Cricket

Pakistan U19 will take on South Africa U19 in the opening match of the seven-match 50-over series on Saturday at the Chatsworth Cricket Oval, Durban. On Friday in Durban, the two captains – South Africa’s Bryce Parsons and Rohail Nazir of Pakistan – attended the trophy unveiling ceremony with Rohail expressing confidence to extend their winning run. In the lead ...

LONDON: It’s a bright sunny day at Lord’s which is getting ready to host Sunday’s World Cup game featuring two of the worst-performing teams of the ten-nation contest – Pakistan and South Africa. Pakistan comes into the match following back-to-back defeats against Australia and India. Under fire from all quarters, the Pakistanis know that their World Cup hopes to hang ...

LONDON: Jogging at a slow pace, Sarfaraz Ahmed completed three rounds of the Lord’s ground. Then he stopped and spent around 15 minutes doing some stretching and then walked away, probably headed towards a central London mosque for Friday prayers. What was surprising about his entire activity was that Sarfaraz had come to Lord’s much ahead of the national team’s ...

MANCHESTER: New Zealand take on West Indies in the World Cup at Old Trafford in Manchester today. New Zealand currently sit on the second spot on the points table with four wins out of five games. Their match against India was washed out. New Zealand are the only other team besides India who have yet to lose a game at ...

Lasith Malinga insisted he had done nothing new despite being hailed as a “legend” after starring in Sri Lanka’s stunning World Cup win over England on Friday. The veteran paceman took four for 43 as Sri Lanka, defending a seemingly modest total of 232-9, beat England by 20 runs to open up the race for a semi-final spot. England, bidding ...

LONDON: The Pakistan cricket team is under pressure but the players are still determined to make a comeback and to regain their morale. The team has been discussing their mistakes in the dressing room, speaking about how to overcome it and how to do well in games to come. According to fast bowler Wahab Riaz, the players are gelled and ...

Bangladesh doesn’t have to knock off Australia on Thursday to reach the Cricket World Cup semifinals. It would be a massive step in that direction if it did, though. To break up the leading four of England, Australia, New Zealand and India, Bangladesh ought to beat at least one of them. Chances were missed against New Zealand and England, the ...

A bizarre batting collapse saw the Mali women’s cricket team being dismissed for a mere six runs, the lowest total in women’s T20 Internationals, against Rwanda in the second match of the Kwibuka Women’s Twenty20 Tournament at Kigali City on Tuesday. Mali opener Mariam Samake managed to score a single run while rest of the five runs came through extras ...

LAHORE: The Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has put their “faith, support and confidence” in the Pakistan cricket team despite their “below expectation” performance ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. The discussion on the team’s performance took place during the 54th meeting of the PCB’ Board of Governors in Lahore on Wednesday presided over by Chairman ...

Lahore:Pakistan U19 team will depart for Durban, South Africa, early Saturday morning for a series of seven 50-over matches to be played from 22 June to 7 July in Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The series is part of the side’s preparation for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020, which will be staged in South Africa from 17 January to ...