Tournament hosts and defending champions Australia will get their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign underway on Saturday as the competition steps up a gear with the start of the Super 12 stage.Following a fantastic First Round, Sri Lanka and Ireland have joined Australia, Afghanistan, England and New Zealand in Group 1.The teams will clash in a round-robin format from ...
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Brett Lee: How the champs are shaping up on home soil
If ever you were wondering how much to read into form in the build-up to a major tournament like the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, then last year’s competition was instructive – very little. Turn the clock back 12 months and Australia looked like they were heading into a World Cup bereft of form and struggling to find answers. Flying ...
Read More »U-19 World Cup: Ali Zaryab, Musa steer Pakistan into semifinals
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 ...
Read More »U-19 WC: Akash Gill becomes first Canada batsman to hit ton
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 ...
Read More »Pakistan to face India in Blind Cricket World Cup final
Pakistan qualified for the final of the Blind Cricket World Cup after defeating Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 156 runs in the semi-final of the tournament played in Ajman, UAE. Batting first, Pakistan scored a massive total of 489. The Sri Lankan side failed to chase this target and scored 333 for the loss of seven ...
Read More »Asia Cup finalists face off again to kick off the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup
The 2017 Under 19 Asia Cup finalists face off again to kick off the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup In the space of two weeks in November 2017 in the Under 19 Asia Cup, Afghanistan beat Pakistan twice, but were also beaten by Sri Lanka, who in turn succumbed to Pakistan. All three will again face off in Group ...
Read More »ICC Under- 19 Cricket World Cup from January 13
The 11th edition of the ICC Under- 19 Cricket World Cup will start from January 13, 2018. The final match of the tournament will be played on February 3, 2018. The tournament is scheduled to take place in New Zealand and the matches will be played across seven venues in four cities: Christchurch, Queenstown, Tauranga and Whangarei. Defending champions West ...
Read More »FIFA World Cup trophy to arrive in Pakistan on Feb 3
KARACHI: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) may have been suspended by the FIFA and Pakistan failed to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy is coming to Pakistan. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be played in Russia this summer. A total of 32 teams will contest to become the Football’s world ...
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