Category: Sports

LAHORE: Despite remaining unbeaten in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Friday said his team cannot be complacent against the tourists in the Twenty20 International series starting here at the Gaddafi Stadium under lights on Saturday. Fresh from a 2-0 triumph in the three-match ODI rubber held in Karachi, Pakistan […]

LAHORE: Army personnel with police have been deployed in and around the Gaddafi Stadium to provide security to players and fans for the three Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Oct 5, 7 and 9. The army will lead security arrangements for the transportation of the guest team and officials. The surroundings of […]

LONDON: Liverpool’s perfect start to the Premier League season is under threat from an in-form Leicester City led by a manager with a point to prove at Anfield in Brendan Rodgers. The European champions have a five-point lead at the top of the table over Manchester City, but Leicester are the closest challengers to the […]

Opening batsman Dean Elgar completed a gritty century to keep South Africa fighting in response to India’s first-innings 502 on day three of the first Test on Friday. Left-hander Elgar, who started the day on 27, reached his hundred with a six off Ravichandran Ashwin in the second session as he let out a big […]

LAHORE: The Netherlands and Ireland will host Pakistan for three One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals, respectively before their official tour of England next year. The VRA Cricket Club Ground in Amstelveen will host the three one-dayers on July 4, 7 and 9 before Pakistan travel to Ireland for the T20 fixtures on July 12 […]

LAHORE: Nida Dar has become the first Pakistan woman cricketer to feature in a foreign league after she was selected by Sydney Thunder as their overseas professional player in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League, which will be played from Oct 18 to Dec 8. Nida has played 71 ODIs and 96 T20Is since making her […]

LAHORE: Australian batting great David Boon has advised Pakistan team to be patient when they tour Down Under later this year for the World Test Championship fixtures. “The grounds [in Australia] are a lot bigger and the guys have to adapt to that. The pitches are obviously different. I won’t say they are the same […]

Pakistan on Wednesday defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third and final ODI in Karachi, claiming the series 2-0 (the first match was washed out). Here are our five takeaways from the series. Something’s amiss Pakistan’s first ODI home series in a while failed to get the hype going. It may have something […]

LAHORE: Pakistan on Wednesday recalled opener Ahmed Shehzad and middle-order batsman Umar Akmal for the three-match Twenty20 International homes series against Sri Lanka starting on Saturday in Lahore. The 16-member squad was announced for the T20 games being held at the Gaddafi Stadium. The second and third matches of the series will be played on […]

KARACHI: West Indies’ fast bowling great Micheal Holding, who has been in Pakistan for about a week, has said that he would love to see teams frequently visit Pakistan but the perception, of the country, needs to be changed. Talking to a group of journalists here, the fearsome paceman of his time acknowledged the hospitality […]