Cricket

Dubai:Global cricket chiefs on Thursday announced to move forward with plans of staging the T20 World Cup, in Australia, as per schedule despite the coronavirus pandemic which has halted all major sporting events. The conference call brought together the chief executives of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) 12 full member nations and three associate representatives. Global cricket is at a ...

London:New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry will not play county season in England due to the Corona virus. Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry had to play Kent in the opening 7 matches, according to Kent County spokesman.However, he will not be joining Kent for this season.Matt Henry is the fourth foreign player to end a contract this season

Dubai:The International Cricket Council (ICC), in a surprising decision, gave 3, 3 points to the women teams of Pakistan and India. India was supposed to host the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team last year, but the Indian board refused to host the series without the government’s permission. The series of three ODIs was part of the ICC Women’s Championship on which ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, has been indefinitely postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, a team official told News Agency. Though India’s cricket board made no official announcement, the further delay of the Twenty20 tournament, which draws top players from around the world, was inevitable after the government extended a three-week lockdown until at ...

By Nawaz Gohar Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal is facing suspension under anti-corruption code by PCB For PSL Season 5 Umar Akmal was in Quetta Gladiators squad However just hours before opening match of the league, PCB suspended him from all forms of cricket At that time PCB charged him with not reporting the spot-fixing offer Umar Akmal denied the charge ...

London:England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Wednesday was crowned as the ‘leading cricketer in the world’ in the 2020 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for his pivotal role in the 2019 World Cup. The 28-year-old played a leading role in England’s 50-over World Cup victory at home last year while his brilliant unbeaten knock of 135 helped the side to a thrilling one-wicket ...

By Nawaz Gohar On fast bowler Hasan Ali’s injury Pakistan cricket team former and present bowling coaches are on a war of words For Hasan Ali’s injury former bowling coach Azhar Mehmood had held … … Pakistan team management responsible Azhar Mehmood had claimed that the cause of Hasan Ali’s injury … … was lifting heavy weight during training exercises ...

By Nawaz Gohar Pakistani fast bowler Hasan Ali has been facing fitness problems for some months Prior to home series against Sri Lanka his CT scan report showed rib fracture The injury forced him out of Pakistani team Now former bowling coach and Test cricketer Azhar Mehmood has revealed that Hasan Ali … … didn’t get injured while playing cricket ...

Lahore:Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis has criticised fast-bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz for taking an indefinite break from Test cricket to focus on their white-ball career. “The staff had to select youngsters for the Australia tour because the duo ditched us before it was to get underway,” he said in a video conference. “It was a new leadership and ...

By Nawaz GoharImage Multan Sultans skipper Shan Masood has tweeted a video of Legend Pakistani all-rounder Boom Boom Shahid Afridi Afridi is hitting Australian bowler Brett Lee for a six In reply Shahid Afridi addressing Shan Masood tweeted: Good going Shan You are making full use of staying at home And Yes! You have improved greatly as a T20 playe ...