Cricket

Christchurch: Azhar Ali’s 93, Mohammad Rizwan’s 61 and Faheem Ashraf’s 48 helped Pakistan post 297 all out in their first innings on the opening day of the second Test of the two-match ICC World Test Championship series being played at the Hagley Oval Christchurch on Sunday. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to field first. Pakistan ...

Karachi: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bowlers, led by pacer Irfanullah Shah, bowled their side to a position of strength on the second day of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final against defending champions Central Punjab who were reduced to 212 for eight in reply to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s first innings score of 300 at stumps on Saturday. Central Punjab’s innings started poorly as openers Muhammad ...

Karachi:History books were rewritten on Sunday when Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kamran Ghulam surpassed the record for most runs in a first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season. The 25-year-old Upper Dir-born achieved the feat in the evening session on the third day of the final against Central Punjab as he nudged the ball of his pads for a single to complete his 77th run ...

Karachi: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bowlers, led by pacer Irfanullah Shah, bowled their side to a position of strength on the second day of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final against defending champions Central Punjab who were reduced to 212 for eight in reply to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s first innings score of 300 at stumps on Saturday. Central Punjab’s innings started poorly as openers Muhammad ...

Christchurch:Pakistan men’s national team captain Babar Azam will miss the second Test against New Zealand, which commences at the Hagley Oval from Sunday. In his absence, Mohammad Rizwan will lead the side. Babar had a full-fledge training session yesterday but felt slight pain in his thumb, following which, the team management has opted against taking any risk. Babar had to ...

Karachi:Hasan Ali-led defending champions Central Punjab are a step away from completing one of the most remarkable turnarounds in cricketing history as they take on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020-21 five-day final at the National Stadium from new-year’s day on Friday. Down and out and placed at the bottom of the six-team table at the end of ...

Karachi:The women national selection committee announced a 17-player squad for ODI and T20I series against South Africa, which will be played in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Javeria Khan will take the captaincy responsibilities in the absence of Bismah Maroof. Urooj Mumtaz-led selection committee, which also includes Asmavia Iqbal and Marina Iqbal, considered on-field performances in the National Triangular T20 Women’s Cricket ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board today unveiled nominations for the PCB Awards 2020, the results of which will be announced on the PCB digital Platforms on Friday, 1 January 2020. The short-lists for 12 categories, including 10 individual categories, have been finalised by an independent panel comprising highly respected and distinguished cricket personalities. In short-listing the nominees, the independent jury did ...

Karachi: Southern Punjab’s Zia-ul-Haq has been fined 20 per cent of his match-fee for breaching the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel during his side’s match against Central Punjab in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at the State Bank Stadium. Zia was found to have violated Article 2.5 of the PCB Code of Conduct, which reads as: “Using language, actions or gestures which disparage or ...

Wellington: Wellington Firebirds defeated Pakistan Shaheens by nine wickets in the second T20 match at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Tuesday. After being put into bat, Shaheens were bowled out for 91 in 17.4 overs. Danish Aziz top-scored with 28 off 31 (one four and one six). Usman Qadir contributed an unbeaten 23 off 16 (two fours and one six). For ...