"He is a superstar and is going to do big things to franchise cricket and Indian cricket"
Organisers have held talks with PCB over possibility of granting NOCs
The Mumbai Indians captain felt they let Gujarat Titans score 20-25 runs extra and failed to stitch partnerships in the chase
Paul Stirling will join up with Ireland after playing for Birmingham Bears in the Blast on Friday night
The Titans hero also spelt out his gameplan: "bigger boundaries if they are bowling in good areas, look for doubles; smaller boundaries, you can take it on"
Sparks crushed by 56 runs despite Amy Jones half-century as Blaze make it three from three
Charlie Dean becomes Vipers' leading wicket-taker as Western Storm limp to 105 for 8
Skipper's 82 outshines Alice Capsey's valiant effort to hold Stars innings together
Three sixes in final over leave Yorkshire Vikings still searching for first win of the season
Wayne Madsen, Luis Reece looked to have set up Falcons for a bumper total with 112-run stand
Somerset and Worcestershire maintain their 100% winning records in the T20 Blast, while there is a surprise first defeat for Birmingham Bears.
Ollie Pope says he is determined to carry his form into the Ashes after struggling in Australia 18 months ago.
Ollie Pope crashes his maiden Test double hundred and Ben Duckett helps himself to 182 on a completely one-sided second day of England's Test against Ireland.
Ben Duckett tells BBC Sport he thought his England Test career was over 12 months ago and says the revival in his fortunes is down to skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum placing their faith in him.
Watch highlights as Ollie Pope scores a double hundred and Ben Duckett adds 182 to maintain England's dominance against Ireland on day two of the Test at Lord's.
Watch as Josh Tongue removes Ireland's Peter Moor and Andrew Balbirnie in the same over to claim his first Test wickets for England.
Watch the best shots as England vice-captain Ollie Pope makes his first double century in Test cricket on day two against Ireland at Lord's.
Watch as England's Ollie Pope brings up his maiden Test match double-hundred with a six against Ireland at Lord's
Watch the best shots from England opener Ben Duckett's innings of 183 against Ireland in the Test at Lord's.
Watch as Ireland's Graham Hume ends England's 252-run second-wicket partnership by bowling Ben Duckett for 182 at Lord's.
Pakistan Cricket Board and Cricket Australia today announced the revised itinerary of the 2022 Australia men’s cricket team’s tour of Pakistan for three Tests, three ODIs and one T20I. The tour will now start and end in Rawalpindi with the opening Test to be played from 4-8 March and the four white-ball matches to be played from 29 March to 5 April. The change in the first Test venue means that the second Test will be played in Karachi from 12-16 March and the third in Lahore from 21-25 March.
Also See: Pakistan vs Australia Schedule 2022 (All Match Dates, Venues & Time Table)
PCB Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain: “We are pleased that the Cricket Australia Board has formally approved their side’s five-week tour itinerary and...
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has confirmed it will tour Pakistan for two Tests and three ODIs in December/January 2022-23 as part of the Future Tours Programme and will return in April 2023 for 10 white-ball matches to make-up for the September 2021 abandoned tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. PCB said the arrangement was finalized following meetings and discussions between the PCB and NZC Chairpersons Ramiz Raja and Martin Snedden, respectively. The two Tests and three ODIs will be part of the ICC World Test Championship and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, respectively, while the second visit will include two additional ODIs and will now comprise five ODIs and five T20Is that will count towards the ICC Rankings.
“I am pleased with the outcomes of our discussions and negotiations and thank Martin Snedden and his board for their understanding and support. This reflects the strong, cordial, and historic relations the two boards have and...
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Monday was named as ICC’s Men Cricketer of the Year.
Shaheen took 78 wickets in 36 internationals at an average of 22.20 with best bowling figures of 6/51.
The tall Pakistani quick was on fire throughout 2021, knocking some of the best batters over across all three formats of the game. He especially had a year to remember in Tests and T20Is, reaching his peak during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in UAE where he impressed one and all with his sheer speed and skills.
He would take seven wickets in six matches during the tournament in Pakistan’s run to the semi-final. He ruled the shortest format throughout the calendar year, scalping 23 wickets in 21 matches with his death bowling improving by leaps and bounds.
After a slow start to the year in Test cricket in New Zealand, Afridi burst to life during the home series against South Africa. He continued his brilliant form throughout the rest of the year in...
The Pakistan Super League, also known as the PSL, is an entertaining T20 competition that is Pakistan’s equivalent to the Indian Premier League, although it is nowhere near as big and nowhere near as lucrative. It was established back in 2015, and the seventh edition is ongoing now and nearing its conclusion. In this article, we are going to take a look at what has been happening in this tournament and then give our prediction as to who will win the final.
Pakistan Super League 2022: What Has Happened So Far?
In the Group Stage of the competition, the standout team was the Multan Sultans by quite a distance. Each team played ten matches in the Group Stage, playing the...
The former Pakistan cricketer, Mohsin Khan has come down hard on the Pakistan cricket team claiming that eight of their top eleven cricketers don’t meet the fitness standards.
Mohsin, who has played 48 Tests and 75 ODIs for the country, has suggested the name of Sharjeel Khan for the opening slot citing that he is a talented player and his below-par fitness levels won’t matter much as there are already a lot of players in the Pakistan squad who do not match the required fitness standards of international cricket.
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He told Daily Express, “Opening has always been an issue for Pakistan. Sharjeel Khan is a talented player. His fitness should not be a major concern because I think eight players in Pakistan’s playing eleven don’t meet the required standards so it does not make much of a...
Organisers of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup are confident the men’s tournament will thrive even if it is directly competing with Australia’s football codes, as they consider COVID-19 contingency plans they hope will never be needed.
The world’s health crisis has cast doubt over the men’s T20 World Cup, slated to run from October 18 until November 15 in Australia.
Uncertainty clouds so many elements of life and limitations on international travel loom as a particularly big challenge for the 16-team event, depending on how much the coronavirus continues to spread.
Speculation is rife in India the T20 World Cup could be postponed or cancelled, but at this stage the International Cricket Council (ICC) have instead said they are in a holding pattern.
Watch : Full List of Top 15 T20I Batsmen by ICC Rankings (2004 – 2020) – A Graphical Representation
As with the Olympic...
Pakistan is currently in England for the tour England where they will play three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty-20 Internationals (T20Is) in July. While Pakistani players may already be in the swing of things because to the PSL, England’s match against Sri Lanka could serve as a warm-up for their match against Pakistan.
Where will England vs Pakistan ODI Series be held...
Pakistan’s best T20 cricketers will be back in action as the much-awaited National T20 Cup First XI tournament kicks off on Wednesday at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The 33-match tournament, which will be broadcast live in its entirety in High Definition on PTV Sports, marks the beginning of competitive cricket in the country after more than six months and, as such, serves as the curtain-raiser for the 2020-21 domestic season.
As per the overhauled structure, six teams will take part in the competition, with each team playing 10 games in the double round-robin leg.
With no international cricket going on for Pakistan currently, until the series against Zimbabwe, some of the top players of the country will be available, which will make the tournament ever more competitive.
These include the likes of Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Kamran Akmal, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Rizwan, Junaid Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez,...
Breaking: Umar Akmal has been suspended by PCB under Anti-Corruption Code. The Pakistan Cricket Board Thursday suspended Umar Akmal with immediate effect under Article 4.7.1 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code, which means he cannot take part in any cricket-related activity pending the investigation being carried out by PCB’s Anti-Corruption Unit. The PCB has decided not make any further comments due to the ongoing investigation. However, sources privy to the matter told Dunya News that Umar Akmal has been...
"He is a superstar and is going to do big things to franchise cricket and Indian cricket"
Organisers have held talks with PCB over possibility of granting NOCs
The Mumbai Indians captain felt they let Gujarat Titans score 20-25 runs extra and failed to stitch partnerships in the chase
Paul Stirling will join up with Ireland after playing for Birmingham Bears in the Blast on Friday night
The Titans hero also spelt out his gameplan: "bigger boundaries if they are bowling in good areas, look for doubles; smaller boundaries, you can take it on"
Sparks crushed by 56 runs despite Amy Jones half-century as Blaze make it three from three
Charlie Dean becomes Vipers' leading wicket-taker as Western Storm limp to 105 for 8
Skipper's 82 outshines Alice Capsey's valiant effort to hold Stars innings together
Three sixes in final over leave Yorkshire Vikings still searching for first win of the season
Wayne Madsen, Luis Reece looked to have set up Falcons for a bumper total with 112-run stand
Rayudu later revealed that Dhoni called them both before the ceremony, emphasising the significance of the moment.
Former bowler Madan Lal added: "Heart-breaking that they decided to throw their medals. We aren't in favour of them throwing their medals because earning medals isn't easy and we urge the Government to sort out this issue as soon as possible."
MSK Prasad advised the team to take the final call depending on the conditions at that time.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon doesn't believe Australia's preparations for the World Test Championship final will be affected by the talk around the Ashes.
Shikhar Dhawan caught up with Delhi and India team-mate Rishabh Pant at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Vettori also expects Cameron Green to play a big part in the WTC final, especially after his superb showing in the just-concluded IPL.
''The Oval can present itself with some spin occasionally, particularly as the game wears on. So we could face some sort of similarities to what we had in India at certain stages of the game.'
'I don't think Shami had any doubts that Ravi would stick by his word, but to see the head coach move heaven and earth to ensure his best interests were taken care of at a difficult time must have made a massive impact on him.' A fascinating excerpt from R Sridhar's must-read book Coaching Beyond: My Days with the Indian Cricket Team.
The duo, along with Ajinkya Rahane from CSK and Suryakumar Yadav from the Mumbai Indians, arrived at the team's training base located at the picturesque Arundel Castle cricket club in West Sussex.
Hosts England dominated the proceedings to take control at the end of Day 1 over visitors Ireland at Lord's.
