Cricket

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 ...

Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia were today announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the venues for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018, which will be staged from 9-24 November. Hosts Windies will defend the title they won with an eight-wicket victory over Australia in Kolkata in 2016. Stafanie Taylor, who was named as captain of the ...

Guyana Jaguars ended the Professional Cricket League Four-day championship as the only unbeaten team, whipping Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by an innings and 81 runs this morning at Providence. With the victory, their seventh of the season, to go with two drawn encounters and a tie, the Jaguars finished the competition way ahead of the other teams, copping the ...

Pakistan would face off South Africa in the Under 19 World Cup Super League quarter final on January 24 at Christ Church, after the Proteas lost to New Zealand by 71 runs on Saturday. The South African finished second at their Group A, with the Kiwis topping the group. Meanwhile, Pakistan topped the group with four points, winning two of ...