Cricket

Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board and Pepsi today announced a one-year extension as principal partner of the Pakistan men’s national cricket team for all three formats. Pepsi and PCB have enjoyed a fruitful partnership for over two decades. The partnership will run initially until 30 June 2021, during which period Pakistan will take on England in the upcoming Test and T20I series ...

Manchester: Kashif Bhatti cleared to join Pakistan squad in England after testing negative for COVID-19 in his second test. ECB spokesperson confirmed: “A Pakistan player has been cleared to return to the squad after undergoing a precautionary period of self-isolation. “The player had returned a positive test result for the remnants of a previous COVID-19 infection and in consultation with ...

Manchester: England’s Jofra Archer has been excluded from the #raisethebat second Test against the West Indies starting today (Thursday 16 July) at Emirates Old Trafford following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols. Archer will now commence five days of isolation and will undergo two COVID-19 tests in this period, which have to test negative before his self-isolation period is ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a new Test ranking.Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins remains at the top of the ICC Test rankings.West Indies captain Jason Holder is second, while New Zealand’s Neil Wagner is third. No Pakistani bowler is in the top 10 in the bowlers’ rankings, but Muhammad Abbas is 12th.In the list of batsmen, Australia’s Steven ...

Test cricketer Shaun Masood says that one should not make wrong assumptions about the England team after losing a Test to the West Indies. In a video conference from Derby, left-arm batsman Shaun Masood said, “Our second phase in Derby has started well after Worcester. Staying in Worcester was good and after 3 months of lockdown, the way we are ...

In the first Test of the first cricket series, which started several months later due to the global epidemic Corona, the visiting West Indies defeated England by 4 wickets. West Indies completed the 200-run target in the fourth innings at a loss of 6 wickets thanks to 95 runs by Jermaine Blackwood. Earlier in Southampton, with caution from the Corona ...

Lahore:The tickets refund process of the 10 HBL Pakistan Super League matches which were abandoned due to rain, played behind closed doors or rescheduled due to Covid-19 will commence on Monday, 13 July, it was announced today. The refund will be carried out in two phases. During the first phase, which runs from 13 July to 5 August, the tickets ...

London:Mushtaq Ahmed, the spin bowling coach of the national cricket team, believes that the players in the Pakistani squad in England have to encourage each other on their own. There will be no spectators in the stadium due to Corona. The England West Indies Test series is also being played without spectators. Mushtaq Ahmed, the spin bowling coach of the ...

London:Prominent West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding cried while talking about racial prejudice.During a match between England and the West Indies in Southampton, he expressed his feelings about racial prejudice when Michael Holding mentioned his parents. He said that in the past also black citizens were targeted and now this era is coming back. He said that he was very ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused to lift the ban on former Pakistan cricket captain Saleem Malik and former league spinner Danish Kaneria. Both the players, who have been banned for life on fixing charges, had requested the PCB to lift the ban, to which the PCB has given a clear answer. Referring to Saleem Malik, the PCB said ...