Cricket

Multan: Central Punjab and Sindh will be hoping for change of fortunes when the razzmatazz of the T20 version commences on 30 September in Multan, the City of Saints, with the PKR9million National T20 Cup First XI tournament. Despite carrying star-studded line-ups in the last edition of the tournament, the two teams made early exits from Faisalabad, failing to reach ...

By Akhtar Ali Khan Another piece of good news came from the world of cricket. The New Zealand government has allowed the cricket board to play a series against Pakistan and the West Indies. The Pakistan cricket team has to travel to New Zealand for 2 Tests and 3 T20 matches later this year. In this regard, New Zealand Cricket ...

Multan: Asif Afridi, member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa First XI squad for the National T20 Cup, has been quarantined after he was found to have breached the bio-secure protocols, it was announced today. The 33-year-old violated the social distancing protocols during a meeting with his friend in the team lobby and, as such, he will now undergo an isolation as well as ...

Multan:An action-packed domestic cricket season 2020-21 is set to commence with the National T20 Cup for First XIs at the Multan Cricket Stadium in a week’s time. The tournament promises to provide rich entertainment to cricket fans with the presence of the cream of Pakistan T20 stars. Besides the established names of the shortest format of the game, the tournament ...

Multan:Pakistan Cricket Board’s policy on investing in its elite match officials by giving them maximum opportunities to show their decision-making and man-management skills was evident when it announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the PKR9million National T20 Cup, which begins in Multan on 30 September. The six match referees and 14 umpires from the PCB Elite Panel of ...

Lahore:Pakistan Cricket Board has withdrawn Balochistan First XI head coach Faisal Iqbal from the National T20 Cup after the former Test batsman confirmed his employers Pakistan International Airlines were looking into a matter, which he hoped would be resolved soon. The PCB said it would be unfair on Faisal Iqbal as well on his side and the tournament if he ...

Lahore:All players and player support personnel, except two individuals whose results are pending, belonging to the Second XI teams of the six Cricket Associations tested negative in their second Covid-19 tests, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today. As such, they will now enter the bio-secure zone at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. From Wednesday, the six teams will begin ...

PESHAWAR: Junior cricketers of Hayatabad Cricket Acedmy Peshawar smashed IPPSA cricket acedmy Islamabad in the third and final friendly match series. The sckipper of Hayatabad U-13 Bahadar Ali Shah played a superb century innings of 144 not out and got 8 wickets including a hatrick. The final match of friendly series was played at Islamabad Cricket Ground. Hayatabad cricket captian ...

• Multan to host ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches; T20Is to be played in Rawalpindi • Zakir Khan says Pakistan has established its status as a safe, secure and healthy country Lahore:Pakistan will launch its ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League campaign by hosting Zimbabwe for a three-match ODI series in October-November, the Pakistan Cricket Board ...

Multan:Pakistan was one of the first nations to embrace T20 cricket and was the fourth country after England, South Africa and Sri Lanka to stage a national T20 competition. To date, the Pakistan Cricket Board have organised 16 National T20 Cup tournaments, which have brought country’s top talent to forefront and has produced some of the most iconic performances – ...