Cricket

Bangladesh batter Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of their two-Test series at home against Pakistan because of a thumb injury, ESPN Cricinfo reported. Cricinfo said an X-ray report on Sunday revealed Tamim had a fracture on his left thumb, which he injured during a franchise T20 match in Kathmandu last month. “The fracture had almost healed but my thumb remained swollen,” ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the official Men’s T20 World Cup Upstox Most Valuable Team of the Tournament and to the delight of many Pakistanis around the globe, Babar Azam has been selected as its skipper.  Cricketers from six different teams were named in the Most Valuable Team of the Tournament.  Cricketers from the World Cup-winning Australia, runners-up New Zealand, semi-finalists ...

Captain Stafanie Taylor scored the seventh century of her ODI career to spearhead her side’s six-wicket win over Pakistan in the third and final match of the series played at the National Stadium Karachi on Sunday. The victory ensured a three-zero clean sweep for the visitors who won the first match by 45 runs and the second match by 37 ...

 Maaz Sadaqat scored 63 off 81 as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites by 43 runs in the final of the National U19 Cup at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday. After opting to bat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Blues scored 231 for nine in 50 overs. The only half centurion of the match Maaz innings included ...

Central Punjab U19 Blues will take on Southern Punjab U19 Blues in the National U19 Championship final, a four-day affair, at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. The two sides have topped their groups with Southern Punjab Whites winning three of their five matches and Central Punjab Blues winning two. The winning team will receive PKR1.5million while the ...

Pakistan women’s national cricket team will depart for Zimbabwe to participate in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport at 0250 on Tuesday morning. They will be joined by their West Indian counterparts on the journey after the two sides played a three-match One-Day International series at the National Stadium, which concluded on Sunday. Meanwhile, ...

 Left-handed top-order batter Saud Shakeel will captain future Pakistan hopefuls on the tour of Sri Lanka, which will comprise two four-day fixtures and three 50-over matches in Kandy and Colombo from 28 October to 14 November. Saud played in three One-Day Internationals against England earlier this summer, while other internationals named in the 19-player squad include Abdullah Shafique (T20I), Arshad ...

All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz delivered both with bat and ball to spearhead Northern’s exciting 14-run win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 17th match of the National T20 tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Sunday evening. Set a 182-run target, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished their 20 overs at 167 for eight as Iftikhar Ahmed’s fighting half-century went in vain. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Faraz Ali opened the second round of the Cricket Associations Championship 2021-22 with a 179-ball 130 as Sindh scored 374 all out in their match against Southern Punjab at the Rana Naved ul Hasan Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura. Faraz struck 15 boundaries when he came in to bat with the scorecard reading 88 for two. Saim Ayub and Omair Bin Yousuf ...

ATF Southern Punjab suffered their sixth successive defeat in the National T20 2021-22 as Home City Central Punjab romped home by seven wickets in the 18th and last match of the Rawalpindi-leg of the tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday night. Central Punjab comfortably chased down the 120-run target with their captain and ace batter Babar Azam scoring ...