Cricket

Manchester: Pace bowler Jofra Archer has been included in the England squad for the deciding Test against West Indies. England National Cricket Selectors have named a 14-strong squad for the #raisethebat third Test match against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford starting on Friday 24 July 2020. England Men’s Test Squad Joe Root (Yorkshire) Captain, James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer(Sussex), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak ...

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the postponement of two further qualifying events scheduled in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 series due to be hosted in Namibia in September – which forms part of the qualification for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 – involving Namibia, ...

Manchester: Edgbaston will be the second county cricket ground to pilot the safe return of spectators and test Government guidance designed to enable the return of fans to elite sports events. The Government announced on Friday that two county cricket friendly matches would be among a number of pilot events to test Government guidance for supporters returning to sporting venues. ...

Pakistan men’s national cricket team completed their first intra-squad four-dayer on Monday and one of the many silver linings for the team was seasoned fast bowler Sohail Khan’s five-wicket haul. On the third day of the practice match between Azhar Ali’s Team Green and Babar Azam’s Team White, the 36-year-old returned figures of five for 50 in 20.1 overs which ...

Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading provider of digital financial services is proud to become the associate partner of the Pakistan Cricket Board for Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s tour of England. The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will don the Easypaisa logo on all their playing kits for the Test and T20 series during the contest starting from August 5th, 2020. Easypaisa ...

Pakistan cricket team bowling coach Waqar Younis says that no player is indispensable for the team, Mohammad Amir will have to see where he stands so that his future can be planned. Responding to media questions on the video link from Derby, Waqar Younis said that when Mohammad Aamir suddenly decided to quit red ball cricket, he did not like ...

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Cricket activities for the Blind in Pakistan have been suspended since February 2020. Consequently, Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) decided to give the honorarium based on the physical fitness of players. PBCC took online physical fitness tests of 40 Blind Cricket players, who had performed notably well in earlier domestic competitions. The online ...

Manchester: Moeen Ali has been confirmed as Eoin Morgan’s vice-captain for England Men’s three-match Royal London Series against Ireland. The series will take place behind closed doors in a bio-secure bubble at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, with the first Royal London International taking place on Thursday July 30. England’s squad for the series itself will be confirmed next week, ...

Manchester: Ben Stokes, the England vice-captain, has become the new number one all rounder after the second Test against West Indies in Manchester. England star Ben Stokes has outdone West Indies captain Jason Holder to become the world’s top-ranked Test all-rounder while also attaining a career-best third position among batsmen in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, after a ...

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed until next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic At today’s meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), windows for the next three ICC men’s events were also agreed to bring clarity to the calendar and ...