Cricket

Sydney:-Deposed Australia captain Steve Smith has returned home from time out overseas, saying he is prepared to win back trust after his role in a high-profile ball-tampering scandal. Smith, who was sacked and sent home in disgrace after the third Test against South Africa, had been lying low in New York but made his first appearance on social media in ...

India cricket captain Virat Kohli has signed a one-month deal to represent Surrey in June, the English county championship side announced on Thursday. Kohli´s participation in county cricket means he will be unavailable for India as they take on Afghanistan in a test match in June in Bengaluru. “It has long been an ambition of mine to play county cricket ...

Lahore:- Khalid Mahmood, a senior Pakistani umpire, is facing disciplinary action after he skipped a match during the ongoing Pakistan Cup and took a cricket team to Malaysia. According to reports, Mahmood skipped a match during the ongoing Pakistan Cup taking place in Faisalabad and took the team to Malaysia without informing the board. He had earlier claimed that he ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand is weighing up playing cricket in Pakistan for the first time in 15 years after an invitation from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). New Zealand have not played in Pakistan since 2003 due to security concerns but had been asked to play T20 matches in the country later this year, governing body New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said. “NZC ...

KARACHI: Shahid ‘Boom-Boom’ Afridi, one of Pakistan’s most-loved cricketers, tweeted Tuesday to thank former US state secretary Hillary Clinton over her support for the Shahid Afridi Foundation. “Thank you @HillaryClinton for supporting the cause of #Humanity and your best wishes,” Afridi wrote in his tweet that included a video of Clinton. “Together we all are #HopeNotOut,” he added. In her video message, the ...

Dubai:- The Pakistan cricket team continues to maintain its top position in the T20I rankings released by International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. With a four-point lead at top of the table with 130 points, Pakistan are followed by Australia, who are in the second spot with 126 points and India at third. The top seven positions in the T20I ...

Dubai:-Pakistan will once more have the complete services of allrounder Mohammad Hafeez at their disposal, after his rejigged bowling action was cleared by the ICC. Hafeez, 37, was reported for a suspect action during an ODI against Sri Lanka in October, with an assessment at Loughborough University finding his action illegal – the third time that had happened in his ...

The Pakistan Super League 2018 edition saw the best fielding standards across all major T20 franchise cricket leagues around the world, beating out the Indian Premier League, Big Bash League as well as the Caribbean Premier League. According to an ESPNcricinfo report, which sourced data from Cricket21, the PSL third edition, held in February-March this year, had 82% of catches ...

The PCB’s longstanding relationship with the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) is approaching the crossroads because of a potential schedule crunch in the 2018-19 winter. The ECB plans to host a number of short-format leagues, which could clash with a busy Pakistan home season. The PCB is uncomfortable with the situation, seeing the leagues as a potential threat to its revenues ...