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Australia 241 for 5 (Khawaja 89, Vandersay 2-51) beat Sri Lanka 239 for 8 (Thirimanne 56, Zampa 2-39) by five wickets David Warner was rested due to leg soreness and Steven Smith did all his batting in the nets, as Australia’s other big names Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc revved into rhythm and form in a comprehensive defeat of Sri ...

KARACHI: wicket-keeper batsman Adnan Baig played a pivotal role in guiding Shalimar CC to a six-wicket victory against Arsalan Iqbal CC and reached the Quarter-final in their first Gobi’s Paint T20 Ramazan Cricket Tournament fixture here on Sunday. Adnan, who was later declared man-of-the-match in the last Group match at the Behria College Ground , first excelled with hehind the ...

Mahela Jayawardene had been invited to play a role in Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign, but declined largely because he remains disillusioned with Sri Lanka Cricket’s general direction. Now a two-time IPL-winning coach, Jayawardene has in the past produced plans to overhaul Sri Lanka’s domestic cricket system, only for those proposals to be rejected by SLC. Last year, a committee ...

South Africa 95 for no loss (Amla 51, de Kock 37) v West Indies Match abandoned Unlike the Bangladesh v Pakistan game in Cardiff – where the captains couldn’t even go out for the toss – there was a bit of action in Bristol. Just about. West Indies, after opting to field, got to bowl a total of 12.4 overs ...

Lahore, 26 May 2019: Sri Lanka U19 beat Pakistan U19 by 26 runs in the first of the five-match 50-over cricket series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on Sunday.  Duvindu Tillakaratne took three for 48 in his 10 overs as the tourists were bowled out for 208 in 47.3 overs. The debutant Haider Ali hit five ...

Sarfaraz Ahmed is certain Pakistan are set to peak at just the right time despite losing their first warm-up game ahead of the Cricket World Cup. Sarfaraz Ahmed is certain Pakistan are set to peak at just the right time despite losing their first warm-up game ahead of the Cricket World Cup. ICC Champions Trophy winners in 2017, Sarfaraz and ...

Lahore, 26 May 2019: A four-day Level-2 Coach Education Course – 2019 commenced at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore, on Sunday with fifteen cricketers, including 13 former Test players, featuring on the opening day. During the course, the participants will undergo training in a wide-ranging area of coaching skills, which include video analysis, coaching methodology, the implications and application on ...

5TH Bahria Cup Floodlit Cricket Tournament concludes on Saturday May 25, 2019 at Bahria Cricket Stadium Bahria Town Lahore. Teams from all over Pakistan were participated in the event. Zain Eleven defeat Haq Bahoo Eleven by 8 wickets and won the Title. Haq Bahoo batting first score only 42 runs. For Haq Bahoo Amin Lefty score 14 runs and in reply ...

Paul Collingwood retired from competitive cricket last season and turns 43 on Sunday. © Twitter England, the host nation of the ICC World Cup 2019, are among favourites to lift a maiden World Cup this time, though the constant injuries have put them in a soup off-late. Following the injuries to captain Eoin Morgan and spinner Adil Rashid, England saw ...

The PCB has allowed families to stay with the Pakistan players during the World Cup, but only after their match against Australia on June 12 at Taunton. Earlier, a new PCB policy had stated that a player’s family members, who wanted to travel along with them, had to make their own arrangements throughout the event. Only Haris Sohail and Asif ...