Cricket

JOHANNESBURG  – Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took three wickets as South Africa bowled India out for 187 to take the opening day honours on a seaming wicket in the third and final test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Wednesday.  South Africa were six for one in reply at the close, with opener Dean Elgar (4) and nightwatchman Rabada (0) ...

Lahore:PCB has appointed Mr. Mark Coles as head-coach Pakistan’s women cricket team for two years. Mark Coles had worked with Pakistan’s women team during Pakistan vs New Zealand women series in the UAE, recently. Mark Coles brief sporting history: Mark was a member of the Wellington squad in 1992 and played six ‘A’ list games for Wellington. He had worked as ...

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board has announced three-member Women’s Selection Committee headed by former Test Cricketer Jalaluddin. Mr. Akhtar Sarfraz and Ms. Asmavia Iqbal are the members of the selection committee. The selection committee will further be working for the development of women’s cricket in addition to their selection duties. Women’s Selection Committee:  Mr. Jalaluddin (Chief Selector) Mr. Akhtar Sarfraz (Member) ...

Pakistan outclassed South Africa to storm into the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup semifinals at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch today. The Green Shirts chased down a modest target of 190 with three wickets in hand, as man-of-the-match Ali Zaryab shone again with the bat, hitting a sure-footed 74 not out to take his team home. Pakistan restricted South Africa ...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have promised a ruthless approach as they seek to inflict an historic series sweep when they host India for the third and final test at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on Wednesday, says captain Faf du Plessis. The Proteas can complete a first clean-sweep of a three-test series against the sub-continent side, having already secured wins in Cape ...

Pakistan face off against South Africa at the Hagley Oval on Wednesday for a place in the semifinals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup. Both the teams qualified for the quarterfinals with two victories and a defeat, but Pakistan emerged as winners of Group D, edging out Afghanistan on net run rate, while South Africa had to settle for ...

WELLINGTON: Australian Lloyd Pope´s record-breaking eight-wicket spell at the Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday has left the leg-spinner “on top of the world”, as the feat sparks comparisons to the legendary Shane Warne. Pope took eight for 35 against England to spin Australia into the semi-finals and set a new benchmark at the youth tournament, which is currently under way ...

Date Teams Venue Umpires Referee Scorer 25 Jan Lahore Region (W)-Lahore Region (B) National Ground Islamabad Imtiaz Iqbal-Shamim Ansari Azizur Rehman Fazle Azeem Karachi Region (W)-Faisalabad Region KRL Ground Islamabad Ghaffar Kazmi-Tariq Rasheed Masood Anwar Muhammad Zeeshan Islamabad Region-Rawalpindi Rgn Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi Riazuddin-Muhammad Sajid Nadeem Arshad Adnan Farooq Peshawar Region-FATA Region Diamond Ground Islamabad Aley Haider-Qaiser Waheed Athar Laiq ...

Canada and Zimbabwe progressed to the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Plate semi-finals, with convincing victories over Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Namibia, respectively in Christchurch on Monday. All-rounder Akash Gill slammed the first century by a Canada batsman in an ICC U19 Cricket World Cup match as the North American side defeated PNG by 80 runs, while Wessely Madevere ...

Victorian spinner Jon Holland and Western Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson are the bolters in Australia’s 15-man squad for the Qantas Tour of South Africa, while Hobart Hurricanes run machine D’Arcy Short is set to make his international debut after he was picked for the Gillette T20 INTL Series. Steve Smith will be rested for the T20 international tri-series with ...