Cricket

Lahore: In the fifth-round of the National U19 50-over tournament, a four-wicket haul from Mohammad Taha guided Sindh to a four-wicket win against Balochistan, while Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Southern Punjab and Northern, respectively. At Naya Nazimabad Ground in Karachi, Sindh defeated Balochistan by four wickets. Balochistan, after opting to bat, were bowled out for 163 in 43.3 ...

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board last week hosted the ACC Level 1 Women Coaching course at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. Fareeha Mahmood was one of the four participants from Pakistan who featured in the three-day course.  Fareeha, who represented Pakistan in three T20Is against Sri Lanka in March 2018, was among the 16 participants who learnt the basic skills of ...

Lahore: Pakistan women defeated Bangladesh women by 28 runs in the third and final T20I at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium to win the series 3-0. After opting to bat first, Pakistan limped to 117 for seven at the back of Javeria Khan’s half-century. The opener cracked a 48-ball 54, hitting seven fours. This was her second half-century on the trot after ...

Lahore: Opener Abdullah Shafiq struck a blazing double century for Central Punjab as all three matches of the sixth round of three-day non-first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2nd XI tournament ended in draws on Wednesday. At NBP Stadium in Karachi, Southern Punjab resumed their second innings at 36 for no loss. They managed to score 319 runs for the loss of seven wickets in ...

Quetta: Adil Amin’s century and half-centuries from captain Sahibzada Farhan, Israrullah and Khalid Usman helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa avoid follow-on against Balochistan on Day Three of their four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at Quetta’s Bugti Stadium. In reply of Balochistan’s mammoth 553 for eight, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bowled out for 406 in 103.3 overs – just avoiding the follow-on. This, however, provided ...

Lahore: Ali Imran and Qasim Akram were the stars for Central Punjab in their win over Southern Punjab on day two of the fifth-round of National U19 Three-Day tournament on Wednesday. At Bahawalpur’s Dring Stadium, Central Punjab resuming their first innings on 138 for four in 34 overs were bowled out for 290 in 65.2 overs. Qasim Akram scored a 131-ball ...

Lahore: Ayaz Shah claimed three wickets for 14 runs as Bangladesh U16 were bowled out for 108 runs in their first innings on the opening day of the second three-day match against Pakistan U16 at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.  Bangladesh team from the start were never in a position to score big and continued to lose wickets at ...

Karachi:Central Punjab U19 cricketers Zain Bin Farooq and  Abu Huraira have been fined 50 per cent of their match fees for level 2 offences relating to conduct that brings the game into disrepute during their team’s National U19 three-day match against Northern at Rana Naveed Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura, last Wednesday. In a related incident, both the players were charged by ...

India Women beat Pakistan Women by seven wickets in ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 match played at the Navy Cricket Ground, Werisala in Sri Lanka on Sunday. India chased down the 107-run target for the loss of three wickets in 30 overs after Pakistan were dismissed for 106 runs. Nuzhat Parween top-scored for India with a 68-ball 44, ...

Lahore:Domestic red-ball cricket resumes on Monday, 28 October, when the fifth-round action of the four-day first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy commences at three centres. To provide context to domestic cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had split the country’s premier event into two phases to create a window for the National T20 Cup ahead of the Pakistan national men’s team’s tour of ...