Cricket

Rashid Khan, the newly elected captain of Afghanistan’s cricket team, is eyeing an improved show in next year’s T20 World Cup after his team’s dismal show at the recently-concluded World Cup 2019. The Afghanistan Cricket Board replaced Gulbadin Naib with Rashid Khan as team’s skipper after Afghanistan finished the World Cup without a single victory. Rashid Khan has said that ...

Dhoni opts out of West Indies tour, Hardik rested, Bumrah only for Tests Amid intense speculation over his future, MS Dhoni is not travelling with the India squad to the West Indies. Chief selector MSK Prasad has said the wicketkeeper-batsman has “expressed his unavailability” for the tour. Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have been rested from the white-ball leg of ...

Russia’s sports ministry has refused to include cricket on its register of officially recognised sports. The order was issued on 15 July – the day after England’s dramatic Cricket World Cup final win over New Zealand. Among the sports officially recognised in Russia are petanque, draughts and mini-golf. Exclusion from the official list does not amount to a ban, but ...

Lahore:The High Performance Skill and Training Program for national Under-19 cricketers will commence from 22 July at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. A contingent of 17 players – comprising members of the Pakistan side which whitewashed South Africa Under-19 in a seven-match away one-day series – will gather at the NCA by 21 July. The coaches will analyse the ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) held its inaugural meeting at the National Cricket Academy on Thursday to discuss matters ranging from player safety to fitness and health protocols for domestic and international players. The nine-member committee discussed the necessity of enhancing the medical standards – to meet the criteria set by the International Cricket Council – across ...

KARACHI: ( Sports Link Report ) The Pakistan physical disability cricket team training camp, for the 2019 physical disability world Cricket series which will be held from next month in the Worcestershire, England began from 23rd July 2019 here at the NCA National Stadium Karachi. During training camp the ability of batting bowling fielding fitness and others will be improved ...

Lahore:The Al-Nisa School Quetta, has set-up the first-ever cricket academy in the Balochistan province. The academy has been launched in collaboration with PCB under its CRIC4US Program. CRIC4US is a grassroots development program launched by PCB in 2018 under the flagship of Women Cricket Vision 2022. The purpose of the program is to develop women cricket at the grassroots level ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) can’t find a date to decide the future of Pakistan cricket. PCB’s cricket committee is due to meet in order to review the national team’s performance at the recently-concluded World Cup before making recommendations but the committee members can’t agree on a date. While the PCB wants the meeting to be held on July ...

Three Australian newspapers have lost an appeal against a defamation payout that was awarded to West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle. Articles published in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times reported claims that Gayle had exposed himself to a female massage therapist in Sydney in 2015. Gayle said the stories were not true, and successfully sued for ...

MS Dhoni remains one of the biggest cricket icons the game has ever known but in the twilight years of his career, he has been subjected to a lot of criticism because of his low scoring rate and sluggish knocks. According to latest reports, MS Dhoni, who was widely expected to retire after India’s exit from World Cup 2019, has ...