Cricket

Restricting players to two T20 leagues a year, as the PCB has done, could amount to “unlawful restraints of trade”, according to FICA (the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations), the global players’ body. And even as the PCB finally sought to explain the rationale behind the policy, the restriction has also raised concerns among a number of player agents, who ...

South Africa waltzed to their fourth successive big victory of the ODI series, bundling out Bangladesh for 76 after posting 230. All of their bowlers kept a tight leash on the visitors, and each of the six who bowled in the game got at least one wicket. Their total was build on fifties from opener Lizelle Lee and No. 6 ...

Dublin:- The first day of Ireland’s long-awaited Test debut has been rained off. The match against Pakistan in Malahide was due to start at 11:00 BST but no play was possible after persistent rain and strong winds throughout the day. The umpires held a final pitch inspection at 15:00 BST when the decision was taken to call it off. The ...

Lahore:  The Women’s National Selection Committee headed by Jalaluddin has selected 15-member squad and four reserve players of Pakistan Women’s team for ACC Women’s T-20 Asia Cup. The Women’s Asia Cup which consists of six teams i.e. Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand will commence from June 3 to 10, 2018 in Malaysia. The selected players are: (1)   Bismah Maroof ...

Islamabad by Nawaz Gohar Chief Selector Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) and Hon  secretary Amiruddin Ansari announced the team for upcoming tour of England. Team will take part in tri nation tournament in the first week of July, the others two teams of the tournament are host England and Bangladesh.The announced team is  Nihar Alam (Captain), Jahanzeb Tiwana (Vice. Captain) ...

Ireland are open to the prospect of touring Pakistan according to Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland’s chief executive. Ahead of the historic Test between the two countries inDublin on Friday, this news will come as a welcome boost to the PCB, though Pakistan’s home schedule this season means any tour may struggle to happen anytime soon. “We’ve seen West Indies’ recent ...

NEW DELHI: Kane Williamson, a last minute replacement for scandal-tainted David Warner as captain, was hailed Wednesday as the key to Sunrisers Hyderabad´s domination of the Indian Premier League by coach Tom Moody. The 27-year-old Williamson has hit 410 runs and made brilliant tactical decisions as the Sunrisers have taken the IPL by storm winning eight of their 10 games. ...

Dublin:-Opener Imam-ul-Haq is all set to make his Test debut for Pakistan in the historic red-ball fixture against Ireland in Malahide, Dublin starting Friday, May 11. Ireland will become the first team to debut in the longest format of the game since Bangladesh in 2000, after being awarded full member status last June along with Afghanistan. For the 22-year old ...

KARACHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged cricket organiser and former employee of Sharjah cricket stadium Irfan Ansari under the anti-corruption code. The charges include directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a participant to breach the anti-corruption code. According to sources, the charges relate to an incident wherein Ansari approached Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfraz Ahmed during an ODI series ...

DUBLIN: Ireland will be huge underdogs when they face Pakistan in their inaugural men’s Test match at Malahide on Friday. But several members of their squad already know what it’s like to cause a huge upset against Pakistan, having played in the Ireland side that knocked the Asian giants out of the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean with a ...