Cricket

Lahore:Peshawar Zalmi have included fast bowler Mohammad Irfan Junior and all-rounder Ali Khan in their squad ahead of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 semi-finals it was announced on Monday. Both players are Silver category players. The two joined the Zalmi squad today, Zalmi; the 2017 HBL PSL champions take on table-toppers Multan Sultans in the first semi-final on Tuesday ...

Lahore:Chris Lynn scored his career-best 113 not out as Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by nine wickets at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium to book a spot in the HBL PSL 2020 semi-finals. This was the 29-year-old’s second century in T20 cricket in which he smashed 12 fours and eight sixes. Over the course of his 55-ball knock, Lynn crafted a blazing ...

Lahore:It went down to the 30th and final league match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 before the semi-final line-up was completed on Sunday. In the first semi-final on Tuesday at 2pm at the Gaddafi Stadium, Multan Sultans will face former champions Peshawar Zalmi, while in the second semi-final, which will commence at 7pm at the Gaddafi Stadium, Karachi ...

Lahore:Quetta Gladiators finished their HBL PSL 2020 campaign with a five-wicket win over Karachi Kings at the National Stadium on Sunday. After their fourth win of the tournament, Gladiators, the defending champions, were tied with Peshawar Zalmi on nine points, but couldn’t secure a semi-final berth due to a low net run rate. Shane Watson and Khurram Manzoor, who was ...

 The Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards have decided to postpone the upcoming One-Day International and Test in Karachi for a later date. The two boards will now work together to identify a future opportunity to complete the ICC World Test Championship commitment. The first Test of the series was played in Rawalpindi from 7-10 February, which Pakistan won by an innings ...

Lahore: Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has joined Peshawar Zalmi as a Silver category player, it was announced on Monday. The 33-year-old will join Zalmi, who take on table-toppers Multan Sultans in the first semi-final on Tuesday at 2pm, today. Meanwhile, Lahore Qalandars have included Pakistan batsman Abid Ali and Salman Ali Agha in their line-up. Both players come in as Silver ...

Australia’s one-day international series against New Zealand has been postponed because of coronavirus. The series was already being played behind closed doors, with Australia winning the first match on Friday. However, the visitors have returned to New Zealand after a change to travel restrictions there. Two ODIs in Australia will not take place, and three Twenty20s between the teams in ...

Australia 7 for 258 (Warner 67, Finch 60, Labuschagne 56, Sodhi 3-51) beat New Zealand 187 (Guptill 40, Latham 38, Cummins 3-25, Marsh 3-29) by 71 runs At an empty SCG where the sound of bat on ball reverberated around the stadium and players tried to avoid high-fives, Australia secured a 71-run victory in the opening match of the Chappell-Hadlee ...

Joe Root, the England captain, says that his team’s overwhelming reaction was one of “relief” after their two-Test tour of Sri Lanka was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour’s postponement was confirmed with England midway through the second day of their final warm-up match in Colombo, ahead of the first Test in Galle that had been due to ...

Lahore:Pakistan international Asad Shafiq joined Multan Sultans’ camp as a silver category player on Saturday. Quetta Gladiators included Omair bin Yousaf as an emerging player. Asad’s and Omair’s inclusions were approved by the Event Technical Committee which includes PCB CEO Wasim Khan, Bazid Khan, Marina Iqbal, Sameer Khosa and Dr Sohail Saleem.