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Dubai:The International Cricket Council (ICC), in a surprising decision, gave 3, 3 points to the women teams of Pakistan and India. India was supposed to host the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team last year, but the Indian board refused to host the series without the government’s permission. The series of three ODIs was part of the ICC Women’s Championship on which ...

Tickets for the inaugural season of the Hundred will not go on general sale as planned on April 8, the ECB has announced. Priority tickets for the new competition went on sale in a window in February, with the ECB reporting that initial sales had “surpassed expectations” as an initial allocation for men’s Finals Day tickets sold out within 24 ...

Contingency planning to prepare for the possibility of a severely affected home summer has forced a delay in the release of Cricket Australia’s annual contracts for men and women, with state and Big Bash League contracts also uncertain. Contracted players were informed on Friday that the annual contract rankings for the national teams will be held off until April 30, ...

London:The England and Wales Cricket Board will discuss the possible rescheduling of the domestic season in response to the coronavirus outbreak today. Initial talks between counties and the ECB will take place today in a telephone conference. The ECB said last week all options were being looked at including postponements and playing games behind closed doors. Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove ...

Cricket South Africa has suspended all cricket, professional and amateur, for the next 60 days after the country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster of Sunday. Widespread measures across the country, which include a travel ban on people from high-risk areas, and a prohibition of gatherings of over 100 people, have now halted sporting events, with the Premier ...

Lahore:Chris Lynn scored his career-best 113 not out as Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by nine wickets at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium to book a spot in the HBL PSL 2020 semi-finals. This was the 29-year-old’s second century in T20 cricket in which he smashed 12 fours and eight sixes. Over the course of his 55-ball knock, Lynn crafted a blazing ...

 The Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards have decided to postpone the upcoming One-Day International and Test in Karachi for a later date. The two boards will now work together to identify a future opportunity to complete the ICC World Test Championship commitment. The first Test of the series was played in Rawalpindi from 7-10 February, which Pakistan won by an innings ...

Lahore:Pakistan international Asad Shafiq joined Multan Sultans’ camp as a silver category player on Saturday. Quetta Gladiators included Omair bin Yousaf as an emerging player. Asad’s and Omair’s inclusions were approved by the Event Technical Committee which includes PCB CEO Wasim Khan, Bazid Khan, Marina Iqbal, Sameer Khosa and Dr Sohail Saleem.

Lahore:Lahore Qalandars’ Samit Patel recorded his best bowling figures in T20 cricket against Quetta Gladiators to help his side to their second win of the HBL PSL 2020 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. The left-arm orthodox returned four for five in four overs, which also included a maiden, in Qalandars’ eight-wicket win. Patel’s all four wickets came inside the ...

CANBERRA, Australia: In their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Pakistan Women thrashed West Indies by an impressive margin of wight wickets on Wednesday. Captain Bismah Maroof put West Indies into bat after winning the toss and her bowlers restricted them to 124 for seven in the allotted 20 overs. Then, the Women in Green achieved the ...