Cricket

Rawalpindi:Cricket action turns to Rawalpindi as two-time winners Islamabad United take on defending champions Quetta Gladiators at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium today. Sitting on second and third, both Islamabad and Quetta have four points from three games, having won two games each and losing one. Heavyweights of the tournament, Islamabad United lifted the inaugural title in 2016 and then in ...

Karachi:An unbroken 77-run fifth wicket partnership between Rilee Rossouw and Khushdil Shah guided Multan Sultans to a comfortable six wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi in the first-ever HBL Pakistan Super League match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Enjoying the support of a vociferous home crowd, Multan recovered from a shaky 47 for four in 6.1 overs to get ...

Karachi:After a stunning all-round performance against reigning champions West Indies, Pakistan women are confident of another strong display in their second ICC Women’s T20 World Cup clash against England on Friday. Pakistan drawn in Group B started their campaign in style by defeating West Indies by eight wickets in a refreshingly dominant performance with both bat and ball on Wednesday. ...

Lahore:Pakistan national women’s team will begin their journey in the all-important ICC Women’s T20 World Cup today against the West Indies Women in Canberra. Under the captaincy of Bismah Maroof, who will be leading the side in a world event for the first time, Pakistan will be eying to secure a semi-final berth for the first time. Since the last ...

Karachi:Cricket legend Javed Miandad said Monday he was aggravated over his impersonator’s actions during the broadcast for the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020. In a video message uploaded on his YouTube channel, Miandad said that certain programs, by portraying him in a “dummy-like” manner, were disrespecting his services for the country. “I have done so much for my country. ...

Peshawar Zalmi will have no case to answer for alleged ball-tampering during their game against Quetta Gladiators, after the PCB confirmed that Quetta had failed to formally make a complaint. Quetta captain Sarfaraz Ahmed’s claim they had reported what they perceived as ball-tampering by Peshawar has been refuted by the PCB, who in a press release stated Quetta had not ...

Allrounder Nida Dar has wasted no time in putting her experience of the WBBL to good use as Pakistan prepare to begin their T20 World Cup campaign. Dar became the first Pakistan player to appear in the competition as part of the Sydney Thunder side in this year’s tournament, where she had 11 matches, claiming 13 wickets at 16.92 – ...

BCB president Nazmul Hassan has told Mushfiqur Rahim that he was contract-bound to travel to Pakistan for the one-off ODI and second Test in Karachi – the last leg of a three-part tour – in April, saying that players must “think about the country, and not about themselves”. “We are expecting that he would go,” Hassan said at a press ...

Karachi:Multan and Rawalpindi take centre stage as the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 moves to these two cities. Multan Sultans host Peshawar Zalmi at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday and Islamabad United take on Quetta Gladiators at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday; these two matches will mark the first instance of these two cities hosting the HBL PSL. ...

Karachi:Match referee Roshan Mahanama has clarified Quetta Gladiators had retained the review after ultra-edge technology was not available for their referral against Karachi Kings’ Babar Azam during the sixth match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 at the National Stadium on Sunday. Mr Mahanama said: “It must be remembered that there needs to be conclusive evidence for the TV ...