Cricket

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board today announced New Zealand will play three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals on their first tour to Pakistan in 18 years. Rawalpindi’s Pindi Cricket Stadium will be the venue of the 17, 19 and 21 September ODIs, while the iconic Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will stage the five T20Is ...

Georgetown: Hasan Ali while talking to the media in a virtual media conference from Georgetown, Guyana pinned hopes on the Pakistan team making a fresh start in the ICC World Test Championship. He said, “We want to start the new ICC World Test Championship campaign with a win.” The right-arm pacer expressed his disappointment on not getting a chance to bowl ...

Guyana: Top-order batter and the senior most campaigner in the present Pakistan Test side Azhar Ali has expressed his desire to see his side winning the ICC Test Championship mace as his most sought after goal in the remainder of his career in a virtual media session in Georgetown, Guyana ahead of the two Test series against the West Indies that ...

Lahore:Umar Akmal has been allowed to resume club cricket activities as part of his rehabilitation process, which commenced last month. In the processes completed to date, Umar has shown remorse, attended an anti-corruption lecture and participated in a Q&A session conducted by the Security and Anti-Corruption Department. His rehabilitation programme is expected to conclude next month, following which he will ...

Cardiff: Haris Sohail has been ruled out from the tour of England due to a hamstring injury. The MRI conducted here on Wednesday revealed a grade three tear injury, which he had picked up during a training session in Derby last week. The PCB medical panel has advised the left-handed middle-order batsman to undergo a four-week rehabilitation programme before a reassessment is carried out. Haris, who was selected for the ODIs ...

Saint John’s: West Indies Women won the second T20I against Pakistan Women by seven runs on DLS method after the play had to be stopped upon the completion of the 18th over with the tourists on 103 for six in their pursuit of 126. The highlight of the innings was the 42-run partnership between Nida Dar (29 off 36) and Sidra Nawaz ...

Lahore:Following the Governing Board’s approval of the 2021-22 fiscal year’s budget, the PCB today announced an enhanced and performance-based central contract list 2021-22 for 20 elite men cricketers, including three emerging cricketers, in which match fee across all formats has been equalised. The list was finalised by the panel that comprised Director – International Cricket, Zakir Khan, chief selector Muhammad ...

Derby:Mohammad Rizwan, hailing from Peshawar is a wicketkeeper-batsman who made his white-ball debut in the series against Bangladesh in Bangladesh in April 2015, while he made his debut in the Test cricket against New Zealand at Hamilton in November 2016. Earlier in his career, Rizwan had never been a regular feature in the national team, but since 2020, the right-handed ...

KARACHI: Sindh Police annex the trophy by toppling United sports cricket Academy by 27 runs in the final of Opera T-10 ramazan league here at the UBL Sports Complex ground B on thursday.. Afnan Khan a rapid 44 and  contributed a responsible 21 while skipper Afnan Ahmed off-spinner with a three-wicket haul to help Sindh Police annex the title.  Sindh ...

DERBY: Middle-order batsman Sohaib Maqsood is confident to play ‘fearless cricket’ for Pakistan just like he has been playing in domestic cricket. My mindset was fearless in domestic cricket and I will look to play in the same manner. There would be no regret if I’m unable to perform and it won’t affect my life too. The chances of performing ...