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SYDNEY: Australia fast bowler James Pattinson was suspended on Sunday for player abuse, ruling him out of the first Test against Pakistan this week. The paceman was found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia’s code of conduct during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield game against Queensland last week. It was not clear what he said, but the governing body characterised it as “personal ...

Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has said he hopes that the national team’s bowling coach Waqar Younis has learnt from the mistakes he made during his two stints as the head coach, and that the legendary fast bowler allows the current crop to express themselves rather than hold them back. Hafeez, who played extensively under Waqar, appeared to be critical of ...

Lahore:As the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy enters its last three rounds, the competition to secure berths in the final of the country’s premier first-class tournament keeps on getting intense. The eighth round, which begins on Monday, 18 November, promises to generate more excitement in what has been a riveting tournament so far. Northern return to Rawalpindi to host second-ranked Southern Punjab, who ...

(Ajman) UAE:Pakistan kept dominating in T-20 series and thrashed England by 170 runs in 5th T-20 International at Ajman Oval Cricket Ground, Ajman. Pakistan has already wrapped the series by 5 games to nil in 6 match series. Today, England won the toss and put Pakistan into bat. Pakistan sent different opening pairs in each of the 5 games played ...

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s hopes of upsetting hosts Australia in their upcoming two-match Test series have been seriously undermined by their poor preparation schedule, former Test batsman Dean Jones believes. The tourists have played three Twenty20s, a day-night tour match against Australia ‘A’ and a two-day contest against a Cricket Australia XI since arriving in Australia. Jones, who played 52 Tests for ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson has said that international cricket has had an “awesome year with fast bowlers”, and that he hopes to “bring a little bit of anxiety” to England and Australia’s batsmen after being named in the squads for their upcoming Tests against those opponents. Ferguson is in line for a Test debut, having exclusively played white-ball ...

Lahore:Ahmed Safi took six wickets as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bundled out for 290 runs against Central Punjab at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on day-two of the ninth-round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2nd XI matches on Friday. Resuming their first innings on an overnight score of 163 for three in 41 overs, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bowled out in the 76th ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board today released the preliminary list of Gold Category foreign players for the HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft 2019 as well as a list of 325 local players who have been assigned Gold, Silver and Emerging categories. The list of 325 local players includes all cricketers from the domestic first and second XI squads as well ...

The 11th episode of the weekly PCB Podcast is now available for listening and free downloading for editorial purposes. In the latest edition: i)                    Bazid Khan reviews the Australia squad for the two-match Test series against Pakistan ii)                  Respected journalist Dan Brettig sums up Australia media’s expectations and assessment of the Pakistan national men’s cricket team iii)                Former Australia player ...

Lahore:A fitness camp will be held at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore from Monday, 18 November, it was announced today. The eight-day-long camp will run till 25 November under the supervision of PCB Director Medical and Sports Sciences Dr Sohail Saleem. The following three players have been invited for the camp: -Mohammad Amir -Mohammad Irfan -Imad Wasim They ...