Cricket

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) playoffs. The last phase of the PSL was postponed in March due to the global corona virus epidemic, which will now be completed at the National Stadium Karachi without spectators. The last match of PSL 5 was played seven months ago ...

Karachi:All eyes will be on Karachi’s National Stadium as the much-awaited HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 playoffs get underway Saturday afternoon with the table-toppers Multan Sultans taking on Karachi Kings in the Qualifier. The tournament returns to action after an eight-month gap, as it was postponed on 17 March due to Covid-19 pandemic. Until then, cricket fans, both in Pakistan ...

Lahore:Southern Punjab U19’s Mohammad Shehzad has been warned for a level 1 offence relating to use of an audible obscenity during a match during his side’s National U19 Three-Day Tournament fixture against Sindh U19 at the Country Club, Muridke. The incident happened on Friday when Shehzad shouted loudly following his run out. On-field umpires Imran Aslam and Mohammad Arshad charged ...

The Australian High Commission sponsored a five-day cricket training for visually impaired women and girls from across Pakistan, organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on 5-10 November.  The training builds on Australia’s support to PBCC in the formation of Pakistan’s first blind women cricket team in 2018, which played its first international Twenty20 game last year. ...

Karachi:Aleem Dar, who holds the record for officiating the most number of Tests and ODIs, and Michael Gough will take the field as on-field umpires at a floodlit National Stadium for the final of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020. Members of ICC International Panel of Umpires Ahsan Raza, who became the first match official to reach the milestone of ...

KARACHI: South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell landed in Karachi on Thursday too take part in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 playoffs. The PSL announced on Twitter that the player had landed in Karachi.   🛬 Touchdown! Welcome to the 021 @WayneParnell#PhirSeTayyarHain #HBLPSLV pic.twitter.com/83zopuCnxm— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) November 12, 2020 A day earlier, it was announced that the South African fast ...

KARACHI: Multan Sultans defeated Lahore Qalandars by two wickets in an exciting encounter to win second consecutive warmup game ahead of PSL play-off stage action. In another game on Thursday night, Peshawar Zalmi outclassed Karachi Kings by 6 wickets. England’s Samit Patel smashed three sixes to score an unbeaten 49 off 33 to help Lahore Qalandars post 157/6 in 20 ...

Karachi:The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed the appointment of former captain Younis Khan as batting coach of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team until, at least, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, which is scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November with the final on 13 November. Younis had earlier accompanied Pakistan to England this summer and will ...

Lahore:National U19 Three-Day Tournament matches shifted to Islamabad and Rawalpindi The remaining fixtures of the National U19 Three-Day Tournament have been shifted from Lahore to Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to the change in weather conditions in Lahore. As such, the last three round matches, which were previously to be staged at the Gaddafi Stadium and LCCA Ground, will now be ...

Lahore:Trials for the U16 Cricket Association teams will be held from 16 November, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today. To provide ease of access and tap the talent of young teenagers in the far-flung areas, the trials will be conducted at multiple venues in each Cricket Association under the supervision of the national junior selection committee and coaches from the ...