Cricket

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – August 21 (ONLINE) Pakistan’s young batting sensation Abdullah Shafique was handed his One Day Internationals (ODI) debut against Netherlands on Sunday. However, Abdullah did not bother scorers much and was clean bowled by Kingma on his individual score of two. Shafique was […]

Colombo, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka Friday named a 20-man squad led by Dasun Shanaka for the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament starting later this month in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka, but shifted to the […]

London, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): South Africa captain Dean Elgar saluted his “special bunch” of players after they overpowered England by an innings and 12 runs in the first Test at Lord’s on Friday. South Africa were utterly dominant, triumphing inside three days against an England […]

ISLAMABAD – August 12 (ONLINE) Pakistan management are set to leave out Shaheen Afridi for multiple ODIs, with the young quick to be kept fresh for the side’s Asia Cup and T20 World Cup campaigns. Captain Babar Azam fielded a number of questions regarding his […]

NEW DELHI – August 12 (ONLINE) Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has reserved a window for Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) in March 2023, local media reported. “BCCI has already tweaked its women’s domestic calendar to accommodate the women’s IPL. The women’s season […]

Harare, Aug 11 (AFP/APP): Regis Chakabva will skipper Zimbabwe in three one-day internationals against India in Harare from August 18 as regular captain Craig Ervine has a torn hamstring. The top-order batsman-cum-wicketkeeper captained Zimbabwe to a winning 2-0 lead over Bangladesh last Sunday in another […]

Belfast, Aug 11 (AFP/APP): Brief scores from the second Twenty20 international between Ireland and Afghanistan on Thursday: At Belfast Afghanistan 122-8, 20 overs (H Shahidi 36; M Adair 2-12) v Ireland 125-5, 19.0 overs (A Balbirnie 46; M Nabi 2-15) Result: Ireland won by five […]

ISLAMABAD – August 4 (ONLINE) The International Cricket Council (ICC) is optimistic of retaining the game’s all-format players despite their mounting workload in a busy calendar, chief executive Geoff Allardice said. England talisman Ben Stokes quit the 50-overs format last month, citing an “unsustainable” schedule, […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe – August 5 (ONLINE) Tamim Iqbal Friday became first Bangladeshi to score 8000 One Day International (ODI) runs. Overall, Iqbal is ninth opener to breach the landmark. He reached the milestone during Bangladesh’s first ODI against Zimbabwe when he moved to 57 with […]

Harare, Aug 5 (AFP/APP): Sikandar Raza and Innocent Kaia struck centuries as Zimbabwe recovered from a disastrous start to stun Bangladesh by five wickets on Friday in the first match of a three one-day internationals series. The home team lost openers Regis Chakabva and Tarisai […]