Category: Sports

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a bonus for its ground staff who worked tirelessly during the fifth edition of Pakistan Super League which was held entirely in the country for the first-ever time this year. The PSL-V, which was organised from Feb 20 to March 17 had to be halted due to […]

DUBAI: Australia will host this year’s postponed Twenty20 World Cup in 2022 with India retaining their tournament next year, the sport’s governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday. The ICC also confirmed the women’s 50-over World Cup that was scheduled to be held in New Zealand in February-March next year has been postponed to […]

MANCHESTER: Ollie Robinson will join the England squad ahead of next week’s second Test against Pakistan at Southampton, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Saturday. The uncapped fast bowler was due to play for Sussex in their Bob Willis Trophy match against Kent at Canterbury but has been withdrawn from that fixture. He will […]

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: England were set a challenging target of 277 to win the first Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Saturday after Yasir Shah led a valuable late-order batting assault by the tourists. Yasir made a quickfire 33 off just 24 balls, including five fours and a six. A brief session saw Pakistan […]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board is all set to invite England men’s team to tour Pakistan later this year but if the England and Wales Cricket Board decline for possible reasons of coronavirus pandemic or time constraints, PCB’s Plan B is to offer the option to the ECB for an England T20 series in Pakistan […]

PALERMO: Russian eighth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova was upset 7-5, 6-2 by Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro in the second round of the Palermo Ladies Open on Wednesday. Ferro’s win was only the second of her career against a player in the top 30 as she earned 12 break points in the contest and converted five to reach […]

MANCHESTER: Yasir Shah took three wickets after lunch as Pakistan dismissed England for 219 to tighten their control of the first Test on the third day at Old Trafford on Friday. The leg-spinner ripped through England’s middle and lower order with a burst of three wickets for four runs in 27 balls on his way […]

MANCHESTER: For Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq Shan Masood has “proved himself in England” after the opener’s superb knock put his team in a good position in the first Test at Old Trafford on Thursday. Masood’s Test-best 156 was the cornerstone of Pakistan’s first-innings 326 all out, with England slumping to 12-3 in reply. The hosts ended […]

ISLAMABAD: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain believes Pakistan’s young prolific batsman Babar Azam’s performance in the Test matches would be of great importance, if the tourists were to win the ongoing series in England. Nasser heaped praise on Babar, while talking about the way the latter carries himself on the field. “The outstanding member of […]

MELBOURNE: Mas­ter batsman Steve Smith says Australia have ‘unfi­nished business’ in Engl­and, with the achiev­em­ent of retaining the Ashes last year tempered by defeat in the final Test that levelled the series 2-2. Tim Paine’s Australia retained the urn in Engl­and for the first time since 2001, earning a hero’s reception back home, but the […]