KARACHI — Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday became the first batter to score 2,000 T20 runs in a single calendar year. He achieved the feat in the third and final T20I against West Indies here at the National Stadium, Karachi. He crossed the landmark in the 11th over of Pakistan’s batting innings. Off the […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have issued a joint statement after five more positive cases were reported in the West Indies camp following Wednesday’s PCR testing, raising the total number of positive cases to nine since their arrival in Karachi on December 9. “On Thursday morning and as […]
NEW DELHI — Team India Test skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday (December 15) said no prior communication happened between him and the selectors before he was removed as the captain of the ODI team. Rohit Sharma was named India’s new ODI skipper last week and he takes the reins from Kohli as India gear up […]
KARACHI — Pakistan has become the first men’s team to win 18 T20Is in a calendar year following the hosts’ victory over the West Indies in the opening match of the series. Skipper Babar Azam’s third career duck didn’t deter Pakistan from recording a comprehensive and comfortable 63 runs victory over two-time T20 World Cup […]
KARACHI — Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has refused to share details of his conversation with Indian skipper Virat Kohli during the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup clash. The Pakistani captain was addressing a pre-match virtual press conference ahead of Pakistan’s T20 series against the West Indies. A reporter asked the skipper about various videos […]
DHAKA — Pakistan skipper was all praise for off-spinner Sajid Khan as his brilliant spell led the team to victory against Bangladesh in the second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. A sensational bowling performance from Pakistan saw them collect 13 Bangladesh wickets on the fifth and final day of the […]
LONDON — England’s Eileen Ash, the world’s oldest test player described as a ‘pioneer’ of the sport, has died aged 110, the country’s cricket board (ECB) has said. Right-arm seamer Ash played seven tests for England after making her debut against Australia in 1937. She retired in 1949 but she also played golf until the […]
MUMBAI — New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday etched his name in the history books at the Wankhede Stadium after becoming only the third cricketer to claim 10 wickets in a single innings of a Test match after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble. Ajaz dismissed Mohammed Siraj to complete a perfect 10-wicket haul on […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is well-known across the globe as “Rawalpindi Express” for his running speed, will no longer be able to run. Taking to Instagram, the former cricketer revealed that his “running days are over” as he is going for a “total knee replacement in Australia Melbourne very soon.” […]
DUBAI — Australian Geoff Allardice has been appointed as permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council after serving the role on an interim basis for more than eight months, the game’s governing body said on Sunday. Allardice thus replaced Manu Sawhney, who had resigned from his position in July. “It’s a great privilege to be […]