Players will have to motivate each other in the absence of any spectators in cricket’s post-coronavirus reality, spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed has said while quarantining with the Pakistani team in England ahead of a three-Test series next month. Playing behind closed doors is one of the many conditions the game has reluctantly accepted before […]
COLOMBO: Domestic cricket in Sri Lanka will resume next Tuesday without spectators, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Lockdown and curfews have ceased in Sri Lanka, where the total number of infections was reported to be 2,084 on Wednesday. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) organised two residential training camps for the national team squad last […]
Reserve players doing the job of ball boys, cleaning breaks to sanitise stumps and bails, reporters and photographers covering matches in personal protective equipment (PPE) — an unusual Test series between England and the West Indies starts on Wednesday. In the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic, international cricket will resume at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The Test […]
LAHORE: Former Supreme Court judge retired Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar, in his capacity as an independent adjudicator, will hear the appeal of discarded Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal against a three-year ban at the National High Performance Centre here on July 13. Notices for the hearing have been issued to Umar and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The […]
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that questions will be raised if Indian Premier League is slotted in the window allotted to ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, which in all likelihood will be cancelled in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC is yet to decide the fate of the T20 World Cup in […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the 2011 cricket World Cup final, saying they found no evidence of match-fixing by players to let their Indian opponents win. Former chief selector Aravinda de Silva, and the team’s skipper Kumar Sangakkara and opening batsman Upul Tharanga were questioned this week over suspicions […]
LAHORE: Pakistan One-day and T20 captain Babar Azam on Thursday said that though hosts England have a little edge over Pakistan due to their experienced outfit and home ground advantage, Pakistan is fully capable of giving them a tough time in both Tests and the T20I series since the visitors have a talented squad comprising […]
LAHORE: The remaining six cricketers, who could not leave for England with the rest of the Pakistan squad on Sunday, while they awaited the results of their second Covid-19 tests, are all set to depart for Worcester on Friday to join the national team there. Pakistan on their England tour are scheduled to play three […]
KARACHI: Pakistan’s former Test fast bowler and head coach of PSL franchise Lahore Qalandars Aaqib Javed on Tuesday said that West Indies and Pakistan Test series against England are very crucial for the revival of international cricket and the contests will encourage more cricket boards to organise bilateral series soon. “It is so unfortunate that […]
Six Pakistani cricketers, who were found to be COVID-19 positive ahead of the team’s departure for England last week, have now tested negative for the second time in three days making them eligible to join the squad in the UK. Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have been […]