Cricket

Mumbai:- Shane Watson struck an unbeaten 117 off 57 balls as Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League final. The Australian, who did not score off his first 10 deliveries, hit 11 fours and eight sixes as Super Kings reached a target of 179 with nine balls left. Kane Williamson, the tournament’s leading ...

KARACHI:   Sindh Police knocked out defending champion Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) from 5th Naya Nazimabad Ramadan Cup T20 Cricket Tournament with an impressive 44 runs victory on Saturday night.         Sheharyar Ghani and spinners Farooq Hasan and Raza-ul-Hasan starred in Sindh Police triumph as SNGPL suffered third successive defeat thus sent packing at Lawai Stadium. ...

London: Pakistan’s crushing victory over England is their best at Lord’s, says former pace bowler Waqar Younis. The tourists won by nine wickets before lunch on the fourth day to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Pakistan, who beat England on the same ground in 2016, have won five of their 15 Tests against England at Lord’s. “They ...

The England cricket team has been forced to deny “outrageous” match-fixing claims after a documentary alleged that a Test match against India was rigged. In an unprecedented statement, the English Cricket Board (ECB) said that there is “nothing we have seen that would make us doubt any of our players in any way whatsoever” in the face of claims of “spot fixing” ...

KARACHI: Opener Usman Javed  continued his brilliant touch with the bat, clubbing eleven fours and hoisting six sixes in his second consecutive  century after facing  63 balls.  become the first batsman to score successive centuries in the 31st Aga Khan Gymkhana T-20 Ramazan Cricket tournament as Jaffer Brother reached in the last eight round with second victory in a row  ...

By Sohail cheema The current visiting cricket team to England is the weakest Pakistan team in the history of Pakistan cricket. There is not a single superstar, there is not a single player who could hold in world eleven. – The best bowler is Mohammad Aamir who only have 100 test wickets. There are 5 uncapped players in the team ...

At least three Test matches featuring India during the past two years were fixed, according to a documentary on cricket corruption by Al Jazeera. The India versus England Test played in Chennai (December 16-20), the India versus Australia Test in Ranchi (March 16-20, 2017) and the Galle Test between India and Sri Lanka (July 26-29, 2017) were influenced by bookmakers, ...

LONDON: Pakistani batsmen comfortably chased a 64-run target at Lord’s on Sunday to go 1-0 up in a two-match series against England and record their fifth Test victory at the ‘home of cricket’. Pakistan previously won Test matches at Lord’s in 1982, 1992, 1996, and 2016. The visitors defeated the home-team by nine wickets, with Imam-ul-Haq scoring 18 unbeaten and ...

SYDNEY: Australia is striving to be the most professional and honest team in world cricket, coach Justin Langer said Saturday as the squad prepares for its first international tour following a damaging ball-tampering scandal. The former opener recently took the reins during a time of crisis after the 12-month suspensions of ex-captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner over ...

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines is yet to clear salary dues for two months to many members of the cricket team including captain Sarfraz Ahmed for being absent from work, it emerged on Saturday. PIA’s hockey, football, and other sports players including many Olympians are yet to be paid by the international carrier. Salaries have reportedly been held due to absenteeism. ...