Cricket

Karachi:Pakistan’s squad for next month’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup includes an uncapped batter known for her ability to hit the ball hard and make the most of the Powerplay overs. Ayesha Naseem rose to prominence in Skills2Shine U18 T20 Women Cricket Championship last November in which she scored 97 runs at an average of 48.50 in four matches and ...

Zimbabwe 62 for 1 (Masvaure 26*, Fernando 1-9) and 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Embuldeniya 4-182) lead Sri Lanka 293 (Mathews 64, Raza 7-113) by 175 runs Prince Masvaure and Regis Chakabva took Zimbabwe comfortably through to stumps on the third day, 175 runs ahead in their second innings with nine wickets in hand. This, after Sikandar Raza had recorded ...

Former England allrounder Ravi Bopara has been named as part of a 12-man MCC squad to tour Pakistan in February. The team will be captained by Sri Lanka great, and current MCC president, Kumar Sangakkara, and coached by former England quick Ajmal Shahzad. Also included in the touring party are Scotland’s Safyaan Sharif and Michael Leask, Netherlands duo Roelof van ...

England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the three-match Twenty20 series against South Africa next month because of an elbow injury. The 24-year-old has returned to England after the 3-1 Test series win against the Proteas in which he played the first match but missed the next three. Archer will now focus on recovering from soreness in ...

Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed on Tuesday was all smiles as he announced the birth of a baby girl on social media. Blessed with a baby girl ! Alhamdulliah, Ma Sha Allah ! pic.twitter.com/c6g4sn60Bo— Sarfaraz Ahmed (@SarfarazA_54) January 28, 2020 The cricketer expressed his happiness with a picture of his adorable son, Abdullah, holding his newly-born sibling, with a caption ...

Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has been appointed to the MCC’s world cricket committee. The committee is an independent panel of former and current players and umpires that can propose changes to the sport’s laws. Cook is England’s leading Test run-scorer with 12,472 in 161 matches and captained England a record 59 times. The 35-year-old retired from England duty ...

England bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 15% of his match fee for using “inappropriate language” during the fourth Test against South Africa. On Monday, Broad, 33, was involved in an altercation with Proteas captain Faf du Plessis during day four. Du Plessis was hit on the pads by a throw from Sam Curran and an agitated exchange with Broad ...

Johannesburg:Mianwali-born middle-order batsman Mohammad Irfan Khan has remained a permanent fixture of Pakistan U19 sides since appearing in the seven-match series against South Africa U19 in June 2019. The tall right-handed batsman who is one of the best fielders in the side has also played all three Group C fixtures of the ongoing ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2o20 being ...

Tayyar Hain, the official anthem of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020, was presented for viewing to all stakeholders in an impressive ceremony in a local hotel on Tuesday evening before it was officially released ahead of the 9pm news bulletins. Tayyar Hain is now available for viewing at the PSL YouTube Channel and will be played at the venues ...

Lahore: The third and final T20I between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday will mark history with Ahsan Raza becoming the only umpire to officiate in 50 T20Is. Ahsan is amongst International Panel of ICC Umpires and over the years has become one of the most recognised faces in international cricket. Ahsan, a former first-class cricketer, began his ...