Cricket

Karachi:Regarding the birth of a fifth daughter, former national team captain Shahid Khan Afridi believes that Allah rewards daughters with whom He is pleased. Allah is pleased with me, so He rewards me with daughters. It may be recalled that Shahid Afridi became the father of his 5th daughter in February this year.

Lahore: All 119 players and player support personnel belonging to the six U19 Cricket Association teams have tested negative in their first Covid-19 tests, which were conducted on 3 October. To facilitate the U19 cricketers, their parents or guardians in the process, the first tests were carried out at the team’s central stations. As such, Balochistan and Sindh teams were ...

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced its nominations to the ICC Panel of International Match Officials for the 2020-21 season. Former Test opener Ali Naqvi is the only new inclusion as he joins Prof. Javed Malik in the ICC Panel of International Match Referees, while Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, Rashid Riaz Waqar and Shozab Raza have been retained in ...

Lahore: Sindh and Southern Punjab won their matches on Sunday in the ongoing Second XI teams at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh An all-round performance from Mohammad Sarwar went in vain as Sindh beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by four wickets. After being put into bat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost wickets at regular intervals and were reeling at 58 for seven ...

Multan: Balochistan recorded a 16-run win over the luckless Southern Punjab side to gain two valuable points in the ninth match of the National T20 Cup for First XIs on Sunday evening at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Southern Punjab’s poor run continued in the tournament as the Shan Masood-led side crashed to their fourth consecutive defeat, they are languishing at the ...

Pakistan women’s team player Nada Dar has joined the ICC’s top ten players’ rankings. In the ongoing ranking of women players by the ICC, Pakistan’s Nada Dar has also managed to make a place in the top ten cricketers. Australia’s Sufi Devine topped the women’s T20 rankings, while England’s Natalie snatched Australia’s Alice Perry second. Nada Dar is ranked 10th ...

Lahore:The national junior selection committee headed by former Test fast bowler Saleem Jaffer today announced the U19 squads of the six Cricket Associations who would compete in the National U19 three-day and one-day tournaments as part of the domestic season 2020-21. The PCB endeavoured to maximise the participation of the teenage cricketers and held open trials for the selection of ...

Multan:The opening day of the National T20 Cup First XI tournament on Wednesday provided top-notch cricket as 806 runs were scored in the two matches played at the Multan Cricket Stadium. It was dominated by Pakistan’s young guns – Haider Ali (90), Zeeshan Malik (77), Musa Khan (three for 31). But the player who stood-out and was noted globally was ...

Lahore:Australia-based David Hemp has been appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan women’s national cricket team following a robust and transparent recruitment process. Hemp, who turns 50 next week, has previously coached the Melbourne Stars’ and Victorian women’s cricket teams in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League between 2015 and 2020, and is also a former Bermuda and Glamorgan captain. ...

(Haris Tahir Play 4 Matches and win 4 Matches) Seed No.3 Asjad Iqbal (Pjb), Seed No.5 Babar Masih (Pjb), Seed No.7 Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb), and Seed No.8 Ali Haider (Pjb) Lost Today Muhammad Asif Toba (Pjb) bt Asjad Iqbal (NBP) 4-2 (89-02, 104-19(104), 50-85(68), 66-76, 80-57, 80-25(62),) Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Babar Masih (Pjb) 4-2 (52-41, 23-75(56), 64-29, 34-96(81), ...