Cricket

The selection committee of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council headed by Muhammad Bilal Satti (Chairman Selection Committee) and comprising Masood Jan and Ibrar Shah (members) shortlisted following 20 players for Pakistan Blind Cricket Team for the Bilateral series vs England. Pakistan Blind Cricket Council is hosting England at neutral venue U.A.E from 11th to 19th November 2019.  The series will comprise ...

Lahore:Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Mr Ehsan Mani has been appointed as Chairperson of the ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA). The appointment was made by ICC Chairman Mr Shashank Manohar during last week’s ICC Annual Conference. The F&CA is one of the ICC’s most important committees, which assists the organisation in discharging its responsibilities in relation to ...

Lasith Malinga will retire from One-Day International (ODI) cricket on July 26 after the first match of the three-ODI series against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka’s captain Dimuth Karunaratne said at a press conference in Colombo on Monday. The 35-year-old fast bowler has played 225 ODIs for Sri Lanka, having claimed 335 wickets at an impressive average of 29.02. One of the ...

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday promised to fix Pakistan cricket after the team’s performance at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. “I went to England where I learned to play cricket. When we returned from there we raised the standard of other players. After the World Cup I have decided that I will fix the Pakistan cricket team,” ...

LAHORE: A security delegation from the Sri Lankan cricket board will visit Pakistan next month, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday. The security delegation will visit venues in Karachi and Lahore. The PCB has offered Sri Lanka to play two Test matches in Pakistan. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play a series in October.

Lahore:The Emerging Players High Performance Camp for U19 cricketers started at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Monday. Seventeen players, comprising those were recently toured Sri Lanka and South Africa, have been invited to the camp. On the opening day, the NCA coaches provided the players a preview of the upcoming season, which also includes the Asia Cup and ...

Karachi: (Sports Reporter): The 7 Days Conditioning & training Camp 23rd July to 30 st July of Pakistan Physical Disability Cricket Team will starts today on Tuesday at National Stadium Karachi at 10: am for upcoming 2019 Physical Disability World Cricket Series Worcestershire England. Coaches will improved the ability of batting bowling fielding fitness skills and others while The training ...

Women’s Ashes Test, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, (day four of four): Australia 420-8 dec & 230-7: Perry 116, Haynes 87; Perry 76* England 275-9 dec: Sciver 88, Jones 64; Molineux 4-95 Match drawn Scorecard Australia will retain the Women’s Ashes as the Test petered out into a draw. England avoided the follow-on and declared on 275-9, but they ...

COLOMBO: The Bangladesh cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka amid tight security on Saturday, the first foreign sporting side to visit the island since the deadly Easter attacks earlier this year. More than 250 people were killed in the April 21 bombings targeting hotels and churches that were claimed by Islamist militants, and Sri Lanka has been under a state ...

Colombo:Kumar Dharmasena, who along with Marais Erasmus was the onfield umpire in the 2019 World Cup final, admitted on Sunday that he made a mistake by awarding an extra run to England after the ball ricocheted off Ben Stokes’ bat and ran to the boundary. “It’s easy for people to comment after seeing TV replays,” Dharmasena told Sri Lankan weekly ...