Cricket

Lahore: 8th Amar Cables T-20 Veterans Cricket Championship Matches, two more matches decided.1st Match: Amar Cables beat Totally Cricket by 49 runs and first team to qualify in Super Eight stage. Amar Cables Batting First 170/6 after 20 overs. Tahir Mughal 73, Jamshed Ali 45 and Amer Ilyas Butt 21 Runs were the main batsmen, Totally Cricket bowling Shahzad Butt ...

DUBAI: Peshawar Zalmi face Islamabad United in today’s second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three. Islamabad sit at third spot, with four wins and two losses to ...

DUBAI: Karachi Kings and Pakistan Coach Mickey Arthur validated the possibility that in future Imad Wasim can be the captain of the national side but immediately added that as long as he is coaching he will be having Sarfraz Ahmed as captain in all three formats of the game. Speaking in a post-match press conference, he said: “In future Imad ...

DUBAI: Shaheen Shah Afridi’s magical five-wicket haul finally broke Lahore Qalandars’ losing curse, giving the team its first win of the season after six straight losses to salvage some of its pride. Shaheen claimed five wickets for just four runs, helping restrict Multan Sultans to 114 – which Lahore chased down with six wickets in hand and eight balls remaining. ...

DUBAI: Peshawar Zalmi face Islamabad United in today’s second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three. Islamabad sit at third spot, with four wins and two losses to ...

DUBAI: Zimbabwe´s Brian Vitori was suspended on Thursday after the ICC adjudged that the fast bowler uses an illegal action, just months after resuming his career. Vitori, a 28-year-old left-arm fast bowler, was reported by the match officials following his side´s match against Nepal on Sunday. An ICC panel then studied video of his action in Tuesday´s match against Afghanistan ...

KOLKATA: Police on Friday charged Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami after his wife filed a formal complaint alleging assault, domestic violence and infidelity. Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan, a former model, filed a written complaint with the police in Kolkata just days after going public with claims that Shami had affairs with other women. The controversy has already cost Shami as ...

DUBAI: Multan Sultans won the toss and opted to bat against Lahore Qalandars in today’s first game in Dubai. Lahore’s nightmare has persisted: they have lost all six of their matches so far in the third season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). In their last challenge against table-toppers Multan Sultans, they faced a 43-run beating. Multan have won 4 out ...

DUBAI: Islamabad United opener Luke Ronchi has said he will come to Pakistan if his team qualifies for the playoffs. The last two playoffs of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition are scheduled in Lahore (March 20 and 21). Karachi will host the final on March 25. Asked if he would be travelling to Pakistan, Ronchi replied in the ...

Islamabad United 164 for 4 (Ronchi 77, Narine 3-28) beat Lahore Qalandars 163 for 8 (Devcich 62, Ashraf 3-32) by six wickets Luke Ronchi’s stunning assault at the top of the order backed up Islamabad United’s disciplined bowling performance and condemned Lahore Qalandars to a six-wicket defeat, their sixth loss in as many games. Ronchi’s 41-ball 77 meant Islamabad chased ...