Cricket

Asghar Afghan has been reappointed captain of Afghanistan across all three formats, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced. Afghan, 31, will replace Rashid Khan, who was named captain across formats in July, after Afghanistan lost all their matches at the World Cup under Gulbadin Naib. Rashid will now become Afghan’s deputy. The ACB had wrested captaincy away from Afghan in ...

Rawalpindi: A riveting battle between bat and ball marked the return of Test cricket to Pakistan in more than 10 years as Sri Lanka ended a shortened day-one of the first ICC World Test Championship series match placed at 202 for five in their first innings at the Pindi Cricket Stadium against the hosts on Wednesday. Sri Lankan captain Dimuth ...

Balochistan U16 v Sindh U16, Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad Sindh beat Balochistan by three wickets; Sindh won the toss and asked Balochistan to bat first. Balochistan were bowled out for 114 runs in 34.4 overs. Muhammad Nasir top-scored with 22 runs. Aimal Khan contributed 14; Saad Asif took three wickets for 16 runs while Hassan Asim and Aaliyan Mehmood took two ...

Lahore:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U16 won the PCB-Pepsi U16 three-day tournament beating Northern U16 inside two days by an innings and 55 runs in the three-day final played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Monday. Resuming their first innings at the overnight score of 191 for three, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa declared their innings at 292 for eight, a 179-run lead against Northern. Abbas ...

Kuala Lumpur:Centuries by Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt, along with Kate Cross’ four-fer, set-up a 75-run win for England Women against Pakistan Women in the first of the three ICC Women’s Championship ODIs at Kuala Lumpur’s Kinrara Oval. In a contest live-streamed on the PCB’s YouTube channel, openers Beaumont (107 off 141) and Wyatt (110 off 95) stitched a staggering ...

Rawalpindi:The return of Test cricket to Pakistan after a 10-year gap will be heralded by outstanding broadcast coverage from the PCB’s broadcast partner, Ten Sports. Fans will be able to get close to the action thanks to a 23-camera production in High Definition. Those cameras will include two super slo spin vision cameras and an ultra-high speed camera. There will ...

Rawalpindi:Wednesday, December 11 will be a historic day in Pakistan cricket. When the first ball is bowled at Pindi Cricket Stadium it will mark the return of Test cricket in the country for over ten years. While the whole nation is waiting for the momentous occasion, former players are elated at Pakistan’s return to the Test map and have expressed ...

On the day Sri Lanka were leaving for Pakistan to play a two-Test series, they revealed that Suranga Lakmal was down with dengue fever and will not be travelling with the team. His spot has been taken by Asitha Fernando, who has spent the last few months playing for Sri Lanka’s Under-23 and Emerging teams. Lakmal has long been the ...

Central Punjab U16 v Sindh U16, Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad Muneeb Wasif claimed six wickets as Central Punjab U16 beat Sindh U16 by seven wickets in the first round of PCB-Pepsi One-Day Tournament at the Bohranwali Ground in Faisalabad on Sunday. Muneeb, the right-arm fast bowler took six for 32 as Sindh U16 were bowled out for 171 in 44.1 overs, ...