played on Friday, 29 July 2022.   Trinidad ...

Adelaide Oval’s chief curator Damien Hough has completed his 12-day visit of Pakistan during which he visited four Test centres and worked with the ground staff, curators and coaches on pitch and outfield preparation methods.   Hough, started his visit at the headquarters of Pakistan cricket, Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. From Lahore, Hough travelled to Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi before coming ...

Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique and Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya continue to soar in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after splendid performances in the first Test of their ICC World Test Championship series in Galle. Abdullah, who was declared Player of the Match for his second innings knock of 160 and has amassed 720 runs in his first six ...

The ICC Board has approved Bangladesh, India, England and Sri Lanka as the four host countries of the ICC women’s white ball events from 2024-2027. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be hosted by Bangladesh for the second time, with the 2026 edition going to England for the first time since 2009. The next ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup ...

LAHORE (July 27, 2022): Director General Sports Punjab Mohammad Tariq Qureshi presided over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Youth Affairs Syed Omair Hasan, Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Assistant Director Zahoor Ahmad, SBP Revenue Consultant Saleem Bari and Bilal Akram also attended the important meeting.   The meeting was convened to discuss ...

Streamlining pathways cricket and creating more playing opportunities for talented cricketers was the cornerstone of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s 2022-23 men’s domestic cricket season, which was revealed today.   The seniors cricket will commence with the 33-match two-leg National T20, which will be held in Rawalpindi and Multan from 30 August to 19 September. Concurrently, the second XIs Cricket Associations ...

The Hong Kong Men’s squad to compete at the ICC Challenge League B – Round 3 Tournament to be held in Jersey from the 2nd August – 15th August 2022 has been named.   This tournament will be the last of three rounds of Challenge League B. After two rounds Hong Kong are currently sitting in second place one point behind ...