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Zimbabwe Cricket Chairman Tiwanga Muklani arrives in PakistanAccompanied by Chairman Zimbabwe Cricket, Acting MD Givo Moore Makoni arrived in Pakistan. Tiwanga Moklani was received at Islamabad Airport by Director International Zakir Khan. The Zimbabwe cricket team will arrive in Islamabad tonight for a tour of Pakistan. The visiting Zimbabwean team will be led by Chemochi Bhabha.

Rawalpindi: Enthralling cricket action in the just-concluded National T20 Cup First XI tournament had fans and followers of the game glued to their TV and mobile screens. Numerous interesting numbers came up and records were made over the course of the 33-match tournament that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by defeating Southern Punjab by 10 runs in the final. Mazher Arshad provides a ...

Karachi: Northern’s Raza Hasan and Sindh’s Abrar Ahmed took seven and six wickets, respectively, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mehran Ibrahim and Mohammad Sarwar struck centuries to put their teams on top on the opening day of the Second XI Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Southern Punjab v Northern, TMC Ground, Karachi Raza, the 28-year-old slow left-arm orthodox, returned seven for 60 in 31 overs as ...

Rawalpindi: Inspired by scintillating half-centuries from veteran Shoaib Malik and Fakhar Zaman followed by a disciplined bowling effort led by Shaheen Shah Afridi (three for 36) and Wahab Riaz (three for 36) helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lift the National T20 Cup for First XI teams against Southern Punjab in a well-contested final played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded ...

Karachi: Southern Punjab will start their title defence when the opening round of the three-day non first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy begins across three Karachi venues on Sunday. State Bank Stadium, KCCA Stadium and TMC Ground will be the hosts of the first-round matches. NBP Sports Complex is another venue that will be used later in the tournament. Southern Punjab, who will ...

Rawalpindi: Sohaib Maqsood blasted 81 off 29 balls to seal a dramatic win for Southern Punjab and the last semi-final spot in the final group match of the National T20 Cup for the First XIs, played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Southern Punjab, who had languished at the bottom of the points table for the most part of the ...

Rawalpindi:The ongoing National T20 Cup, while providing a platform to elite white-ball cricketers to showcase their skills and talent, has provided a unique opportunity to the former women cricketers and presenters to take the lead broadcasters roles. With the PTV Sports broadcasting live action that is also being live-streamed across the globe through the Pakistan Cricket Board’s official YouTube channel, ...

Rawalpindi:The Pakistan Cricket Board today insisted it will not allow any player or official to put at risk the health and safety of other competitors and those breaching the bio-secure protocols in future will be sent packing from the tournament. PCB Director – High Performance, Nadeem Khan: “The PCB is disturbed and disappointed that some senior players and officials have ...

Rawalpindi:Pakistan Cricket Board congratulated Umar Gul on a successful career after he signed off on his 20-year professional career on Friday after Balochistan failed to qualify for the National T20 Cup semifinals. Umar Gul, 36, burst into the circuit in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2002 in New Zealand by claiming 11 wickets at 12.72 following a poor debut ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board will use Saturday’s high-profile National T20 Cup semifinals to create awareness about breast cancer as part of its corporate social responsibility in partnership with Pink Ribbon Pakistan. October is marked across the globe as Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help increase attention and support for the awareness of breast cancer, which is by far the most ...