Cricket

LAHORE – August 22 (ONLINE) Fast bowler Muhammad Hasnain has been included in national team’s squad in place of injured Shaheen Shah Afridi, it emerged. “Mohammad Hasnain will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in the Pakistan squad for the ACC T20 Asia Cup, which will be […]

LAHORE – August 21 (ONLINE) The four emerging Namibian players have recognized the facilities provided by Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars’ High Performance Camp. In an interview, the players talked exclusively to Cricket Pakistan and expressed their desire to participate in Pakistan’s domestic […]

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, […]