Cricket

London:All-rounder Georgia Elwiss has been recalled to the England squad for the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia in February and March. Elwiss replaces spinner Kirstie Gordon in the one change to the squad from the recent series win over Pakistan. Heather Knight’s side, beaten finalists in 2018, are aiming to win the event for the first time since 2009. ...

LAHORE: Pakistan all-around Mohammad Hafeez, who was recalled for the Bangladesh series yesterday, said that he will retire from international cricket after the Twenty20 World Cup later this year to end his career on a good note. The 38-year-old was Thursday recalled to Pakistan’s Twenty20 series against Bangladesh starting in Lahore from January 24. Hafeez has been one of Pakistan’s ...

Lahore : Five members of Bangladesh’s coaching staff will not be going to the first leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan later this month. According to BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, Neil McKenzie, the white-ball batting coach, is among those who have withdrawn alongside fielding coach Ryan Cook. The BCB preferred not to use Daniel Vettori, who is contracted ...

Lahore:Spectators’ convenience was once again at the forefront, when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced ticket prices for the upcoming international matches against Bangladesh. To enable the cricket fans to pack the Gaddafi Stadium and enjoy the three T20Is between the Asian neighbours on 24, 25 and 27 January, the PCB has reduced the ticket prices from the Sri Lanka ...

Lahore:Twenty-six U13 players have been invited at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Cricket Centre in Multan for a two-week-long coaching programme, which commences Monday. The players have been selected by the national junior selection committee, headed by Saleem Jaffer, on the basis of their performances in the PCB U13 Catch em Young National One-Day Tournament 2019-20. Over the course of programme, ...

Lahore:Pakistan, who won their second and last ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 14 years ago, will launch their Group C campaign in the 2020 edition when they will take on Scotland in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday, 19 January. They will then take on Zimbabwe and Bangladesh on 22 and 24 January, respectively. If Pakistan tops Group C, they will ...

Kagiso Rabada will miss the Johannesburg Test after being sanctioned for his celebration following the dismissal of Joe Root on the first day of the Port Elizabeth Test. Rabada was found guilty of a level one offence. He was fined 15 percent of his match fee and earned one demerit point, taking his total number of active points to four. ...

Mushfiqur Rahim has told Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin that he will not be travelling to Pakistan for the T20Is that start on January 24. Abedin told news agency AFP: “Mushfiqur rang me today to inform me that he will not go to Pakistan. We are now awaiting his formal letter. Once he does that, we will leave him out ...

Lahore:Pakistan have named uncapped Ahsan Ali, Amad Butt and Haris Rauf and recalled the experienced duo of Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik, along with pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, in a 15-player squad for the 24, 25 and 27 January Twenty20 Internationals against Bangladesh in Lahore. They have replaced seven players who were part of the 16-player squad that lost 2-0 ...

Lahore:Pakistan national men’s team will start their training camp for the preparation of their upcoming T2oI series against Bangladesh in Lahore on Friday. The following is the schedule of media opportunities schedule in the build up to the series: Friday, 17 January: The Pakistan team will hold a training session from 2.30pm-4pm at the Gaddafi Stadium. Mohammad Hafeez will hold ...