Cricket

Faisalabad: Wahab Riaz’s three for 28 with the ball and an unbeaten 17-ball 42 secured a four-wicket win for Southern Punjab over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium in the sixth match of the National T20 Cup. Wahab took the wickets of Sahibzada Farhan (27 off 19), Adil Amin (7 off 12) and Iftikhar Ahmad (0 off 2) to leave Khyber ...

A delegation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be visiting Pakistan in the next few days in order to monitor security arrangements ahead of their women’s and Under-16 teams’ scheduled tours. The BCB delegation, according to a source close to the matter, will monitor security plans in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The BCB had talked about sending its delegation by ...

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 ...