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First Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Chess Championship concluded successfully
The first Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Chess Championship concluded successfully in Islamabad . In the championship professional category, Sulaiman Ahmed Ashrafi stood first, Sabat Ali second and Salman Ali Khan stood third, while Noor Fatima Rashid stood first, Raja Hattamur Rehman second and Hamza Zaka Mustafa stood third in the women’s and…
Read More »National T-20 Cup: KP qualify for final beating Northern by 5 wickets
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have qualified for final of the National T20 Cup beating Northern by five wickets in Multan today. Batting first, in first semi-final, Northern set a victory target of 165 runs in allotted twenty overs. In reply, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chased the target in 19 overs for the loss of…
Read More »National Basketball Championship for women to be start in Islamabad next month
National Basketball Championship for Women will start in Islamabad from 3rd of next month. Eight teams will participate in the five-day event. The teams have been divided into two pools. Pakistan WAPDA, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta make pool A, while Pakistan Army, Lahore, Peshawar and hosts Federal Basketball Association are…
Read More »Durham complete win over Leicestershire
Durham needed only 37 minutes on the final morning to wrap up a seven-wicket victory over Leicestershire in the County Championship. Michael Jones, who fell three runs short of a century in the first innings, added a 58-ball 50 before Durham, chasing 105, completed the win effectively inside eight sessions…
Read More »Former international umpire Asad Rauf dies aged 66
Former international umpire Asad Rauf has died aged 66 after a cardiac arrest in Pakistan. He first officiated in a one-day international in 2000, and was a member of the International Cricket Council’s elite panel between 2006 and 2013. Rauf officiated 64 Test matches – 49 as an on-field umpire…
Read More »Roger Federer to retire after Laver Cup in September
Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam singles champion, will retire from top-level tennis after the Laver Cup in London later this month. Swiss Federer, 41, has not played since Wimbledon 2021, after which he had a third knee operation. “My body’s message to me lately has been clear,” Federer said. “I…
Read More »High-powered panel and enhanced production to cover Pakistan-England T20Is
Pakistan Cricket Board has put together a dynamic commentary panel for the historic seven T20 Internationals between Pakistan and England. Renowned commentators David Gower and Mark Butcher from England, and Pakistan’s cricket legends Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aamir Sohail, Bazid Khan and Urooj Mumtaz will commentate on the seven games…
Read More »Pakistan name squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Pakistan cricket selectors today unveiled their squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022, which will be held from 16 October to 13 November. In the seven events to date, Pakistan has won the title in 2009 in the United Kingdom, reached the final in 2007 and featured…
Read More »Asif Afridi provisionally suspended under PCB Anti-Corruption Code
The Pakistan Cricket Board, on 12 September 2022, provisionally suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s left-arm spinner Asif Afridi with immediate effect under Article 4.7.1** of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code, which means that he cannot take part in any cricket-related activity, pending conclusion of the investigation being carried out by PCB’s Anti-Corruption Unit.…
Read More »Pakistan beat Australia to qualify for over 60’s Cricket World Cup final
Pakistan beat hosts Australia by one wicket to qualify for Over 60’s Cricket World Cup (45 overs) final on Monday. Set to chase 216 runs, Pakistan was well supported by Muhammad Aslam who scored 63 off 68 balls. Aslam set a perfect tone for the Green Shirts in the run-chase. Tahir…
Read More »Sharjeel’s century inspires Sindh to nine-wicket win
An unbeaten century from Sindh’s Sharjeel Khan led his side to a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Balochistan in the 22nd fixture of the Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23 here at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday. Chasing 159 to win, Sharjeel and Saim Ayub provided a flying start to the…
Read More »Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to clinch sixth Asia Cup title
Sri Lanka have won the title of the Asia Cup Champions for the sixth time, beating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final of the tournament at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night. Batting first, Sri Lanka posted 170 runs in allotted twenty overs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa with 71 runs…
Read More »PCB to write to ICC to ‘lodge a protest’ over crowd trouble in Sharjah
The PCB will write to the ICC to “lodge a protest” over the crowd trouble and “gruesome visuals” that followed the Afghanistan-Pakistan game at the Asia Cup. Addressing the media, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said: “You can’t link hooliganism with cricket and this environment makes you sick. We will write to ICC,…
Read More »PCB striving to introduce new talent for national, international cricket: Ramiz Raja
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ramiz Raja has said that it is a great achievement that the Pakistan cricket team has been included in the top three world teams. Addressing a press conference in Lahore today, the Chairman said the PCB is striving to introduce new talent for national…
Read More »Sri Lanka all but through to Asia Cup final, India hanging by a thread
Sri Lanka 174 for 4 (Mendis 57, Nissanka 52, Chahal 3-34) beat India 173 for 8 (Rohit 72, Madushanka 3-24) by six wickets Sri Lanka all but secured a place in the Asia Cup final through a thrilling win with one ball to spare against India, who came close again but couldn’t beat…
Read More »Somerset signed Pakistan off-spinner Sajid Khan
Somerset have signed Pakistan off-spinner Sajid Khan for the remainder of the County Championship season. The right-handed bowler has played in seven Test matches for his country, claiming 22 international wickets. Khan has played a total of 49 first-class matches, taking 190 wickets at an average of 26.95. “I know…
Read More »England announce T20I squad for Pakistan
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced the squad for the seven-match T20I series against Pakistan, which gets underway later this month in Karachi. The England Men’s selection panel have also named the squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia starting in October, a…
Read More »‘Freak’ injury puts Bairstow out of third Test and T20 World Cup
Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of England’s third Test against South Africa and the T20 World Cup after suffering a “freak” injury while playing golf. The ECB said in a statement that Bairstow had suffered a “lower-limb injury”, understood to be in his left leg, and that he will…
Read More »PSL 8 will run from 9 February to 19 March 2023
The Governing Council of the HBL Pakistan Super League met at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore today. All six HBL PSL franchises were represented along with PCB officials who are members of the GC. Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ramiz Raja chaired the meeting. The meeting started with the…
Read More »Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz send Hong Kong hurtling to new T20I low
Pakistan made it to the Super 4s with a 155-run win over Hong Kong, who were bowled out for 38, the lowest total against a Full Member in T20 internationals. It will sound silly at the end of it all, but there were moments of concern when Pakistan were put…
Read More »Performers of U19 domestic season begin camp in Lahore ahead of PJL draft
Around 60 top performers of the national U19 one-day and three-day events have assembled in Lahore to prepare for the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Junior League. The National U19 Championship (three-day) concluded in Karachi on Sunday with Sindh Blues emerging victorious in the all-Sindh final against Sindh Whites at…
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