KARACHI: Times were so turbulent after Ramiz Raja was elected Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman that he feels he’s aged 30 years in his three months in the job. Things have calmed down since and as Pakistan looks ahead to an exciting cricketing year, the former captain vowed he will leave no stone unturned in […]
India’s third-highest Test wicket-taker Ravichandran Ashwin says that he nearly quit several times between 2018 and 2020 due to injury and because he did not “feel backed”. “I contemplated retirement for a lot of reasons,” the star spinner told ESPNcricinfo. “I felt like people were not sensitive enough to my injuries. I felt like a lot […]
Test cricketer Abid Ali was taken to a hospital in Karachi on Tuesday after complaining of chest pain during a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Central Punjab at UBL Sports Complex. The 34-year-old batsman was batting for the Punjab side on the final day of the match when he felt the discomfort. He […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday that New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice in 2022-23 to “make up for” the tour it abandoned in September this year, hours before the first match was scheduled to begin. In a statement, the PCB said the Black Caps will initially tour Pakistan from December 2022 to January 2023 during […]
ADELAIDE: England were battling to stay in the second Ashes Test on Friday after Australia removed both openers in a fiery spell under lights on day two to leave the visitors reeling. The home team declared their first innings on a commanding 473 for nine at the Adelaide Oval, leaving England to face a trying […]
KARACHI: Another blow for Pakistan cricket. And once again, for no fault of its own. Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief operating officer Salman Naseer said that West Indies players contracted Covid-19 during transit on their way to the country, with the new positive cases that emerged on Thursday meaning that the three-match ODI series between the […]
KARACHI: If being shorn of their top players due to injury or otherwise wasn’t enough for the West Indies, Covid-19 has robbed them of three more players for the Twenty20 series against Pakistan starting from Monday. Pacer Sheldon Cottrell and all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers all tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday night, reducing […]
Having lost their patience, and the plot, against India in the last home series, Australia’s resolve to keep calm and carry on was key to their brilliant start to the Ashes, captain Pat Cummins said. The world’s top-ranked Test bowler savoured a dream debut as captain, taking seven wickets for the match as Australia stormed to […]
Virat Kohli’s decision to relinquish the 20-overs captaincy resulted in him being removed as India’s one-day skipper as selectors did not want to have two different white-ball captains, Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) chief Sourav Ganguly said. Opener Rohit Sharma took over as one-day captain on Wednesday, a month after succeeding Kohli as T20 skipper […]
SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 9: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today conveyed accolades to defending Champions Real Kashmir FC for qualifying to semi-finals of the 124th IFA Shield Football Tournament in Kalyani stadium, Kolkata here on Wednesday. The Real Kashmir FC defeated local heavyweights Mohammedan Sporting by 1-0 goals in quarter final match of the ongoing […]