Cricket

Fast bowler Seth Rance has been named replacement for Adam Milne, who injured his foot and is ruled out of the ODI series and the upcoming T20s against West Indies. Milne felt discomfort in his left foot while landing to bowl and will continue to be evaluated, a New Zealand Cricket release said. Milne did not play in the first ODI that New ...

Pakistani cricketers are ‘safe and happy’ in Uganda despite reports claiming the cricketers are stranded, spin maestro Saeed Ajmal said in a video message . Ajmal is part of a Pakistani contingent currently in the East African nation, where a Twenty20 league they were supposed to participate in was cancelled just a few matches into the tournament over a financial ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it is looking into details of the incident in Uganda related to AfroT20 league but added that negotiating terms of the agreement wasn’t the responsibility of PCB. Several Pakistani players, including Saeed Ajmal, xx1toto Imran Khan and Yasir Hameed, were scheduled to take part in Uganda’s Afro T20 League, however, the ...

Ellyse Perry, the Australian all-rounder, won the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint award for the Women’s Cricketer of the Year, while team mate and opening bat Beth Mooney was named the T20I and Emerging Player of the Year. New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite walked away with the ODI honours. The 27-year-old has had a phenomenal year personally which in turn has helped ...

KARACHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has raised an objection to the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) decision of giving Pakistan hosting rights for Asian Emerging Nations Cup next year. Reliable sources confirmed   that while the International Cricket Council (ICC) refused to change its mind on holding the event in Pakistan, the matter has now been ...

KARACHI: The first days play of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final concluded at National Stadium on Thursday with WAPDA restricting SNGPL to 215 runs for the loss of six wickets. WAPDA took the advantage of winning the toss and sent SNGPL to bat first in early xx1toto windy conditions of Karachi and took two wickets in the first session of play ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has named 18 probables for the fitness test camp ahead of Pakistan’s tour to New Zealand for ODI and T20I series. A statement from PCB said that players will undergo fitness tests on 23rd of December in Lahore. However, two of 18 players, Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali have already appeared for fitness tests and they ...

SYDNEY: Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has been cleared of a major foot injury, but remains in doubt for the Boxing Day Test, reports said Wednesday. Scans confirmed he only has a bruised heel after he was seen hobbling on crutches as he left Perth after Australia claimed the Ashes by beating England by an innings and 41 runs in ...

WHANGAREI: New Zealand cruised to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first one-day international on Wednesday as the tourists´ batting line-up failed to perform. The return of Chris Gayle could not spark the West Indies, with the short-form master managing only 22 as his team struggled to 248-9 after losing the toss and being sent in to ...

WHANGAREI (New Zealand): The West Indies will hope short-form master Chris Gayle can inspire a misfiring batting line-up in the One-day International series against New Zealand starting on Wednesday. The tourists meekly surrendered with the bat as they slumped to a 2-0 Test series whitewash against the Black Caps, and need a major improvement in the three ODI games. Gayle, ...