Cricket

Lahore, 4 August 2022:   Pakistan Cricket Board today announced its panels of match officials for the 2022-23 men’s domestic cricket season, which kicks-off with the National T20 on 30 August in Rawalpindi. The second leg of the event will run in Multan from 10-19 September.   Former first-class cricketers Aaley Haider, who featured in 90 matches from 1993 to ...

Lahore, 4 August 2022:   Babar Azam-led Pakistan ODI squad will face Pakistan Shaheens twice in a seven-day long training camp in Lahore. Sindh middle-order batter Saud Shakeel will lead Pakistan Shaheens in the two 50-over games on 7 and 10 August at the LCCA Ground.   Abdullah Shafique and Zahid Mehmood, part of Pakistan’s 16-player Netherlands bound ODI squad, ...

Lahore, 3 August 2022:   The Pakistan Cricket Board has dismissed the ESPNCricinfo story under the headline PCB to deny NOC to Pakistani players for BBL; no clarity on ILT20 or CSA league, terming it baseless, factually inaccurate and speculative.   The PCB said ESPNCricinfo contacted it on Tuesday, 2 August, at 1120, requesting for responses latest by 1400 on the same day. ESPNCricinfo was informed at ...

Lahore, 3 August 2022:   The PCB will host its maiden Cricket Associations Divisional Senior Tournament (three-day event) from 4 August to 21 August in all six Cricket Associations. A total of 24 teams will feature in the tournament where around 480 players will get an opportunity to showcase their talent and impress the selectors for the forthcoming domestic season. ...

Stars from the ICC World Test Championship, the Commonwealth Games and ICC qualification pathway events make up the shortlists for the ICC Player of the Month awards for July. The ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June, Jonny Bairstow, is nominated once more following stellar performances at the crease for England, while Sri Lanka’s Test debutant and spin maestro ...

India batter Suryakumar Yadav and South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi have made remarkable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, surging up to grab the second spot for batters and bowlers, respectively, in the latest weekly update.   Yadav has moved up three spots to within two rating points of top-ranked Babar Azam after a dazzling 44-ball knock ...

Lahore, 3 August 2022:   Pakistan today announced its 16-player squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League fixtures against the Netherlands from 16-21 August and a 15-member side for the ACC T20 Asia Cup, which will be played in the United Arab Emirates from 27 August to 11 September.   Fast bowler Naseem Shah has been named ...

Lahore, 2 August 2022:   England will play seven T20Is from 20 September to 2 October in Karachi and Lahore in what will be their first visit of the country in 17 years, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today.   The National Stadium will host the matches on 20, 22, 23 and 25 September, before the action will shift to ...

India opener Smriti Mandhana has moved up one spot to a career best third position among batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after cracking a stroke-filled half-century against Pakistan in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.   Mandhana, who followed up a knock of 24 against Australia with an unbeaten 63 off 42 balls with eight fours and ...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed a revised start time of 12pm (11am Jamaica/9:30pm India) for the third match between West Indies and India in the Goldmedal T20I Cup, powered by Kent Water Purifiers to be played at Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday 2nd August.   Following the delayed start on Monday, the teams have agreed to start the third Goldmedal ...