Cricket

The players draft of the sixth edition of Pakistan Super League will be held on January 10 for which the PSL management has sent a list of more than 400 players to the franchises but most of the foreign players are not fully available due to their duties with their national teams. Forcing teams to think harder to make combinations. ...

Christchurch: New Zealand reached the top of the ICC Test Rankings by registering a convincing innings and 176 runs victory over Pakistan in the second match of the ICC World Test Championship at the Hagley Oval Christchurch on Wednesday. New Zealand also secured the series 2-0.Resuming at the overnight second innings score of eight for one, 354 runs behind New ...

Manchester: England’s all-rounder Moeen Ali has tested positive for COVID-19 while Chris Woakes has been sent into isolation after being deemed as a ‘possible close contact’. Following PCR tests administered on arrival at the airport in Hambantota on Sunday 3rdJanuary, The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that Moeen Ali has tested positive for COVID-19. Ali will now observe a ...

Lincoln: Half-centuries from Haider Ali and Zeeshan Malik, and three-wicket haul from Usman Qadir led Pakistan Shaheens to a comfortable 101-run win over New Zealand A in a T20 match at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln on Sunday. In a 12 a-side match, Shaheens, after being put into bat posted 231 for five. The openers Zeeshan and Abdullah Shafique provided a ...

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 ...