LAHORE — Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday unveiled the national cricket team’s official jersey for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 during the opening ceremony of newly-renovated Gaddafi Stadium. The kit was revealed by Pakistan’s 15-member squad for the eight-team tournament during the star-studded ceremony. The board also released a minute-long promo to unveil […]
ISLAMABAD — Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi revealed on Friday that the selection committee is reviewing the squad for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. “The selection committee has the right to make changes or not, in the Champions Trophy squad,” he added. The chairman also addressed the inclusion of Khushdil […]
KARACHI — Pakistan opening batter Saim Ayub has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after being prescribed a rehabilitation period of at least 10 weeks to recover from an ankle injury. Pakistan opener Saim Ayub is progressing well in his recovery from a right ankle fracture and will continue his rehabilitation in […]
GALLE — Australia on Thursday dealt more blows with captain Pat Cummins and senior pacer Josh Hazlewood being ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy owing to injuries. Cummins has not recovered from the ankle niggle that plagued him towards the end of the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series against India, while Hazlewood is still […]
DUBAI — Tickets for the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 match between arch-rivals Pakistan and India have been sold out in less than an hour after the tickets for the mega tournament went on sale. Cricket enthusiasts rushed to the tickets’ sales website with more than 140,000 fans queuing up online to get their […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Friday confirmed that newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and National Stadium Karachi would be inaugurated on February 7 and February 11, respectively ahead of the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. “Lahore stadium is going to be inaugurated on February 7, God willing,” Naqvi told […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 15-player squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to take place in Pakistan from 19 February to 9 March. The PCB has until 11 February to make any changes to the squad; thereafter, replacements will only be permitted on medical grounds, subject to approval […]
GALLE — Australian pacer Mitchell Starc completed 700 international wickets, becoming only the fourth Aussie bowler to do so on Thursday. Starc accomplished this feat during his side’s first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle. During the first innings of Sri Lanka, during the fifth over after Australia made 654/6 declared in their first innings, […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in conjunction with the ICC will hold the opening ceremony of the upcoming Champions Trophy on February 16 in Lahore. A source in the PCB told PTI that chairman Mohsin Naqvi had approved a scheduled list of events prior to the first match of the tournament on February […]
DUBAI — Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, who took his team to a new level with his right-arm pace bowling and multi-faceted batting game, was on Monday named the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024. The 24-year-old built on an impressive 2023 to become one of the world’s leading One-Day International performers last year. […]