Kamran Akmal and Ahmad Shahzad get recall in preliminary squad for West Indies tour on March 10, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan’s unjust cricket selectors Thursday recalled Kamran Akmal and Ahmad Shahzad, but not dashing opener Salman Butt, in a preliminary squad for this month’s tour of the West Indies. The 35-year-old Kamran has been reminding selectors of his scoring abilities for well over a year scoring 1,035 in the premier first class tournament and […]
PCB forms three-member tribunal to investigate PSL spot-fixing on March 7, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday formed a three-member tribunal headed by a retired judge to investigate a spot-fixing case allegedly involving two players in a recent Twenty20 league match. Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were unceremoniously sent home after the first match of the Pakistan Super League last month and were later […]
PSL concludes with electrifying and colourful ceremony on March 6, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017 concluded with an electrifying and colourful ceremony at Gaddafi Stadium here Sunday. The ceremony kicked off in the evening with parachutists making a dramatic entry at Gaddafi Stadium. Actors Ahmed Ali Butt and Ayesha Omer hosted the ceremony which preceded the much-anticipated final between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar […]
Pakistan wont bow before anyone: Sethi on March 6, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Super League (PSL) Chairman Najam Sethi said on Sunday that Pakistan would never bow down before anyone. Speaking at the opening ceremony of PSL final, Sethi thanked Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Cricket Board Patron Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab administration, PSL and PCB officials and the people of Pakistan for their […]
Quetta Gladiators announce foreign players for final on March 5, 2017LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators on Saturday officially announced the names of foreign players that would be filling in for the much-anticipated Pakistan Super league (PSL) final against Peshawar Zalmi. According to the team’s media manager, these players include Anamul Haque from Bangladesh, Sean Ervine and Elton Chigumbura from Zimbabwe, and Morne Van Wik and Rayad Emerit […]
Hand injury forces Afridi out of PSL final on March 5, 2017LAHORE: Star all-rounder Shahid Afridi will not play in the highly anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) final on Sunday (today) due to a hand injury. Afridi, whose team Peshawar Zalmi will face Quetta Gladiators in the final here a Gaddafi Stadium, took to social media on Saturday to announce that he would not be able […]
15 lowly foreign players ready to play PSL final in Lahore on March 4, 2017LAHORE: The three top teams of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have issued a list of 15 ‘lowly’ foreign players willing to play the tournament’s final in Lahore on March 5. The players have also received their Pakistan visas after the three teams had selected them to be part of the final roster. England’s Ravi […]
Umar Akmals illegal number plate lands him in another controversy on March 3, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan middle-order batsman Umar Akmal had another run-in with law enforcement agencies on Thursday. The 26-year-old was heading to the National Cricket Academy when he was stopped by the officers of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department as part of their drive to weed out illegal number plates. Instead of admitting his mistake and […]
Zardari shows resentment over the absence of ministers on March 2, 2017KARACHI: President of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), Asif Ali Zardari, has shown serious resentment over the absence of provincial ministers from their offices during official timings. He was holding a meeting with the Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, who was giving him a detailed briefing over the performance of cabinet ministers, provincial […]
Quetta Gladiators foreign players pull out of Lahore final on March 1, 2017LAHORE: The majority of Quetta Gladiators’ foreign players have opted not to travel to Lahore for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final. Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright and Tymal Mills all tweeted about leaving the tournament, while former New Zealand offspinner Nathan McCullum will also not travel. Rilee Rossouw, the South African batsman, had been considering […]