LONDON: Devon Conway became just the sixth player to hit a Test century on debut at Lord’s, with the left-handed opener brilliantly anchoring New Zealand to 246-3 against England on Day one of the first match of the series on Wednesday. The 29-year-old South African-born left-hander was unbeaten on 136 — the highest individual on […]
LAHORE: The Abu Dhabi Health Ministry has surprisingly raised an objection over the presence of Indian broadcasters to cover the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches despite the fact that the UAE government had issued visas to them along with South African nationals. Sources said that the PCB, which is determined to start the league […]
TOKYO: Japan is considering requiring fans attending the Tokyo Olympics to show negative Covid-19 test results or vaccination records, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday, as a new poll showed public opposition to the Games remained strong. Japan extended on Friday a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas to June 20, and with […]
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that before making his international debut for his country, he took the field for Pakistan in a fixture between the teams of the two neighbouring states. The batting great, in his autobiography, Playing It My Way, recollected taking the field for Pakistan in 1987 – two years before his […]
LAHORE: Only 202 players and officials of the six Pakistan Super League teams and staff of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) could leave for Abu Dhabi through chartered flights from Lahore and Karachi on Thursday to feature in the HBL PSL 6 while 25 players and officials including Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed were left […]
LAHORE: Around 233 players of all the six franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the staff of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are set to leave for Abu Dhabi on Wednesday morning from Lahore and Karachi on chartered flights to feature in the remaining 20 matches of the league which are likely […]
LAHORE: The Covid-19 testing of the players and officials of six Pakistan Super League teams for the remaining 20 matches will begin from Saturday before two chartered flights will take them to Abu Dhabi on May 26 from Karachi and Lahore. The new schedule of the remaining PSL matches, to be held in Abu Dhabi […]
LAHORE: The hosting of the remaining 20 matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Abu Dhabi is in doldrums as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has deferred the announcement about holding, at least until Thursday. The decision has been taken after the PCB and the six franchise owners discussed in a virtual session […]
TOKYO: Hundreds of athletes, including US sprinter Justin Gatlin, participated in a test event at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, as organisers fine-tuned operations and Covid-19 countermeasures with under three months to go before the Tokyo Games. No spectators were present in the stadium, where the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies will be held, as […]
LAHORE: A final decision on the completion of the HBL Pakistan Super League season, whether to hold it in Karachi or to shift it to the back-up venue of the United Arab Emirates, will be taken during a meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the National Command Operations Centre which is expected to be […]