Cricket

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board took another step towards its objective of decentralisation of country’s cricket and instilling a corporate culture in the six Cricket Associations with the appointment of chief executives for Central Punjab and Northern. Mr Abdullah Khurram Niazi, a former first-class cricketer who played 11 matches from 2001-03, has been appointed as the chief executive of the Central ...

Lahore:The National High Performance Centre continues its transformation in order to provide the country’s elite and emerging cricketers with opportunities to hone their skills at the state-of-the-art facilities in Lahore by introducing latest, modern and widely used digital and scientific tools. In the latest step in that direction, the NHPC will introduce hi-tech data collection across all the rungs of ...

Abu Dhabi:The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced match officials for the remaining 20 matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 which will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi from Wednesday, 9 June to Thursday, 24 June. Pakistan’s senior most umpire Aleem Dar who is also one of the most distinguished members of the ICC Elite Panel ...

Abu Dhabi:Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Wasim Khan has today made the following statement: “On Saturday during an interview, I made some comments about some members of the media. On reflection, my selection of words and the tenor was inappropriate, which I regret. The continued and unending tirade against me based on my loyalty and commitment to Pakistan cricket took ...

Lahore:As many as 49 cricketers were part of the online Level-1 Umpiring course for umpires and match officials which began today. These cricketers include Pakistan internationals – Abdul Rauf, Bilal Asif and Salman Butt. A total of 350 personnel are taking part in the course and they are being provided training by the match referees from PCB’s Elite and Supplementary ...

Lahore:The trials for the senior and U19 sides of the City Cricket Associations falling under the jurisdiction of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association will commence from Thursday, 10 June. The decision to conduct the trials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been made after the provincial government provided the No-Objection Certificate to the Pakistan Cricket Board on 3 June. Along with Khyber ...

Lahore:Top-performing domestic cricketers along with the international cricketers began training at the National High Performance Centre under the watchful eyes of the NHPC coaches and the members of the coaching staff of the national men’s and Shaheens sides today. The camp has been designed to provide format-specific training to the players who are not part of the HBL Pakistan Super ...

West Indian cricketer Andre Russell, a member of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Quetta Gladiators, is confident that he will do his best during the remaining matches of the PSL in the United Arab Emirates. The West Indies cricketer says he wants to change the game for the Gladiators, who are at the bottom of the table. In an ...

Lahore:Twenty-six men cricketers have been invited at the National High Performance Camp in Lahore on the recommendation of the men’s national chief selector to train under the guidance of world-class coaches from Thursday, 3 June. The High Performance Camp has been devised to ensure international cricketers and top-performers of the 2020-21 domestic season who are not part of the HBL ...

By Akhtar Ali Khan On the issue of the series with Pakistan, the Indian board once again threw the ball in the court of its government. Following the recent easing of political tensions between Pakistan and India, there have been rumors circulating in recent days that the way is being paved for rivalries between the neighboring countries and a T20 ...