Cricket

Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman faces possible punishment after he reportedly assaulted a fan during a first-class match in Rajshahi last week. The incident is said to have taken place on the second day of Rajshahi Division’s National Cricket League game against Dhaka Metropolis. According to reports, after a supporter made a noise directed at Sabbir during one of the innings breaks, Sabbir took permission ...

Pakistan cricket hit some dizzying heights and terrible lows in an eventful 2017. In a way, it encapsulated Pakistan cricket itself. There were the retirements of two greats – Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, there was the unexpected but truly spectacular, Champions Trophy victory, and then there was the humbling defeat at home to a struggling Sri Lankan side. Pakistan and ...

India will need mental toughness as much as consistent performances with bat and ball if they are to record their first test series victory in South Africa, captain Virat Kohli said on Wednesday. Kohli, who was rested during India’s Twenty20 series win against Sri Lanka earlier this month, urged his team to embrace the testing conditions they will experience on ...

MELBOURNE: Alastair Cook reeled off a record-breaking double century to put England in full command of the fourth Ashes Test with a formidable 164-run innings lead in Melbourne on Thursday. The stoic opener emphatically bounced back after a lean run of scores to finish the day unconquered on 244 off 409 balls. At the close, England were 491 for nine. ...

Zimbabwe were bowled out twice in a day as South Africa swept to an innings and 120-run victory as the inaugural four-day Test finished inside two days at St George’s Park. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 68 runs in their first innings and then 121 in their follow-on in reply to South Africa’s 9-309 declared. The one-off Test ended inside five ...

MELBOURNE: Alastair Cook hit a long-awaited century and Stuart Broad snapped up four wickets as England´s much-maligned old guard finally enjoyed a day to remember in the Ashes series on Wednesday. At 3-0 down after three Tests, the Ashes urn is already lost to Australia but Cook and Broad showed their careers are not over yet after critics had questioned ...

LAHORE: Former bowler Aqib Javed has been named new head coach of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars for the upcoming season, while opener Fakhar Zaman has been appointed vice captain of the team. Aqib replaces Paddy Upton, who was the head coach for the first two seasons of PSL, in which Lahore Qalandars finished at bottom on both ...

KARACHI: The former team captain and President Pakistan Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) Rashid Latif has launched the sixth National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship, which will start from January 1 (Monday) simultaneously at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy and TMC ground Gulberg. President PDCA Rashid Latif said that it is the first event the under the new management and board of ...

Follow on Twitter @shahsabg Written by: Syed kamal hussain shah The first ever international cricket match in Karachi was held on 22 November 1935 between Sindh and Australian cricket teams. The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites. In the 1930s and 40s, several Pakistani Test players had played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team before the creation of Pakistan ...

Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult shared six wickets as New Zealand beat the West Indies by 66 runs in the rain-affected third One Day International Tuesday to complete a clean sweep of the three-match series. New Zealand made 131-4, batting first after winning the toss in a match reduced to 23 overs per side. The West Indies slumped to 9-5 ...