Cricket

SYDNEY: Australia’s one-day skipper Aaron Finch is keen to play Test cricket again after watching the top order fail to fire during the recent Ashes series. The 32-year-old was dumped after scoring just 97 runs in three Tests as an opener against India last summer, later declaring his chances of padding up again had “probably slipped away”. But he is ...

KARACHI: The best likely outcome of Friday’s one-day International (ODI) featuring Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the National Stadium would be a mismatch. And that too if the wet weather — that is threatening to affect the game — doesn’t play spoilsport. The Sri Lankans have arrived in Pakistan without almost all of their leading players — including the likes ...

Lahore: An unbeaten century from Sidra Amin, which included a 100-run partnership for the fourth-wicket with Aliya Riaz, helped PCB Blasters beat PCB Challengers by six runs in the final of the National Triangular One-Day Women Cricket Championship 2019 at the Lahore Gymkhana on Thursday. After being put into bat, PCB Blasters scored 216 for five in 50 overs. Sidra, ...

LAHORE: Pakistan’s ODI series against Sri Lanka in Karachi, which commences Friday, marks return of five players to the national squad. They are Abid Ali, the right-handed opener, Iftikhar Ahmed, an all-rounder who bats in the middle order and bowls off-spin, Mohammad Nawaz, a slow left-arm bowler, Mohammad Rizwan, wicketkeeper-batsman, and Usman Shinwari, left-arm fast-bowler. With this series being an ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s head coach Misbah ul Haq has demanded world cricket to actively support Pakistan as it takes another step towards the revival of complete international cricket at home with Sri Lanka ODI and T20I series which will be played in Karachi and Lahore. Misbah told media in Karachi ahead of the series that it is important for world cricket ...

Pakistani paceman Faheem Ashraf on Wednesday broke into the ICC’s top 10 T20I ranking for bowlers, becoming the third Pakistani bowler to be currently on the list. Faheem Ashraf joined compatriots Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, who currently stand on second and third position respectively. Simultaneously, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman also made it to the list of T20I bowling elites. ...

The selection committee of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council headed by Muhammad Bilal Satti (Chairman Selection Committee) and comprising Masood Jan and Ibrar Shah (members) selected following 15 players for Pakistan Blind Cricket Team for the series vs England. Pakistan and England will lock horns in U.A.E for a series of six (6) T-20 Internationals to be played during 10th to ...

LAHORE: Captain Bismah Maroof’s unbeaten 72-ball 55 and Syeda Aroob Shah’s six wickets for 41 runs secured a berth in the final for PCB Challengers as they beat PCB Dynamites by six wickets in the final league match of the ongoing National Triangular One-Day Women Cricket Championship 2019 at the Lahore Gymkhana Ground. PCB Challengers, who play PCB Blasters in ...

Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Karachi on Tuesday evening to play a series of three ODIs and three T20Is against Pakistan. The visitors were welcomed at the airport by Director International Cricket Operations, Zakir Khan, and other officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.  The visiting players were taken to a state lounge after disembarking the aircraft. Officials of Sri ...

In its bid to bring international cricket back to Pakistan, the PCB has been spending substantially on players and boards over the years. Whenever international or PSL games have been played in the country since 2015, the PCB has spent millions of dollars to make some headway towards changing perceptions of visiting teams. Now, though, the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani ...