Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif has set Guinness World Records for being the youngest climber to summit Mount Everest and K2. Nineteen-year-old Shehroze, who is also known as Broad Boy, summited two tallest mountains — the 8,849-metre-high Everest and 8,611-metre-high K2. Shehroze was first included in the Guinness book of world records back in 2021. “Alhumdulilah! I have been published…
Read More »England earned a nerve-shredding 20-run win over New Zealand to reignite their hopes in the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Knowing defeat would all-but eliminate them, England survived under intense pressure to successfully defend 179 at the Gabba. After being reduced to 28-2, the Black Caps looked to have…
Read More »Sri Lanka kept their semi-final hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Men’s T20 World Cup in Brisbane. Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took 3-13 as Sri Lanka restricted Afghanistan to 144-8 despite another sloppy performance in the field. Dhananjaya de Silva’s unbeaten 66 then steered Sri Lanka to…
Read More »With less than a month remaining to the start of the historic Test series between Pakistan and England, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced ticket prices for the first Test, which will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium from 1-5 December. Ticket prices for the Imran Khan, Javed Akhtar,…
Read More »The sixth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 brought Balochistan their second win in the ongoing edition, thanks to Yasir Shah’s spellbinding display of leg-spin bowling which garnered him his fifth match haul of 10 wickets as title defenders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crashed to a seven-wicket defeat. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s…
Read More »The final Round of 22nd Paragon Sindh Amateur Golf Championship was played on Sunday at Karachi Golf Club. Qasim Ali Khan of Lahore Gymkhana became leader of the Championship with score of 220-Four over par. The runner-up this year is Omar Shikoh Khan (H-Cap 1) from KGC who scored 223-…
Read More »Pakistan’s former Test captain Wasim Akram has revealed his post-retirement cocaine addiction in his upcoming autobiography “Sultan: A Memoir”, ESPNcricinfo reported. “I liked to indulge myself; I liked to party. The culture of fame in South Asia is all-consuming, seductive, and corrupting. You can go to ten parties a night, and some…
Read More »Bangladesh got their Twenty20 World Cup back on track Sunday with a thrilling last-ball win over Zimbabwe, aided by opener Najmul Shanto’s maiden half-century and Taskin Ahmed’s three wickets. Shanto (71) helped steer Bangladesh to 150-7 at Brisbane’s Gabba ground in a match that went to the wire with Zimbabwe…
Read More »Pakistan bowlers, led by spinner Shadab Khan, helped them hammer the Netherlands by six wickets in Perth on Sunday for a first win at the Twenty20 World Cup to keep their faint hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive. Pakistan restricted the Dutch to 91-9, and then cruised to 95-4 with…
Read More »The Babar Azam-led national squad has resumed practice sessions with confidence to bounce back from past defeats and make a comeback in the ICC T20 World Cup happening in Dubai. After the loss in a nerve-wracking clash with arch-rivals India in the opening match at the mega event, Pakistan faced…
Read More »The sixth edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 is set to start on 23 November. Cricket’s Fastest Format will see a total of 8 teams battling it out at the iconic Zayed Cricket Stadium across 12 action-packed days. The participating teams are the Bangla Tigers, Deccan Gladiators, two-time finalists –…
Read More »Pakistan women’s ODI and T20I squads are currently undergoing a five-day pre-series camp at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore ahead of the Ireland assignment. In the camp, the players also featured in an intra-squad match at the LCCA Ground on Thursday, which was won by Nida Dar’s Pakistan…
Read More »The second Round of 22nd Paragon Sindh Amateur Golf Championship was played on Saturday at Karachi Golf Club. Qasim Ali Khan from Lahore Gymkhana Club is leading with 148-four over par. Arsalan Khan of Karachi Golf Club along with Saad Habib of Rumenza Multan are jointly following Qasim with 150-…
Read More »South Asian Cycling Federation President Syed Azhar Ali Shah who is also president of Pakistan cycling federation ,while addressing the ongoing Young Sports Reporters Training Program being organized by Pakistan Sports Writers Federation with the collaboration of Sports Writers Association here at China Window Peshawer.Mr Shah said that sports journalists…
Read More »The First Round of 22nd Paragon Sindh Amateur Golf Championship was played on Friday at Karachi Golf Club. Abdullah Ansar from KGC is leading with 73-one over par. Arsalan Khan of the same club along with Qasim Ali khan of Gymkhana Club are jointly following Abdullah with 75- three over…
Read More »The two sides competing in Punjab Derby – Central Punjab and Southern Punjab – in the fifth round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 were fined for slow over rate. Central Punjab were found eight overs and Southern Punjab two overs short of their target after taking into account time allowances and,…
Read More »Former Pakistan women’s team captain Sana Mir and former women’s international player Marina Iqbal will be joined by Ali Younis, Andrew Leonard, Sikander Bakht and Shah Faisal as commentators for the upcoming women’s series between Pakistan and Ireland.Sana will be involved in the T20Is only to be played on 12,…
Read More »Rilee Rossouw scored the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup and built a partnership of 163 with Quinton de Kock to drive South Africa to a thumping 104-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday. Muscular lefthander Rossouw pummelled eight sixes and seven fours around the Sydney Cricket Ground for his…
Read More »Virat Kohli hit a second successive unbeaten half-century as India made it two wins from two matches at the T20 World Cup with a comfortable 56-run victory over the Netherlands at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav also reached the 50-mark as India eased…
Read More »Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan by 1 run in a nerve-wracking contest at the T20 World Cup on Thursday in Perth. Earlier, Mohammad Wasim and Shadab Khan shared seven wickets between them as Pakistan restricted Zimbabwe to 130-8. Pakistan will fancy their chances of getting the 131 they need to bounce back…
Read More »The categories of eight players were upgraded following the local player category renewal process for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2023 as the Pakistan Cricket Board also opened registration window for the foreign players. The player lists have been shared with the six franchises for the tournament to be played…
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