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Big win for Northern in Pakistan Cup

LAHORE – Opener Taimoor Sultan’s century helped Northern record a comprehensive 154-run win over Central Punjab in a broadcast fixture at the State Bank Stadium on Sunday. According to PCB spokesman, in the other matches, Sindh overcame Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 63 runs thanks to an […]

Orient lift CPL T20 Cricket trophy

LAHORE – Team Orient clinched the Pepsi Cup CPL T20 Cricket Championship glittering trophy after defeating Ufone by 35 runs in the final played here at the Railways Stadium on Sunday. Put into bat first, Orient posted a huge total of 190/9 on the board […]

Mani vows to convince govt for PSL-6 crowd

LAHORE – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has said that Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a famous brand and efforts will be made to convince the government to allow crowd to witness the PSL-6 matches following Covid-19 SOPs. Talking to the reporters during […]

Hasan joins United, Gladiators sign Gayle as PCB holds PSL-6 Draft

LAHORE – The six Pakistan Super League (PSL) sides confirmed their line-ups for the sixth edition of Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) marquee event, which will be held in Karachi and Lahore from February 20 to March 22. In the Platinum Category, all-rounder Hasan Ali, who played the […]

Karachi, Islamabad retain Babar, Shadab ahead of PSL 2021 Player Draft

Lahore-Defending champions Karachi Kings have retained Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Islamabad United have kept Pakistan’s white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan as the two sides also completed a successful trade of Englishman Alex Hales and Colin Ingram of South Africa ahead of the Pakistan Super League […]

Serena, Osaka to join top men in Adelaide ahead of Australian Open

MELBOURNE-Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will join Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic in playing a pre-Australian Open warm-up exhibition in Adelaide after serving their quarantine in the South Australian city, Tennis Australia (TA) said on Saturday. The “A Day at the Drive” event will take place […]

Shoaib Malik remains safe after car accident

On Sunday, Shoaib Malik is “safe” after his car crashed into a truck parked outside the city’s National High Performance Centre (NHPC) when the former cricket captain departed the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft. While the veteran all-rounder cricketer was reportedly safe, his car sustained […]

Faisalabad’s men, women teams dominate 30m archery event

LAHORE – Faisalabad division’s men and women archery teams dominated the 30m Archery Team event on the second day of 1ts Quaid-e-Azam Open Inter-Division Sports Championship here at Punjab Stadium on Thursday. In the women team archery event, Faisalabad archers demonstrated wonderful performance scoring 776 points ahead […]

Criticism after New Zealand series is justified: Misbah

LAHORE – Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul Haq has accepted the criticism from the nation after his team was badly defeated in New Zealand by 2-0 in Test and 2-1 in T20I series, saying the fans have every right to feel saddened and let their feelings […]

Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament commences today

LAHORE – Following the completion of first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which produced high-quality red-ball action, the focus has now shifted to white-ball cricket as the Pakistan Cup commences today (Friday). The 33-match tournament, to be played on double-league basis, will be staged at three Karachi venues […]

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