BUDGAM — Four young players from Budgam have bagged two silver and two bronze medals in 14th National Kalaripayatu championship held at Kerala. The championship was conducted from October 8 to October 10. Aqib Yousuf who bagged silver in the championship told news agency Kashmir News Observer that they have previously won gold medals at […]
CHRISTCHURCH — Pakistan captain Babar Azam struck an unbeaten 79 from 53 balls and shared a 61-run partnership with Shadab Khan in a six-wicket win over New Zealand on Saturday in the Twenty20 tri-series. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson made the unusual decision to bat first after winning the toss and the Black Caps managed […]
CHRISTCHURCH – Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs in the first match of the tri-series at Christchurch cricket ground on Friday. Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and restricted Pakistan to 167/5. Pakistan’s ace batsman Mohammad Rizwan remained the top scorer with 78 not out, Shan Masood scored 31 runs while captain Babar Azam made only […]
INDORE — South Africa produced a dominating performance to thrash India by 49 runs in the third and final T20I of the three match series at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday. With the win in the first two T20Is, India won the two match series 2-1. A scintillating maiden T20I hundred century from […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan cricket team led by skipper Babar Azam left for New Zealand for the T20I tri-series involving the hosts and Bangladesh on Sunday night, with fans expressing mixed feelings following their 4-3 T20I series loss to England at the Gaddafi Stadium just hours before their departure. Pakistan will play their opening match […]
LAHORE — An unbeaten 78 by Dawid Malan and useful contributions from Ben Duckett (30) and Harry Brook (46 not out) propelled England to a 67-run series-winning victory against Pakistan in the seventh and final T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday night. The 4-3 series win will be a big boost for the […]
GUWAHATI — India defeated South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Sunday. Sent in to bat, India posted a massive 237 for three, riding on a solid batting display by the top four and then returned to restrict the visitors […]
LAHORE — Phil Salt smashed an unbeaten 88, at a strike rate of 214.63, as England cruised to an eight-wicket victory with 33 balls to spare in the sixth game of the seven-match T20I series against Pakistan here on Friday. The win helped the team, led by stand-in skipper Moeen Ali, level the series 3-3 […]
LAHORE — Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday equalled Virat Kohli’s record of the fastest man to reach 3,000 runs in cricket’s shortest format during his team’s sixth T20I of the seven-match series against England, here. The 27-year-old became the fifth men’s player and eighth overall to achieve the milestone in the format. He also […]
DUBAI — The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the title winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be taking home a whopping cheque of USD 1.6 million. The total prize pot of USD 5.6m will see the runners-up assured of USD 800,000 and the losing semifinalists will receive USD 400,000 […]