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Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board has joined hands with Lifebuoy, the world’s number one selling hygiene soap brand 1, for Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s ongoing tour of England. Lifebuoy will be the Official Hygiene Partner of the team during the tour of England. The three-match Test series, part of ICC World Test Championship, between England and Pakistan started on Wednesday at ...

Manchester: England men’s white-ball Tour to India postponed until early 2021 due to the present COVID-19 situation in India With the announcement that ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, due to take place across Australia in October and November 2020, has been postponed and the present COVID-19 situation in India, the BCCI and ECB have confirmed that England men’s white-ball tour ...

Manchester: Shaan Masood is the first Pakistani opener to score a Test century in England since Saeed Anwar in 1996 On Thursday, during the second day of the first Test, he displayed tremendous grit and patience to reach his century in 251 balls. Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Saeed Anwar and Aamer Sohail are the other Pakistan openers to have scored a ...

Pakistan were dealt an early blow on day two of the first Test at Old Trafford as Babar Azam departed in the very first over, getting caught in first slip by Joe Root off the bowling of James Anderson.Azam, who had looked in sublime touch the prior day, failed to add to his overnight score, falling for 69 as Asad ...

Lahore:In line with its duty of care policy, the Pakistan Cricket Board today announced a three-month financial support package for the unemployed national women cricketers. The proposal was put forward by the women’s wing, headed by Urooj Mumtaz, which was subsequently approved by PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani.Under this scheme, 25 women cricketers will benefit and will receive a monthly stipend ...

Manchester: Pakistan and England men’s cricket teams observed a one-minute silence before the start of the first Test at Old Trafford as mark of respect for all those affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, nearly 6,000 people out of 280,000 infected have lost their lives in Pakistan, while in the United Kingdom; around 46,000 ...

Manchester: Pakistan have won the toss. Captain Azhar Ali has decided to bat first. Pakistan have picked two leg-spinner Shadab Khan and Yasir Shah. Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi as the pacers. Pakistan Squad: Azhar Ali (c), Babar Azam, Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir ...

Lahore:The PCB has explained it had included its staffers in the six Cricket Associations as a transitory and administrative step with the sole purpose of facilitating and expediting the registration process, and the staffers will resign as soon as the interim committees are constituted. The PCB has also emphasised there was no bar in the PCB Constitution 2019 on its ...

Manchester:Pakistan cricket team has reached Manchester for the first Test against England where the national team participated in the first practice session at Old Trafford. The first Test of the three-match series between Pakistan and England starts on August 5 in Old Trafford, Manchester. For the first Test, the Pakistan cricket team reached Manchester from Derby on Saturday and held ...

LAHORE: The chances of Pakistan cricket team’s tour of South Africa are almost over, sources said, adding that it will not be possible to hold the series in South Africa due to corona virus. Pakistan was scheduled to travel to South Africa in September-October to play a short series, but now Graeme Smith, the director of Cricket South Africa, has ...