Cricket

All-rounder Faheem Ashraf has withdrawn from his English county contract for this year to ensure his availability for Pakistan’s upcoming matches. The 24-year old was due to join the county for 14 T20 matches and two 4-day games between July and September. But he has decided to forego the contract to represent Pakistan in the T20 tri-series against Australia and ...

Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Thisara Perera are among the first set of players to confirm their participation for the ICC World XI in a T20I against the Windies to be played at Lord’s on May 31. The match is being staged to raise funds to rebuild and restore five major cricket venues in the Caribbean that were damaged by ...

Lahore April 18, 2018: The Semi-finals and Final of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade-II 2017-2018 will be played as per following detail:- First Semi Final 21-23 Apr.             Multan Region Vs Hyderabad Region at Multan Cricket Stadium Multan Umpires:               Akmal Hayat and Hakeem Shah Referee:                Ashraf Ali Official Scorer:       Muhammad Akbar   Second Semi Final 21-23 Apr.              Karachi Region (B) Vs Abbottabad Region at ...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Cricket Club of the Blind defeated Attock Cricket Club of the Blind in the final of PAF T20 Cricket Champions Trophy for the Blind, played at PAF Complex Cricket Ground Islamabad. Air Vice Marshal Salman Ahsan Bokhari, Director General Security, Pakistan Air Force was the chief guest at the occasion. Islamabad Cricket Club of the Blind won the ...

NEW DELHI:- Virat Kohli says he is keen to play county cricket to get used to conditions on English soil ahead of India’s tour of the country later this year. The Indian skipper — the second-ranked Test batsman in the world and the best in one-day internationals — had an uncharacteristically ordinary spell during the England tour in 2014. The ...

Young players are increasingly drawn towards becoming free agents, floating from one T20 league to another, and shunning traditional paths in order to play in international cricket. That is the headline conclusion of the first global employment report on men’s professional cricketers, released by the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) last week. The report, titled ‘Shifting Landscape’, is based ...

There are some enduring mysteries in international cricket, those that produce no satisfactory answer. Why the Lord’s ground slopes precipitously from north to south, whether WG Grace was a deity or a dirtbag, and how cricket can claim to be a global sport when next year’s World Cup will have fewer participants than its kabaddi counterpart. One to add to ...

Sydney:- AUSTRALIA has reportedly chosen its new coach following the explosive fallout to March’s ball tampering controversy which saw beloved coach Darren Lehmann resign. Former Aussie opening batsman Justin Langer is set to take the reins, according to the West Australian. The 105-Test legend, who was always a fan favourite to take on the country’s top job, reportedly won the ...

Karachi:- On Sunday afternoon, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced its 16-member squad that would be touring Ireland and England. Once again, Fawad Alam’s name was missing from the list. According to eyewitnesses, Alam, who has continuously been ignored by the PCB, broke down into tears after he found out that, despite his promising performance in the domestic circuit, he had ...

NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested three men suspected of placing illegal bets on Indian Premier League matches as authorities crack down on gambling rackets that emerge around the billion-dollar franchise every year. The trio were accused of running an online betting syndicate from a residence in New Delhi. Nearly all gambling is illegal in India but is still a ...