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LAHORE: Making bold changes in the squads for the T20I and Tests against Australia, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to step into the a new direction with the inclusion of youngsters. Nineteen-year-old fast bowler Musa Khan has been included in both squads, while 16-year-old pace sensation, Naseem Shah has found a spot in the squad for the two-match Test ...

Lahore:Pakistan women and Bangladesh women will feature in a three-match T20I series at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from 26 to 30 October. The following is the day-wise training, match and media conferences schedule: 23 October Pakistan women’s team chief selector, Urooj Mumtaz, will announce the squad for the T20I series at 1200 at National Stadium, Karachi. The Bangladesh cricket ...

Karachi:Southern Punjab won a thrilling National T20 2nd XI tournament match against home side Sindh by five runs at the National Stadium, Karachi on Monday. With the win, Southern Punjab maintained their unbeaten run in the tournament and have qualified for the semi-finals with a 100 percent record, winning each of their five group matches. Southern Punjab were asked to ...

The Chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council has nominated the Executive Committee of Islamabad Regional Women Blind Cricket Association. The Executive Committee will comprise of the following, Sr. # Name Designation 1.   Mrs. Sadaf Huma Haider President 2.   Miss Sadia Dastagir Vice President 3.   Mrs. Nusrat Dastagir Secretary  4.   Mrs. Shahida Shaheen Finance Secretary 5.   Miss ...

31 October – T20 warm-up match v CA XI, Bankstown, Sydney 3 November – 1st T20I, Sydney 5 November – 2nd T20I, Canberra 8 November – 3rd T20I, Perth 11-13 November – Three-day match v CA XI, Optus Stadium, Perth (d/n) 15-16 November – Two-day match v CA XI, WACA, Perth 21-25 November – 1st Test, Brisbane 29 November-3 December ...

Lahore:Pakistan on Monday decided to unleash their next generation of pace sensations Musa Khan and Naseem Shah, along with teenage Shaheen Shah Afridi, in Australia by naming the trio in the 16-man squad for next month’s World Test Championship fixtures. The three quicks will join 14-Test veteran Mohammad Abbas and fast-bowler Imran Khan Senior, who has been recalled after playing ...

The United Arab Emirates finished a terrible week which saw three of their players charged with corruption with an impressive victory over Ireland on Saturday in qualifying for the 2020 T20 World Cup. The hosts of the tournament had opened their campaign with a loss to Oman on Friday in Abu Dhabi. But they bounced back, despite being without the ...

KARACHI:  Hundreds of cricket fans gathered outside the residence of Sarfaraz Ahmed to express solidarity with him against PCB’s decision to sack him as captain of Pakistan Cricket team. Carrying placards displaying photos of Sarfaraz Ahmed, the protesters chanted slogans against the current PCB set-up, including the head-coach Misbah ul Haq and the bowling coach Waqar Younus. They also chanted ...

Lahore:In the third round of the National U19 50-over tournament, Central Punjab won a close encounter against Balochistan courtesy 162 runs from Mohammad Huraira and an all-round performance from Qasim Akram (100 runs and three wickets), while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh also won against Southern Punjab and Northern, respectively. At Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot, Central Punjab after being put into ...

Karachi:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 player Abdullah has been fined 20 per cent match fee for level 1 offence relating to showing dissent at umpire’s decision during a match during his team’s National U19 one-day match against Southern Punjab at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi, on Saturday. Abdullah was charged by on-field umpires Kamran Khalil and Mohammad Basit for violation of clause 2.8 of ...