Cricket

Lahore: Bad light allowed only 26.3 overs on the final day of the four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy seventh-round fixture between Central Punjab and Balochistan as the contest at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium ended in a draw. A total of 217.2 overs were bowled in the match as for the fourth day straight play was called-off early due to fading light. Central Punjab ...

Lahore:Ali Usman took five wickets as Sindh were dismissed for 328 against Southern Punjab at the NBP Sports Complex in Karachi on day-one of the ninth-round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2nd XI matches on Thursday. Sindh won the toss and opted to bat first, were bundled out in 82.2 overs. Ahsan Ali top-scored with a 69-ball 70, he hit 10 ...

Karachi:Nauman Ali took four wickets to lead Northern to their first win in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy as Sindh were bowled out for 199 runs in their second innings to suffer a heavy 145-run defeat on an exciting fourth and final day’s play of the seventh round match played at the National Stadium, Karachi on Thursday. Set a difficult victory ...

(Ajman) UAE:Pakistan outplayed England in 3rd International T-20 played at Ajman Oval Cricket Ground, Ajman. History was made at the Oval, when Pakistan and England played their first ever under lights T-20 game. Playing under lights was the dream of the many in both teams which was materialized today. Syed Sultan Shah, Chairman PBCC spin the coin for toss on ...

West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been banned for four T20 internationals for tampering with the ball in a one-day match against Afghanistan, cricket´s world body announced Wednesday. Pooran admitted to “changing the condition of the ball” after video footage showed him scratching the surface of the white ball with his thumbnail in Lucknow on Monday. “He will now miss ...

Lahore:Ashfaq Ahmed joined Sami Aslam and Imran Butt in crossing the 600-run mark with his fourth tournament century, eighth overall, which helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to collect maximum batting points against Southern Punjab on the penultimate day of the four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture in Abbottabad on Wednesday. Ashfaq started at the overnight score of 81 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 162 for ...

Lahore:Half-centuries by Umar Akmal and Usman Salahuddin helped Central Punjab add 227 runs to their total on day three of their four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture against Balochistan before play had to be called-off early due to bad light at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. Central Punjab were 255 for six, after resuming their innings at 28 for two, before stumps were ...

Lahore: A fascinating duel between World No.1 Babar Azam and one of the modern day greats Dale Steyn is on the cards for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 as the South African speedster is among the 28 international crowd-pullers to have registered to date in the Platinum category for one of the premier and most-watched leagues on the planet. ...

(Ajman) UAE:The 2nd International T-20 between Pakistan and England was played today at Ajman Oval Cricket Ground, Ajman. In the morning, once again Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first. Pakistan’s moral with the yesterday victory was high. England top order again failed and Pakistani bowlers, bowled with some serious pace and variation and didn’t allow England middle ...

Karachi:Northern U19 cricketer Shiraz Khan has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for a level 2 offence relating to throwing a ball (or any other item of cricket equipment such as water bottle) at or near a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other third person in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner during a ...