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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kamran Ghulam scored his second century in the ongoing Pakistan Cup 2022-23 to lead his side to an 83-run win over Northern at the State Bank Stadium in Karachi. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s third win in the tournament from six outings. In other sixth round fixtures, Saim Ayub’s…

The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Karachi on Wednesday for the two Tests and three-match ODI series against Pakistan. According to sources in the Civil Aviation Authority, the New Zealand Test team led by Tim Southee landed at the Jinnah International Airport on Thursday. The first Pakistan vs New…

The Engro – 12th SGA President Championship 2022 will tee-off on Friday 23rd December at Defence Authority Golf Club with expectedly 150 golfers participating from all over Pakistan. Rawalpindi’s Brig Mohsin Farooq is all set to defend his title from last year. In 2021, Brig Mohsin carded a score of 135 which is 9 under par…

Pakistan’s left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is all set to tie the knot on February 3, according to family sources. The 6-foot-6-inch pacer is engaged to the daughter of former national cricket team captain Shahid Afridi. The rukhsati ceremony for Ansha Afridi, daughter of Shahid Afridi, is expected to take place later. Both…

Thousands of ecstatic fans gave Argentina’s football squad a hero’s welcome in Buenos Aires in the early hours before dawn on Tuesday after the plane carrying Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning team mates touched down at Ezeiza airport. The Argentine capital has been in party mode since their dramatic…

England beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final Test in Karachi Tuesday to sweep the series 3-0 and hand the Pakistanis their first home whitewash. Resuming on 112-2, England reached the modest 167-run target in just 38 minutes, with Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes finishing unbeaten on…

New Zealand have announced split ODI squads for their upcoming tours of India and Pakistan in January to manage player and staff workloads, as all-rounder Henry Shipley gets a maiden call-up. NZ will play three ODIs each in Pakistan and India. NZ ODI and Test captains Kane Williamson and Tim…

England’s bowlers secured a 49-run win over West Indies in the fourth Twenty20 in a low-scoring encounter in Barbados. Seamer Lauren Bell took 4-12, including two wickets in the first over, as England defended 132. The tourists only needed to take nine wickets after Shabika Gajnabi’s injury in the field,…

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam on Monday became the only sixth Pakistani to amass 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year in the Test series against England. Babar reached this milestone on the third day of the Karachi Test against the Englishmen when he reached 45 in his innings. Babar, though,…

England need another 55 runs to win the third Test in Karachi and inflict Pakistan’s first-ever men’s Test series whitewash on home soil, after Rehan Ahmed became the youngest man to take a five-wicket haul on debut at 18 years and 128 days old. Rehan, who was held back until…

Questions have been raised over England wicketkeeper Olive Pope’s catch of Pakistani batter Saud Shakeel during the fourth day of the second Test against England in Multan.  Shakeel, who was batting at 94, was given out in a decision termed controversial by several cricketers including Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.  Shakeel played England‘s Mark Wood’s…

Raw pace in a raw match situation. It’s the weapon for which England have been crying out throughout their generations of failure on unforgiving subcontinent wickets – that point of difference to unlock well-set batters and deliver the moments that make victory possible. On a nerve-shredding fourth and final day…

Blasters defeated Dynamites by seven runs in the final of the T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament 2022-23 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.  Besides lifting the glittering trophy, the Blasters team also pocketed PKR1million as the winning prize. Dynamites had to settle for a PKR500,000 runners-up cash prize. On Friday morning,…

After the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the action moves on to the white-ball List A tournament Pakistan Cup, which is all set to commence from Saturday, 10 December in Karachi. The PCB today confirmed 15-player squads of six Cricket Associations teams for Pakistan Cup – the final tournament of the domestic season…

Pakistan debutant Abrar Ahmed cast a spell over England on Friday, grabbing seven wickets as the tourists were dismissed for 281 on the opening day of the second Test in Multan. The 24-year-old produced magic of his own to finish with 7-114 – the best bowling figures in an innings…

Pakistan’s openers got among the runs on a placid pitch Friday as they took the home team to 181 without loss in reply to England’s mammoth 657 in the first Test in Rawalpindi. At close on day two, Imam-ul-Haq (90) and Abdullah Shafique (89) were approaching hundreds when umpires called…

 Northern created history here at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday when they defeated Sindh by an innings and 55 runs to win their maiden Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title inside four days of the five-day final. Northern’s captain Umar Amin bagged the winning trophy and also PKR 10,000,000. Northern have…

Doha’s Stadium 974 thrummed to the samba beat on Monday night as Brazilian fans brought Latin American swagger to this patch of Qatar and Casemiro fired Brazil into the knockout stages of the 2022 World Cup finals with a 1-0 victory over Switzerland. The midfielder’s spectacular 83rd-minute goal sent Brazil through with…

 England’s veteran fast bowler James Andersen believes it is important to think out of the box for wickets when bowlers find unresponsive wickets. Talking to media in Rawalpindi ahead of England’s first Test against Pakistan, also the country’s first on Pakistani soil in 17 years, the 40-year-old cricketer said that…

The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world’s leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history. After a last weekend of action, domestic leagues paused for six weeks to allow the tournament to take place, but preparation…

Australia captain Pat Cummins has opted out of playing the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2023, citing a heavy international schedule. The Test and one-day skipper played the last three IPL tournaments with Kolkata Knight Riders but cut short his 2022 campaign due to a hip injury. “I’ve made…