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 […]
The West Indies cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Thursday for a visit which local officials hope will scotch bitter memories of a New Zealand tour abandoned on security grounds. The Windies will play three Twenty20 and three one-day internationals — all in Karachi — starting on Monday, their first visit since 2018. A Pakistani official […]
It was not only the Australian bowlers who tore into England’s cricket team on the first day of the Ashes on Wednesday — the local police also got in on the act. Queensland Police did not pass up the chance to poke fun at the demoralised England team, tweeting: “Queensland Police are launching an investigation […]