Hassan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan have been offered Category A contracts, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday while announcing the central contracts for 20 cricketers for the year 2021-2022. In a statement, the PCB also announced that match fees across all formats has been equalised, meaning that all players will receive the same […]
KARACHI: Sohaib Maqsood on Wednesday said that he has no issues where he bats in national colours after a phenomenal run in the recent HBL Pakistan Super League earned the 34-year-old an unexpected spot for the white-ball, tour of England. Talking to reporters during a virtual media conference from Pakistan team’s current base in Derby, […]
Tennis great Serena Williams limped out of Wimbledon in tears on Tuesday after her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles crown ended in injury. The American sixth seed and seven-times Wimbledon winner was clearly in pain on a slippery Centre Court and sought treatment while 3-2 up in her first round match […]
LONDON: Alvaro Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal scored in extra time as Spain held off a remarkable Croatian fightback to win 5-3 in a pulsating Euro 2020 last 16 match in Copenhagen for a place in the quarter-finals. Spain gifted Croatia a bizarre own-goal in the first half and then threw away a 3-1 lead but […]
COLOMBO: Disgruntled Sri Lanka cricket fans launched a campaign to shun their team on social media after they slumped to a dismal Twenty20 International series drubbing in England. England recorded a thumping 89-run win at Southampton on Saturday to sweep the contests 3-0 — a fifth consecutive series defeat for Sri Lanka in the shortest […]
KARACHI: Andy Flower is generally a phlegmatic character but even the former Zimbabwe cricket star couldn’t stop himself feeling over the moon after Multan Sultans clinched their maiden HBL Pakistan Super League title in Abu Dhabi late on Thursday night. Multan, who were the sixth and last franchise inducted to the PSL bandwagon in 2018, […]
KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi were left heartbroken for the third time in four seasons as Multan Sultans outclassed them by 47 runs in the final to clinch their maiden HBL Pakistan Super League crown at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Chasing a record target of 207 in a decider, Peshawar’s reply […]
India’s defeat in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) forced the cricket-mad nation into introspection, while accepting New Zealand were worthy winners of the honour. India’s eight-wicket loss in Southampton prolonged their wait for a first global title since Mahendra Singh Dhoni led them to victory in the 2013 Champions Trophy. It was Virat Kohli’s fourth unsuccessful […]
KARACHI: Just imagine where were Islamabad United during the last season of HBL Pakistan Super League? And the answer is nowhere at all. A bottom-placed finish in the group stage epitomised how the two-time former champions had fallen on hard times. The redemption for the title winners in 2016 and 2018 has been swift with […]
LAHORE: All three cricketers and eight officials of Pakistan team cleared Covid-19 tests and now they will gather at a local hotel here on June 20 for further testing proceedings before flying to Abu Dhabi on June 25 to join the entire squad to embark on the tour of England the same day. The three […]