Cricket

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli won India´s cricketer of the year award for the fourth time on Thursday for outstanding performances over the past two seasons. Kohli became India´s captain in 2015 and led his team back to number one place in the Test rankings the following year. The 29-year-old, who was also named International Cricket Council player of the year ...

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland announced Wednesday he will stand down in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal that rattled the game. Sutherland, who has been chief executive for 17 of his 20 years with Cricket Australia, has given 12 months’ notice and will continue in his role until a suitable replacement is found. “After nearly 20 years at ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup on Wednesday, June 6 at Kinrara Academy Oval. Batting first, Pakistan put up a target of 137 runs which included 60 not out by captain Bismah Maroof and 38 off 34 balls by Nahida Khan. Pakistan lost their opener Muneeba Ali early in the innings, but ...

Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi on Wednesday lauded Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar for his surprise visits to state-run facilities but urged him to visit the lower courts as well to “fix the black sheep” within. In a tweet posted earlier today, the all-rounder commended the CJP for serving humanity and called on him to take out time to visit ...

LONDON: Australia great Ricky Ponting will join the backroom staff of head coach Justin Langer during the team´s tour of England. Former Australia captain Ponting, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, was already due to be in Britain to commentate on the five-match one-day international series against 2019 World Cup hosts England that starts on June 13 and ...

LEEDS: England´s Jos Buttler is running the risk of action by world cricket´s governing body as a result of the crude words he writes on the top of every one of his bat handles. Buttler produced a man-of-the-match innings of 80 not out as England beat Pakistan by an innings and 55 runs inside three days at Headingley on Sunday ...

All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been given a clean chit after his outburst against the ICC’s process of calling suspect bowling actions landed him in hot waters. The veteran cricketer, who was served a show-cause notice by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last month after he criticised the cricket governing body for its rules related to reporting suspect bowling actions, was ...

KARACHI: A brilliant contribution of 37 from  Kashif Iqbal and equally excellent bowling by Yasir Hussain  and Touheed Khan enabled Agha Steel seal a 21-run victory over Soni Associates in the 31st Aga Khan Ramazan T20 Cricket Tournament tie at the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground here on Monday .  Agha Steel’s second success win in Group ‘C’ with 4 points ...

Pakistan will have some tough discussions after their crushing defeat by England in the second test at Headingley on Sunday, head coach Mickey Arthur has said. Pakistan started the two-match test series with a commanding win over England at Lord’s but the hosts dismantled Arthur’s side in the second test, winning by an innings and 55 runs. Despite the rout, ...

Pakistan have announced the T20 squad for the two-match series against Scotland, to be played on June 12 and 13. Haris Sohail will replace Babar Azam who was injured during the Lord’s Test. During their ongoing tour of the United Kingdom, Pakistan won the one-off Test against Ireland and drew the Test series (1-1) against England. Squad for Scotland series: ...