Category: Sports

Beckenham (England): Pakis­tan launched their England tour on a winning note here on Saturday when they completed a 100-run defeat of Kent after putting up a commanding batting performance earlier in the day at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Beckenham (partly reported in Sunday’s edition). Imad Wasim, the Swansea-born all-rounder, starred in Pakistan’s total […]

MUMBAI: Andre Russell has represented West Indies in only a single One-day International since 2015 but his World Cup call-up was not surprising and the hard-hitting all-rounder is hungry to represent the Caribbean side again. Contractual disputes between the players and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have weakened the team for several years now with the […]

Sri Lanka has postponed a tour of Pakistan Under-19 team following the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 253 in the island country, a Sri Lankan cricket board (SLC) source told Reuters on Saturday. The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attacks on three churches and four hotels all but one of which were in the […]

KENT: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur called his team’s preparations for the World Cup “outstanding”, on the eve of their practice match against Kent. Pakistan play Kent on Saturday, ahead of the limited-overs series against England before the World Cup begins on May 30. They open their campaign against the West Indies on May 31 and […]

LONDON: Ben Foakes is in line to make his white-ball debut for England after fellow wicket-keeper/batsman Sam Billings was sidelined by a dislocated shoulder which will require surgery. Billings was due to play in the One-day International against Ireland on May 3 and the T20 against Pakistan on May 5 but was hurt in Kent’s […]

MELBOURNE: All-rounder Glenn Maxwell is relieved to see his name in Australia’s 15-man squad for the forthcoming ICC World Cup, and says he is confident about putting on a good show at the 10-nation mega event starting late May. Maxwell, 30, has enjoyed a purple patch in recent times, and that solidified his claim to […]

Among the 16 umpires and six match referees who will officiate the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is Pakistan’s Aleem Dar. Beginning in late May in England and Wales, the 48-match event will be held from May 30 to July 14, with the top 10 one-day international sides competing. The International Cricket Council said on […]

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and legendary batsman Javed Miandad on Thursday lashed out at the government for ruining sports in the country and hinted at establishing an All Pakistan Sports Club to rescue sports and sportspersons. He also threatened the Pakis­tan Cricket Board (PCB) with a country-wide campaign if it executes its plan to abolish […]

Powerful all-rounder Shane Watson retired from Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League on Friday, but will continue playing select overseas tournaments. The 37-year-old, who quit international cricket in 2016, stood down as Sydney Thunder’s captain and all-time top run-scorer to spend more time with his family. “I have so many amazing memories that I will savour […]

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) has taken strong notice of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s recent action against the members of its Board of Governors (BOG) and has directed the PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani to withhold his decisions of barring one member and issue show cause notices to two other members. […]