Category: Sports

LAHORE: Former Test all-rounder Mudassar Nazar on Saturday strongly criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board for what he claimed ignoring merit in the appointments of new panel of coaches, particularly of the six provincial cricket associations. Mudassar, who featured in 76 Tests and 122 ODIs between 1976 and 1989, expressed his regret over the recent appointments […]

PERTH: Alex Carey said on Saturday he is disappointed to no longer be a vice-captain but understands why the decision was made to streamline the leadership of Australia’s white-ball cricket teams. Skipper Aaron Finch will now only have Pat Cummins as his deputy in the One-day International and Twenty20 teams, after a review found joint […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has a tentative plan to hold the remaining four matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) soon after the end of the proposed Zimbabwe tour to the country in October. It is learnt that as the broadcasters’ staff will also be in Pakistan, covering the white-ball internationals against Zimbabwe […]

Pakistan head coach Misbahul Haq has praised the team for its commitment and belief in the Southampton Test match against England following a heart-breaking three-wicket defeat in Manchester. “It was always going to be difficult to fight back after what happened in Manchester but the players’ commitment and belief was outstanding. “We believe that we can come […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appealed in the World Court of Arbitration against the decision of its own-appointed independent adjudicator, reducing the ban on Test cricketer Umar Akmal from 36 months to 18 months in two different cases registered under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct in February this year. Umar was handed over 36 […]

KARACHI: Reacting to the dreary draw to the weather-plagued second Test against England at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl, Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis feels cricket administrators must do a ‘rethink’ in the playing conditions to guarantee more play. Talking to reporters online during post-match media conference late on Monday, ex-Pakistan skipper Waqar admitted it was possible for both […]

LAHORE: Former captain Salim Malik on Tuesday lashed out at ex-Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif for threatening his way into the national team during his playing days and also blasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for getting his (Malik’s) entry into the Gaddafi Stadium stalled as he arrived to submit a reply to an inquiry against […]

SOUTHAMPTON: Nasser Hussain has called on cricket to adopt a new ‘mindset’ after bad light blighted the drawn second Test between England and Pakistan at Southampton. Only 134.3 overs were sent down across five days in a match marred by rain delays as well as the spectacle of players being taken off the field for bad light […]

LONDON: England named a 14-man Twenty20 squad on Tuesday for the upcoming three-match series against Pakistan, with selectors leaving out players from the Test squad in the ongoing series against the Asian side. Eoin Morgan will captain the side, with all three matches to be played behind closed doors at Old Trafford in Manchester when […]

Barcelona will choose a new coach in the coming days, and it may have a new president next year. The club is also promising wide-ranging and profound structural changes after one of its most humiliating defeats ever the 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarter finals of the Champions League on Friday. The one […]