Cricket

Faisalabad: Umar Amin’s half-century and a quickfire 44 not out from Asif Ali helped Northern to a comfortable win over Southern Punjab in the third match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Set 136 runs to win, Northern chased down the target in 19 overs at the loss of five wickets. Northern dealt early blows earlier in ...

Faisalabad: An all-round performance from Amad Butt and blistering knocks from Awais Zia and Bismillah Khan helped Balochistan to a 52-run win over Sindh at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium in the fourth match of the National T20 Cup. After being put into bat, Balochistan set a mammoth total of 233 for six in 20 overs. Awais struck five fours and seven sixes ...

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it would top up the prize money for the Aussie women’s team for the T20 World Cup next year to ensure parity with the men’s winnings. The International Cricket Council on Monday announced a 320 percent boost in prize money for 2020 women’s competition, with the winners taking home $1 million and the runners ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) announces the appointment of former West Indies player, Phil Simmons as the Head Coach of the West Indies Senior Men’s Team for a period of four years, as well as the appointment of three new selection panels. Phil Simmons was confirmed as the Head Coach during a meeting of the CWI Board ...

Lahore: The involvement and participation of Pakistani women in mainstream cricket continues to increase as four women have registered for a three-day ACC Level 1 Women Coaching Course, which will be held in Lahore from 17 to 19 October. Women registered for the first step in future coaching roles include Abbottabad’s Atika Sabir Khan, Lahore’s Fareeha Mahmood, Shehla Bibi from Wah ...

Karachi: Zeeshan Ashraf’s unbeaten 127 stole the show as Southern Punjab registered a convincing seven wicket win against Northern, while Sindh beat Balochistan by five wickets in the National T20 2nd XI tournament at the National Stadium, Karachi on Monday. Southern Punjab recorded a thumping seven wicket win courtesy Zeeshan’s blazing innings. The left-handed opener smashed nine sixes and 11 fours in ...

DUBAI- Zimbabwe was readmitted as an International Cricket Council member by cricket chiefs on Monday after a three-month suspension over political interference. An ICC statement said the move was made following a meeting in Dubai involving the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman and sports minister. “I would like to thank the Zimbabwe sports minister for her commitment to the reinstatement of Zimbabwe ...

Australian Mitch Marsh was nervously waiting Monday to see how badly he has hurt his bowling hand after punching a dressing room wall in frustration during a weekend Sheffield Shield game. The Western Australia all-rounder, who was recalled to the Test side for the final game of the Ashes against England last month, was on his way to a big ...

Faisalabad: Sindh secured a thrilling win over Central Punjab by chasing down a 189-run target on the penultimate ball in the second fixture of the National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. With a 42-ball 50, Khurram Manzoor provided a firm start to Sindh’s run-chase. But with the fall of the right-handed batsman’s wicket on the fourth ball of the 12th over, ...

Karachi: Balochistan players Mohammad Junaid and Akhtar Shah have been fined 50 percent of their match fee for level 2 offences relating to personal abuse of a player, player support personnel, umpire or match referee during a match in their team’s National U19 three-day match against Northern at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot The incidents happened last Tuesday, Junaid, captain of the Balochistan side, was ...