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Southern Punjab score third consecutive win, Sindh beat Northern in National T20 2nd XI tournament

Karachi:Southern Punjab recorded a crushing seven wicket win over Balochistan in the National T20 2nd XI tournament at the National Stadium, Karachi on Thursday. This was Southern Punjab’s third consecutive victory; they remain the only unbeaten side in the event and now have six points from three games and are at the top of the table. In the second match ...

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Imam, Akif secure seven-wicket win for Balochistan over Southern Punjab

Faisalabad:Imam-ul-Haq’s half-century and Akif Javed’s three-fer secured a seven-wicket win for Balochistan against Southern Punjab in the ninth match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Balochistan captain Haris Sohail decided to bowl first after winning the toss and the decision produced the desired results for his side immediately with young pacer Akif removing Shan Masood and ...

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Nadeem Khan appointed selection committee coordinator

Lahore:Former Test spinner Nadeem Khan has been appointed as Coordinator – National Selection Committee following a recruitment process. Nadeem will act as a bridge between chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and the six selectors by gathering feedback, information and maintaining players’ profile from the domestic matches, and presenting to the selection committee so that the data can be used in their decision-making. ...

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Pakistan U-19 cricket team to play against China and Afghanistan

Lahore:Pakistan U19 to play friendly matches against china and Afghanistan U19 squads. The 12-player squad will be captained by Mohammad Harris Khan, while Saim Ayub will be his vice-captain. Pakistan U19 team will play China on Saturday, 19 October and Afghanistan on Sunday, 20 October. A combined Afghanistan and Pakistan side will play China on Wednesday, 23 October. Pakistan squad ...

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Ahmed Shehzad joins Kohli and Smith in T20 centurions club

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team’s opening batsman Ahmed Shahzad, on Tuesday, joined the ranks of Virat Kohli and Dwayne Smith in the list of players with the most T20 centuries. Ahmed —who is playing for Central Punjab’s team in the ongoing National T20 Cup — scored an unbeaten 111 off 63 balls against Northern at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, smashing three sixes ...

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Mohammad Amir most expensive among 35 Pakistanis in ‘The Hundreds’ players’ draft

KARACHI: Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been included as most expensive Pakistani cricketers in players draft for the inaugural edition of England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) newly introduced “The Hundred” cricket. Thirty-five Pakistani cricketers were among 239 foreign players whose names were released by ECB with Amir as most expensive among all the Pakistanis with a reserve price ...

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Ahmed Shehzad’s 111 help Central Punjab chase Northern’s 222

Faisalabad,: An unbeaten 111 from 63 balls by Ahmed Shehzad helped Central Punjab to a four-wicket win over Northern in the fifth fixture of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Set a target of 223, Central Punjab chased down the total on the penultimate ball of the match. Opener Ahmed played an instrumental role in the run-chase, ...

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Raza’s seven-for goes in vain, Zeeshan’s blazing fifty takes Southern Punjab to second consecutive in National T20 2nd XI tournament

Karachi: Left-arm-spinner Raza Ali Dar’s astonishing seven-wicket haul went in vain as Central Punjab went down by 19 runs to Northern in the National T20 2nd XI tournament at the National Stadium, Karachi on Tuesday. In the second match of the day, Southern Punjab recorded a three wicket win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the back of another match winning innings ...

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Mohammad, Mubasir score centuries on day one of National U19 three-day third round matches

Lahore: Mohammad and Mubasir Khan scored centuries for Balochistan and Northern respectively, while Sindh’s Muhammad Makki and Southern Punjab’s Mohammad Zahid took five-for each on day one of the third round of National U19 Three-Day tournament on Tuesday. At Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot, Balochistan after been put into bat scored 350 for seven in 83 overs against Central Punjab. Mohammad ...

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