Cricket

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan and Middlesex allrounder, has been suspended from bowling in all ECB competitions after a bowling-action assessment found his action to be illegal. Umpires reported Hafeez’s action after a Vitality Blast match between Somerset and Middlesex in Taunton on August 30, following which he underwent independent assessment at Loughborough University. The game against Somerset was the penultimate ...

Despite the tough stance adopted by the PCB on Bangladesh’s unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, the BCB has reiterated that as things stood, it could only give the go-ahead to a T20I series in the country. In what could be seen as a slight softening of its position on the Tests, though, chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that ...

London:New Zealand wicketkeeper-batman BJ Watling has signed a short-term County Championship deal with Lancashire. The 34-year-old will be their overseas player for the first nine matches of the 2020 season, starting against Kent at Old Trafford on Sunday 12 April. He is New Zealand’s highest-scoring Test ‘keeper and made a career-best 205 against England last month. “He adds valuable experience ...

Karachi:Opening Batsman Abid Ali has stunned the cricket lovers after he became the first Pakistani to score centuries in each of his first two test matches here on Saturday. First ever in the cricket history of Pakistan, Abid Ali made centuries in two first test matches against Sri-Lanka. In the third day of the last Test match which is being ...

Day-4 Attock Vs Quetta: (1st Semifinal) ((Venue: Attock Cricket Stadium Attock) Attock won the toss and decided to bowl first. Quetta posted only 183 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in stipulated 20 Overs. Naseeb Ullah was their top scorer with unbeaten 80 runs. Nuaman Ali was the only bowler to claim a wicket. Attock in reply chased the ...

278 – The opening partnership between Abid Ali and Shan Masood, which is the second-biggest for Pakistan in Tests. The only bigger stand is 298 added by Aamer Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed versus West Indies at Karachi in 1997. In fact, the top three opening stands for Pakistan have all come in at Karachi’s National Stadium. . Abid Ali and ...

Pakistan 191 (Shafiq 63, Babar 60, Kumara 4-49, Embuldeniya 4-71, Vishwa 2-31) and 395 for 2 (Abid 174, Masood 135, Azhar 57*, Kumara 2-88) lead Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 74, Afridi 5-77, Abbas 4-55) by 315 runs This is what you’re supposed to do to an opposition at home. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan had had a day of batting dominance, but ...

Day-2 Multan Vs Quetta: (Venue: Attock Cricket Stadium Attock) Quetta won the toss and decided to bowl first. Multan batted well and made 256 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in stipulated 20 Overs. Muhammad Safdar is in the form of his life and scored another brisk century, he made unbeaten 179 runs off 74 balls. Abdul Razzaq made ...

Shaheen Afridi will play for Hampshire in next year’s Vitality Blast. Shaheen, who has become an important part of Pakistan’s seam attack in all formats over the past 18 months, is expected to be available for the duration of the T20 competition as an overseas player. “I am delighted to sign with Hampshire for the upcoming Vitality Blast competition,” Shaheen ...

Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan, scheduled for next month, is now facing uncertainty with the BCB offering to play only T20Is in Pakistan, while asking that the two-Test series be shifted to a neutral venue. “We have had a round of correspondence with them [the BCB] and they are happy to play three T20s in Pakistan but they are slightly reluctant ...