Category: Sports

Prime Minister Imran Khan held a meeting with the national cricket team and the Pakistan Cricket Board at Bani Gala on Friday during which he gave the team tips for World Cup success. The meeting comes a day after the squad for the World Cup 2019 was announced. The tournament kicks off on May 30 with a […]

Experienced fast bowler Mohammad Amir has missed out on Pakistan’s 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup squad announced by Chief Selector Inzamamul Haq on Thursday. The southpaw, who famously starred in the Champions Trophy final against India two years ago, paid the price of his poor form in the past two years (just 5 wickets in […]

Veteran batsman Hashim Amla was on Thursday named in South Africa’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. Amla, 36, will be playing in his third World Cup despite a poor run of recent form. He was selected ahead of opening batsman Reeza Hendricks, who played in 18 consecutive one-day internationals […]

A day after the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) board of governors (BoG) found itself in the middle of a controversy surrounding the appointment of the board’s managing director, the PCB on Thursday initiated action against one of the vocal BoG members, Nauman Butt. A day earlier, five out of seven members of the BoG had presented […]

KARACHI: The players are hoping to play. But even after the draw, there remain huge doubts whether they will be able to play. If they aren’t, Pakistan will go out of the race for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup without even kicking a ball. The omens aren’t good unless […]

KARACHI: The suspense over the composition of Pakistan squad for the ICC World Cup will end in Lahore on Thursday when the national selection committee, headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq, will unveil the 15-man party for the mega event, besides picking two additional players for the preceding five-match ODI series against England. Inzamam and his fellow selectors […]

Five out of seven members of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) board of governors (BoG) on Wednesday presented a resolution declaring the appointment of Wasim Khan as managing director as “null and void” — a development that PCB Chairperson Ehsan Mani deemed “hugely” disappointing. “Appointment of managing director [Wasim Khan] along with the creation of the unconstitutional […]

ISLAMABAD: A training camp has been organised at the Shalimar Cricket Ground for parliamentarians who will participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Cricket Tournament, scheduled to be held this July in the United Kingdom. National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser inaugurated the week-long training camp on Tuesday by batting a ball delivered by Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri. The […]

LAHORE: Former Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, a member of the 1992 World Cup-winning squad, reckons that though Pakistan have equal chances of clinching the upcoming World Cup along with a few other sides, the statement by England ODI captain Eoin Morgan declaring Pakistan as favourites could be a ploy to put pressure on Sarfraz Ahmed […]

KARACHI: Rohail Nazir, who scored a century on his first-class debut this season, has been appointed as Pakistan Under-19 captain for next month’s series against Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday. Wicket-keeper/batsman Rohail scored 130 and four for Islamabad against Habib Bank Limited in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in September. He played three […]