All-rounder Faheem Ashraf held an online press conference following the second day’s play in the second Benaud-Qadir Trophy, ICC World Test Championship match against Australia at the National Stadium, Karachi today (Sunday). At stumps on the second day of the Test, Australia had reached 505 for the loss of eight wickets in their first innings. Faheem took two ...
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Punjab Minister for Sports takes notice of precarious situation of Phool Nagar cricket ground
LAHORE : Pakistan Test all-rounder Faheem Ashraf called on Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. All-rounder Faheem Ashraf, who has represented Pakistan in four Tests, 23 ODIs and 27 T20 International matches so far, apprised Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti about ...
Read More »Usman Shinwari and Faheem Ashraf to play Big Bash League
Defending champions Melbourne Renegades have signed Pakistan left-arm seamer Usman Shinwari and allrounder Faheem Ashraf for a chunk of the upcoming Big Bash League season. Shinwari will be available for the first five games, with England quick Harry Gurney replacing him for the remainder of the season, while new recruit Faheem will be replaced by Afghanistan allrounder Mohammad Nabi after ...
Read More »Brilliant Babar, Talat take Pakistan 2-0 up in Windies series
KARACHI: An unbeaten 58-ball 97 by Man-of-the-Match Babar Azam and a maiden half-century by Sunday’s debutant hero Hussain Talat helped Pakistan clinch the three-match T20I series 2-0 at the National Stadium on Monday. West Indies were bowled out for 123, after Pakistan posted their highest-ever T20I total of 205 in the second match. After facing a 143-run thrashing in the opening ...
Read More »Pakistan thrashed West Indies by 143 runs
KARACHI: Pakistan thrashed West Indies by 143 runs to record the second-biggest margin win in T20I history as the tourists collapsed in the first match of the three-T20I series at National Stadium on Sunday. West Indies batting collapsed at 60 after a sure-footed 41 by debutant Hussain Talat and a late cameo by veteran Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan to a mammoth ...
Read More »Pakistan finalise 12-member team for 1st T20 against West Indies
Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed addresses media in Karachi KARACHI: Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 stars Asif Ali and Hussain Talat have both been named in the 12-member team to face West Indies in the first T20 international at National Stadium on April 1. Both or either of Islamabad United’s hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali and his teammate, all-rounder Hussain Talat could ...
Read More »Pakistan revival strengthens with Windies T20s
KARACHI: Pakistan will take another significant step towards the revival of international cricket as World Twenty20 champions the West Indies feature in three back-to-back Twenty20 internationals in Karachi from Sunday. The Pakistan Cricket Board have put in place stringent security arrangements for the West Indies team, with 8,000 policemen and paramilitary personnel guarding the visitors in and around the hotel ...
Read More »Ronchi cleans up Karachi : Islamabad storms into final
DUBAI: Another aggressive batting display by Luke Ronchi made the 155 chase look easy for Islamabad United in the qualifier against Karachi Kings in Dubai on Sunday. What could be easily described as ‘the best innings of the PSL’, the Kiwi batsman scored 94 runs off 39 balls, including 12 fours and five sixes on the strike rate of 241.02. The Duminy-led team ...
Read More »Karachi opt to bat against Islamabad as battle for PSL final begins
Toss DUBAI: Karachi Kings won the toss and opted to bat in the qualifier against Islamabad United in the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. The winner of tonight’s match will secure a place in the final of the tournament, to be held in Karachi on March 25. The losing team will ...
Read More »Zalmi to field, Sammy returns
DUBAI: Peshawar Zalmi face Islamabad United in today’s second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three. Islamabad sit at third spot, with four wins and two losses to ...
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