Cricket

Lahore: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohammad Irfan bagged five for 32 against Northern U16 on the opening day of the PCB-Pepsi U16 three-day tournament final at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. Irfan, left-arm spinner took five wickets for 32 as Northern U16 after electing to bat were dismissed for 113 in 51.5 overs. Mohammad Arshad top-scored with 37 off 59 balls and ...

Lahore: Former Test cricketer Mudassar Nazar has confirmed he will not be seeking an extension to his contract when it expires on 31 May 2020. Mudassar joined the PCB as Director – Academies on 1 June 2016 on a three-year contract, which was extended to another one year earlier this year. Mudassar Nazar said: “It has been an exciting and satisfying time ...

Lahore: In a show of gratitude, respect and appreciation for their services to cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board has invited Sri Lanka’s Bandula Warnapura and Javed Miandad of Pakistan as special guests for the historic Rawalpindi Test, which will be played from 11-15 December. Warnapura and Miandad were opposite captains in the first-ever Test between the two countries at Karachi’s ...

Kuala Lumpur: With Pakistan women looking to keep alive their chances of securing direct qualification in the ICC Women’s Championship and England women seeking to maintain an impeccable record against them, the seventh round fixtures of the ICC Women’s Championship, which commence on 9 December, promises to keep fans at the edge of their seats. Pakistan are fifth, with 15 ...

Lahore: Sindh U16 cricketers Kashan Fahim and Muhammad Sikandar have been reprimanded for a Level 1 offence which relates to showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during a match in their PCB-Pepsi U16 Cricket Stars three-day tournament fixture against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. Kashan’s incident happened in the 15th over of Sindh’s innings when he rubbed his ...

Lahore: Middle-order batsman Fawad Alam and fast-bowler Usman Shinwari have been recalled for the ICC World Test Championship fixtures against Sri Lanka. The two players have replaced Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Musa, respectively, as the selectors have followed the policy of consistency and continuity while picking the side for Pakistan’s first home Test series in over 10 years. Thirty-four-year-old Fawad Alam ...

Karachi: With 120 points in the bag before the tenth round of the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, Central Punjab followed a perfect script to settle for a draw in their last round fixture, of the premier four-day first class tournament, against Southern Punjab. On the fourth and final day at the State Bank Stadium on Thursday, Central Punjab’s openers Salman Butt and ...

Karachi: Northern confirmed their place in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final with a thrilling 39-run win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the fourth and final day of the 10th round game at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi on Thursday. Captain Nauman Ali led from the front taking four wickets for 72 runs in 28 overs while Sadaf Hussain chipped in with ...

Karachi: Sindh’s Fawad Alam scored his fourth century of the season and Balochistan’s Imran Butt also continued his run of form with another ton on the final day of four-day tenth-round of first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium on Thursday. Balochistan had reached 181 for one in 26.2 overs in their second innings when the match ended in ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U16 v Sindh U16, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad At Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, Mohammad Farooq’s unbeaten 64 helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Sindh by eight wickets. Resuming their innings from the overnight score of 18 for one in chase of 105 runs,  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overhauled the target in 36.1 overs for the loss of two wickets. Northern U16 and Khyber ...