Cricket

Dubai:-After winning their first bilateral series in South Africa, India have climbed to the top of the ODI rankings for the third time in six months. India overtook South Africa – who will finish the ongoing series ranked second – after beating them by 73 runs in the fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth. India are also the top-ranked Test team. India had ...

BRISTOL: Ben Stokes will join the England squad in New Zealand after the star all-rounder pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of affray over a nightclub incident that forced him out of the Ashes tour. The 26-year-old all-rounder appeared at Bristol Magistrates´ Court in the southwest of England along with two other men and was granted bail before the ...

MULTAN: Pakistan Women cricket coach Mark Coles says there is no dearth of female sporting talent in the country and the best coaching can groom talent and improve the team’s ranking. Talking to the media here, Coles said that he was very happy to be coaching Pakistan Women cricket team. On the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, he said that ...

Defending champions Peshawar Zalmi launched their new kit amid glitz and glamour in Lahore on Tuesday. The team’s new kit for the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition was unveiled in a grand style at a ceremony attended by Zalmi players, management and young cancer patients of Shaukat Khanum Hospital. Peshawar Zalmi chairman Javed Afridi, PCB chairman Najam Sethi, ...

PORT ELIZABETH: India´s first ever one-day international series victory in South Africa has laid a strong platform for the country´s hopes of a successful 2019 World Cup campaign, captain Virat Kohli said. “We are a team that always wants to think of ways we can improve and after this tour we will look be to even stronger with the 2019 ...

Danyal Rasool There’s not much in cricket Virat Kohli doesn’t know about. The Indian captain could yet go down as his country’s greatest batsman, having met most of the requirements already. He has won a World Cup and a Champions Trophy, is on course to beat Sachin Tendulkar’s mark of 49 ODI centuries, and still has about half a career ...

KARACHI: – Middle-order batsman Fawad Alam awaits selectors’ attention despite performing up to par in domestic cricket. Selectors’ continued inattention towards a capable middle-order wicket-saver has raised quite a few eyebrows. Cricket pundits have expressed concern over his non-selection in the team despite chief selector Inzimam-ul-Haq’s vow that there is no other criteria of selection other than merit.

Lahore:– Pakistan has managed to retain seventh position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) test ranking. According to the ranking, India stands at the top of the list while South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh bagged second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth positions respectively.

WELLINGTON: Trent Boult grabbed two wickets on successive balls to help New Zealand to a 12-run win over England in their Twenty20 tri-series match at Wellington Regional Stadium on Tuesday. Left-arm seamer Boult bowled Chris Jordan and then Liam Plunkett on the final two deliveries of the 18th over to reduce the visitors to 168 for eight in their pursuit ...

Umar Akmal, Fakhar Zaman and other players at Data Darbar in Lahore  LAHORE: Seeking divine inspiration ahead of the upcoming Pakistan Super League edition, Lahore Qalandars players visited the shrine of renowned Sufi scholar Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh on Tuesday. Yasir Shah, Umar Akmal, Fakhar Zaman along with other members of the squad paid their respects at the shrine, popularly ...