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Can’t take any decision on Asia Cup which isolates us: Najam Sethi.
hairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Najam Sethi said Monday the board would follow the government’s advice on touring India for next year’s ICC T20 World Cup. Speaking to media in the port city, Sethi said that Pakistan and India’s cricket issues are beyond the cricket board’s control and…
Read More »Saim Shazli claims 12th Engro SGA President Cup
Final round of the 12th Engro SGA President Cup 2022 was played on Sunday at Defence Authority Golf Club. The main category was Amateurs HC 0-5 and winner of the championship with net score of 206, 10 under Par was Arsalan Mughal from KGC. Arsalan is the trophy holder for…
Read More »Southee labels Pakistan a good side despite whitewash against England
New Zealand’s captain Tim Southee says his side will adopt the brand of cricket that would work for them and not follow England’s aggressive style in the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan. Speaking to media ahead of the first Test in Karachi, which starts on Monday, the newly appointed…
Read More »“We will try to select best possible XI, Babar Azam
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam has said that the final XI for the first Test against New Zealand will be decided after a discussion with chairman of selectors Shahid Afridi and insisted that players who will be best for the team will get the opportunity to play. Speaking ahead of the first Test,…
Read More »12th Engro SGA President Cup: Saim Shazli maintains lead on second day
Second round of the 12th Engro SGA President Cup 2022 was played on Saturday at Defence Authority Golf Club. Saim Shazli from KGC maintained lead with 143, one under par. Yashal Shah also from KGC is following Saim by scoring 147-three over par on Day 2. KCG’s another duo of…
Read More »12th Engro SGA President Cup: Saim Shazli and Yashal Shah lead on first day
First round of the 12th Engro SGA President Cup 2022 was played on Friday at Defence Authority Golf Club. Saim Shazli and Yashal Shah both from KGC are leading In the main Amateurs Category with a joint score of 70, two under par. M A Manan, Vivek Anand and Arsalan…
Read More »Kamran Ghulam’s unbeaten century gives KP third win in Pakistan Cup
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…
Read More »New Zealand team arrives in Pakistan for historic Test, ODIs series
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…
Read More »The Engro – 12th SGA President Championship 2022 will tee-off on Friday 23rd December
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…
Read More »Shaheen Shah Afridi to ‘tie the knot on Feb 3’
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…
Read More »Argentina’s World Cup winners reach home to hero’s welcome
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…
Read More »England humiliate Pakistan on home soil, complete clean sweep
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…
Read More »New Zealand announce ODI squad for Pakistan, India series
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…
Read More »West Indies v England: Lauren Bell takes 4-12 as tourists easily win fourth T20
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,…
Read More »Babar Azam becomes sixth Pakistani to amass 1,000 Test runs in calendar year
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,…
Read More »Rehan Ahmed takes five wickets to leave tourists on brink of 3-0 sweep
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…
Read More »Saud Shakeel’s catch sparks debate on social media
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…
Read More »Wood stars as England seal series
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…
Read More »Blasters win T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament
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,…
Read More »Squads and Schedule for Pakistan Cup announced
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…
Read More »Pakistan in control of second Test after Abrar’s dream debut
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…
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