Cricket

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 ...

Bob Willis, the former England captain and fast bowler who will be forever synonymous with England’s 1981 Ashes victory, has died at the age of 70 after a short battle with cancer. Willis claimed 325 wickets in a 90-Test career that began on the Ashes tour in 1970-71, when he was called up as a 21-year-old as a late replacement ...

Kuala Lumpur:High-profile contests serve crucial opportunities to players – on either side of the experience scale – to leave ever-lasting impressions. One player who is eager to make the most of the upcoming ICC Women’s Championship ODIs between Pakistan and England is Javeria Khan. The top-order batter, who boasts a distinguished record of having the most number of centuries (two) ...

Northern U16 v Balochistan U16, Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad Shamyl Hussain’s century and left-arm spinner Mohammad Hasnain’s nine wickets in the match helped Northern U16 beat Balochistan U16 by an innings and 44 runs on day-two of the PCB-Pepsi National U16 three-day match at the Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad on Wednesday. Resuming their first innings on 114 for three, Northern ...