Cricket

Former Australia spinner Shane Warne has criticised Cricket Australia, saying that “greed” is the main reason behind the board’s decision to expand the Big Bash League next summer. An extended BBL – with an increase in fixtures from 35 to 43 – is set to stretch into mid-February next year, with games played at four new venues. It has been ...

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed finally weighed in on the Fawad Alam debate saying that only 16 players could have been selected out of 25. Speaking to the media on the last day of the taring camp at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday, Sarfraz said that if it was up to him he would have picked all 25 players, who ...

DAVID Warner has traded the white collar of his cricket shirt for blue collar work on a building site — his own building site, to be exact. The Aussie batsman — who was banned from international and state cricket for a year for his part in the ball tampering scandal in South Africa — is spending his free time helping ...

World No. 1 female tennis player, Serena Williams, showed that she might know a thing or two about cricket. She is well known for wielding a tennis racquet – to successful and telling effect – but on Sunday, world No. 1 female tennis player, Serena Williams, showed that she might know a thing or two about cricket. The sporting icon, ...

In the latest episode of our series, we feature an XI of male cricketers who officiated in international cricket, including two men from the very first Test ever played. Charles Bannerman It was 15 March 1877, and Australia and England played what became known as the first Test match ever. Opening the innings for Australia, Bannerman ended the day unbeaten ...

Chris Gayle has sent out another warning to opponents world over that it isn’t time to write him off yet. The Windies opener brought up his 21st Twenty20 hundred on Thursday 19 April, making an unbeaten 104 off 63 balls in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match for his franchise Kings XI Punjab against Kane Williamson’s Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gayle smashed ...

English domestic cricket is set to get yet another format after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced plans for an eight-team, 100-ball competition in the pursuit of younger, family-oriented audiences. Under the proposals, unanimously backed by the ECB board, each side would face 15 six-ball overs, culminating in a final 10 deliveries — 20 balls shorter than traditional ...

Peter Borren, the outgoing captain of the Netherlands who announced his retirement earlier this week, said he was leaving the team in a better state than when he first played for them 12 years ago. Borren took over captaincy of the Dutch team in 2010, and has since led the side commendably, the highlight being the 45-run victory over England ...

Lahore: The National Junior Selection Committee headed by Basit Ali has selected 30 players to attend NCA U–13 Basic Coaching Camp 2018 starting from April 23 to May 4, 2018 at Hanif Muhammad High-Performance Centre, Karachi. The selection of players for this program is based on their performance in recently concluded PCB U-13 Inter-Region Tournament 2018. The players along with ...

Lahore:  Pakistan Cup is starting from April 25, 2018 at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. The day/night matches will be (50) Overs a side where five participating teams i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Federal Areas will feature in the tournament. The opening match of the tournament will be played between Punjab and Balochistan on April 25, 2018 (Wednesday). The participating teams ...