Cricket

LAHORE: A record-breaking 77 runs off 27 deliveries by opener Kamran Akmal against Karachi Kings on Wednesday propelled former champions Peshawar Zalmi into the final of the Pakistan Super League on Wednesday. Babar Azam fell after a resilient 45-ball 63 in Karachi Kings’ chase of 171 in the rain-reduced second eliminator at the Gaddafi Stadium. Peshawar Zalmi were given an ...

AUCKLAND: New Zealand received a boost Wednesday, on the eve of the first Test against England at Auckland´s Eden Park, with confirmation senior batsman Ross Taylor is fit to play. Taylor, who has a Test average of 48.04, had been battling a groin injury and a stomach bug but captain Kane Williamson said he had completed a full training session ...

HARARE: The West Indies snatched a spot at next year´s World Cup by edging to a five-run victory over Scotland on DLS method in Harare on Wednesday. The two-time World Cup winners were bowled out for just 198 batting first, but rain forced an early finish with the game in the balance and Scotland on 125-5 with 14.4 overs remaining. ...

LAHORE: Kamran Akmal smashed the fastest fifty in the history of Pakistan Super League (PSL) as Peshawar Zalmi showed no mercy to Karachi Kings in the rain-reduced second eliminator at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday. Kamran achieved the feat in just 17 balls, surpassing Islamabad United’s Luke Ronchi, as Karachi Kings were hit all over the park in 16-overs-a-side match after opting ...

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi qualified to play the second qualifier match against Karachi Kings after defeating Quetta Gladiators by one run in a nail-biting thriller on Tuesday. In a dramatic turn of event, Gladiator’s fast bowler Anwar Ali smashed three sixes and one boundary to alter the 158-run chase to three runs off one ball with only one wicket remaining, but ...

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LAHORE: A gutsy 62 off 35 balls by Liam Dawson lifted Peshawar Zalmi to a competitive total of 157 in the first elimination match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 against Quetta Gladiators at the Gaddafi Stadium. Peshawar had a wobbly start, losing in-form Kamran Akmal for a three-ball duck to Rahat Ali, after Quetta opted to bowl first in swinging conditions. ...

LAHORE: Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan welcomed the international cricket stars for Pakistan Super League (PSL-3) eliminators in Pakistan. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “We say sincere welcome to top stars of world cricket at our cricket grounds. The holding of PSL matches has great significance in regard to future of international ...

LAHORE: The foreign commentators of Pakistan Super League, who arrived on Monday, went on a tour of the Walled City of Lahore on Tuesday. Commentators Alan Wilkins, who hails from the United Kingdom, and Daren Ganga, from the West Indies, toured the historic city with former Pakistani batting legend Majid Khan. Commentators Alan Wilkins and Daren Ganga also took a ...

LAHORE: West Indian batting legend and mentor for the Quetta Gladiators, Sir Vivian Richards has arrived in the walled city for his team’s match against the Peshawar Zalmi. “It’s great to be here again in Lahore. I hope that this time we are a little more successful than last time out,” Richards said. The former batsman stressed that Lahore was ...