Cricket

“Focus is to invest the money back in cricket by providing the players a bigger chunk of the pie through substantial and lucrative rewards so they excel in the game,” says Nadeem Khan Multan:The upcoming National T20 Cup First XI tournament, which begins on 30 September in Multan, comes with an opportunity for the country’s elite white ball cricketers to ...

Lahore:As many as 125 players and player support personnel belonging to six Cricket Association Second XI squads for the National T20 Cup were invited to their respective central stations today after they tested negative in their first Covid-19 tests. They will undergo their second tests on 21 September under the supervision of the PCB medical team at their respective central ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanTop Pakistan Cricket Board officials will meet head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and Test captain Azhar Ali next week. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials are unhappy with Misbah-ul-Haq and captain Azhar for contacting the board’s patron chief directly and informing the board at the last minute. Sources said that head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and ...

Lahore:Aqib Javed, director of Lahore Qalandars, the most popular and dynamic franchise of Pakistan Super League (PSL), says that it is very important to have the remaining matches of PSL Five, if these matches do not take place then on PSL 6 There will also be a question mark. PSL Five was postponed in March due to increasing cases of ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanPrime Minister Imran Khan has rejected the proposal to revive departmental cricket, saying that when the system changes, results do not come overnight, the real talent will come from the new domestic structure. Former and current captains of the national cricket team met the Prime Minister in Islamabad and discussed the new structure of domestic cricket. According ...

Islamabad:Pakistan Cricket Board today signed a satellite broadcast deal for broadcast in Pakistan with PTV Sports and a further agreement to secure cable distribution with I-Media Communication Services. The agreements were signed in the presence of the Prime Minister who is the Patron of Pakistan Cricket Board. The broadcast deal will be for the 2020 to 2023 cycle. The broadcasting ...

Lahore:Former Lahore High Court Judge Mr Justice (retd) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, in his capacity as an independent adjudicator, will hear Saleem Malik’s appeal on 30 September at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore. Notices for the hearing have been issued to Saleem Malik and the Pakistan Cricket Board. Saleem Malik had appealed for a hearing in regard to the matter ...

KARACHI: (by Nawaz Gohar) The Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA), approved by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has announced the resumption of its cricket activities following the implementation of COVID-19 SOPs. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors chaired by President Muhammad Javed at the PDCA office in Karachi yesterday. Secretary PDCA Amiruddin Ansari gave ...

The South African government dissolved the cricket board and took control of all affairs. South Africa’s Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has suspended Cricket South Africa for a month. Acting Chief Executive SASCO Ravi Gondar said the move was taken because of Cricket South Africa’s governance and negative thinking so that the board could focus on its own affairs ...

After assuming his responsibilities in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohammad Yousuf said in his interview that good work was being done in the PCB now and Chief Executive Wasim Khan wanted to do something. “When I met him, I also decided to take on responsibilities. I always said for my availability that I am present whenever Pakistan cricket needs ...