LAHORE: After failing to restore domestic cricket structure during more than two and a half years according to the new constitution, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has now decided to outsource the process of the scrutiny of clubs across the country. The PCB, in this regard, has given an advertisement on its website seeking bids […]
CHELMSFORD: Players warming up in woolly hats and multiple layers. A biting wind whipping across the lush green grass. Welcome to the first day of the English county cricket season. While global stars strut their stuff in the cauldron of the Indian Premier League, Essex and Kent faced off in the first act of a […]
LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam reckons that pace bowler Hasan Ali is going through a rough patch but everyone in the team is backing him to regain the form that saw him won many matches for the country. Hasan came under fire after he went wicketless in the one-off T20 International against Australia at the […]
LAHORE: Pakistan got off to a fast start — their best ever against Australia in a T20 powerplay — but then the wheels came off. Continuing his rich vein of form, Babar Azam (66) had laid the platform for a big total in the one-off T20 at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, which concluded Australia’s […]
LAHORE: Babar Azam continues to smash records; the skipper leading from the front as Pakistan won their first One-day International series against Australia in 20 years on Saturday. Babar’s second consecutive century helped Pakistan secure a nine-wicket victory over Australia in the final ODI at the Gaddafi Stadium, helping the hosts clinch the three-match series […]
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne did not allow the disappointment of defeat to interfere with his appreciation of Babar Azam’s sublime century, saying he learned from the Pakistan captain’s masterclass in the second one-dayer on Thursday. Babar orchestrated Pakistan’s record chase of 349 with a masterly 114 of 83 balls, denying Australia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match […]
LAHORE: Cornered by Australia, Pakistan once again face a mighty task at the Gaddafi Stadium. Having lost the three-Test series 1-0 at the same venue, Babar Azam and his men on Thursday meet a largely inexperienced yet professional Australian side in the second ODI that would decide the fate of the three-game rubber. Tuesday’s 88-run […]
LONDON: Joe Root should step down as England Test captain following his side’s series loss to the West Indies, former skipper Michael Vaughan told the BBC. Root’s position is under the spotlight after a 1-0 series defeat which came on the back of a woeful 4-0 Ashes thrashing by Australia. That extended England’s poor run to […]
Australian cricketers Josh Inglis and Ashton Agar have tested positive for Covid-19 in Pakistan ahead of four white-ball internationals in Lahore over the next week, leaving the tourists facing a potential player shortage. Wicketkeeper Inglis tested positive on Monday, while spinner Ashton Agar and team physio Brendan Wilson failed tests on Tuesday. All other players […]
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa admitted a depleted Australia face a “difficult challenge” in the one-day international (ODI) series against Pakistan starting on Tuesday. Australia won the three-match Test series 1-0 after securing a well earned 115-run victory in the third match in Lahore on Friday. But they will miss regulars like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell […]