LONDON: Former England captain and fearsome pace bowler Bob Willis has died aged 70, his family announced on Wednesday. Willis, who captained his country between 1982 and 1984, played in 90 Test matches with his most memorable performance taking eight for 43 in the Australian second innings of the third Ashes Test in 1981. That […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani athletes continued their impressive show at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Kathmandu on Wednesday as they ended day four by taking the gold medals tally to eight besides 15 silver medals and 13 bronze. According to the information made available here by the Pakistan Sports Board, Noman Ahmed displayed his class […]
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KARACHI: Sharjeel Khan is waiting for the last leg of his rehabilitation course before getting eligible to don the national colours once again. The dashing left-handed batsman, who recently served his mandatory suspension against his role in the spot-fixing saga of the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has already featured in a […]
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KARACHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday, in an unprecedented move, announced two different sets of match officials for the upcoming Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The normal ICC practice in short bilateral series is to nominate match referee for the entire duration and not more than three umpires who share the […]
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CAPE TOWN: The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) have threatened strike action by players just a few weeks before England are due to arrive for a four-Test tour as growing dismay at the country’s governing body threatens to boil over. South Africa and England are due to meet on Boxing Day in the first Test […]
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Former Pakistan cricket team coach Mickey Arthur will take over as the head coach for Sri Lanka, ESPN Cricinfo reported on Tuesday. According to ESPN Cricinfo, Arthur has agreed to a two-year contract with Sri Lanka, adding that a formal announcement will be made shortly. Grant Flower, David Sacker and Shane McDermott will be joining Arthur’s backroom staff […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREON all counts, the Pakistan cricket team’s tour of Australia was more of a case of professionals versus schoolboys. The visitors were comprehensively out-batted and overwhelmingly out-bowled by the hosts. Pakistan was trounced by a team that was operating on a different level altogether. Not only were the Australians at their zenith in terms of […]
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KATHMANDU: Pakistan have taken their gold medal tally to four at the ongoing South Asian Games in Nepal as the their karatekas continued to impress while the shooting team also bagged a gold medal in team rifle event.On the other hand, the men’s shooting team took first place in the men’s 3-position team rifle event. […]
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NEW DELHI: Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly believes pink-ball Tests are here to stay and wants the team under Virat Kohli to play at least one such match in every series. India became the last major cricket nation to embrace day-night Tests when they hosted neighbours Bangladesh in front of a sellout crowd at […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREHAVING slumped to their lowest from the beginning of this year, Pakistan, as was expected, has lost yet another series to bow down in their ranking at the Test level. Even before they embarked on this their latest tour of Australia with a disjointed and unbalanced team we were well aware of the outcome and […]
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