RAWALPINDI: After a poor start to their HBL Pakistan Super League campaign, Lahore Qalandars needed inspiration to stage a comeback. And rose to the occassion their senior pros: skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi and opener Fakhar Zaman. After Fakhar’s half-century led the Qalandars to a big total, Shaheen showed his magic with the ball along with […]
A destructive Tim Seifert ensured New Zealand made short work of their 129-run target to win the final Twenty20 against Pakistan by eight wickets on Wednesday and take the series 4-1. Seifert, who made an unbeaten 97 off 38 deliveries, set the big-hitting tone in Wellington with 18 off the first over by Jahandad Khan […]
KARACHI: Pakistan are back in familiar territory — it’s win or bust now after New Zealand were party-poopers once again for Mohammad Rizwan’s side on Wednesday. It was an appalling performance, the celebratory mood surrounding the Champions Trophy’s homecoming — the first ICC tournament on Pakistani soil in 29 years — having dissipated quickly. New […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take an overdraft of Rs3 to 6 billion for the current fiscal year after the estimated budget for the reconstruction of three major international venues of the country was raised by Rs5 billion, the minutes of the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting held in December last […]
ZURICH: Clubs worldwide made a record 22,779 international transfers in men’s football in 2024 for a total spend of $8.59 billion, world football’s governing body FIFA said in its Global Transfer Report published on Thursday. The figure is the second-highest spend after a record-breaking 2023 when clubs spent $9.63 billion on international transfers. FIFA also […]
LAHORE: The tickets for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy featuring top eight cricketing nations will go on sale from Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. All matches of the event will be held across three venues in Pakistan — Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi — from Feb 19 to March 9 except for India’s games […]
Noman Ali became the fifth Pakistan bowler to take a Test hat-trick The 38-year-old ran through the West Indies batting order in Multan West Indies were reeling at 52 for 7 in the first session on Saturday Noman Ali scripted history on Saturday in Multan, becoming the first Pakistani spinner to take a hat-trick in […]
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for cricket star Shakib Al Hasan for bounced cheques totalling more than $300,000, in the latest blow for the ousted lawmaker. “The court has previously summoned Shakib but he did not appear at the court”, said Mohammed Shahibur Rahman from the IFIC Bank, which filed […]
Pakistan skipper Shan Masood won the toss and opted to bat in the first Test against the West Indies in Multan on Friday after poor visibility delayed the start by two-and-a-half hours. Umpires inspected the conditions twice after the scheduled toss at 9am was put back because of what the Pakistan Cricket Board called fog. The air quality in […]
KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Wednesday appointed former Pakistan captain Younis Khan as the mentor for the national team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. According to an ACB media release, the former batter will accompany Afghanistan during their conditioning and preparation camp in Pakistan, offering his mentorship services until the conclusion of […]