Cricket

Lahore:Encouraged by the government’s decision to open educational institutions from 15 September, the Pakistan Cricket Board today decided to maximise the participation of the teenage cricketers and hold open trials for the selection of six U19 Cricket Association squads that will feature in the National One-Day Tournament from 13 October and National Three-Day Tournament from 5 November. The open trials ...

New Zealand fast bowler Trent Bolt says no bowler can swing the ball like former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram. In response to a question on Instagram, Trent Bolt praised Wasim Akram and said that he has many favorite players but no one can swing the ball like Wasim Akram. The New Zealand fast bowler said that he was impressed ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan has complained that he came here in love with Pakistan cricket but could not get that love in return. In an interview to an American newspaper, Wasim Khan said that I was personally attacked in Pakistan, my Urdu accent was criticized and my salary was also made an issue. He said that ...

• Head coaches select their respective squads from pool of players announced on 28 August; squads to be reshuffled for Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Pakistan Cup closer to events Lahore:Head coaches of the six Cricket Associations today confirmed their 16-player squads for this month’s National T20 Cup. The squads were finalised from a pool of players, which the head coaches had ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanThe Pakistan Cricket Board has started planning for the tour of New Zealand. For New Zealand too, 30 players are likely to be included in the squad. The Pakistan cricket team will visit New Zealand in November-December, where a series of two Tests and three T20 matches will be played. The PCB has started formulating the strategy ...

Former national cricket team captain Salman Butt has refused to play in the National T20. Sources said that the domestic team Central Punjab apologized for including Salman Butt in the first XI. In this regard, the team’s head coach Shahid Anwar had offered Salman Butt the captaincy of the second XI. Shahid Anwar had said that he wanted to feed ...

By Akhtar Ali Khan The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has shared the preliminary schedule of the Zimbabwe cricket team’s tour of Pakistan with the Zimbabwe Cricket Board, which is likely to be finalized by next week. According to sources, the PCB has also briefed Zimbabwe Cricket on the biosecure environment and assured that the health and safety of the players ...

Australia defeated England by 5 wickets in the third and final T20 International to save themselves from the Whitewash. In the match played in Southampton, Australia won the toss and invited England to bat. Johnny Barstow of the host team scored the most 55 runs while Joe Danley scored 29 and Moin Ali scored 23 runs. England scored 145 for ...

• D category player has an opportunity to earn more than what players received last season • “PCB generates its funds and revenues through cricket and it is appropriate that a large chunk of these funds are reinvested into development and cricketers,” says Nadeem Khan Lahore:The philosophy of professionalism and its connection with performance, which, in turn, provides big rewards ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the Sports Arbitration Court to hold the hearing of Umar Akmal’s case on video link. The PCB took a stand in the request that the video link hearing would reduce the expenses of the parties. It should be noted that the PCB and Umar Akmal are the parties in the ...