By Tania Atzaz

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appointed Mark Coles of New Zealand as coach of the national women’s cricket team ahead of their ODI series against New Zealand next month in the United Arab Emirates. Coles, who was appointed at the suggestion of Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur, has held several coaching jobs […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan qualified for Group-I of the Davis Cup by beating Thailand 3-2 in the Asia-Oceania Group-II final played at the grass courts of the Pakistan Sports Complex here Sunday. Pakistan were 2-1 up at the end of day two but Aisamul Haq Qureshi had the tough task to begin the day, taking on Thailand’s […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan led the fist day of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group-II final against Thailand 2-0. played at the grass courts of Pakistan Sports Complex here Friday. In the first match, which lasted for an hour and 46 minutes, Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan defeated Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul of Thailand 3-0 (6-3, 6-4, 6-4). In the second match, […]

ISLAMABAD: Three of the world’s top five bowlers will turn out in the three T20Is, World XI captain Faf du Plessis top-ranked batsman from either side Several leading players from the world over will get a chance to enhance their Twenty20 International rankings in the upcoming three-match Independence Cup series against Pakistan to be played […]

ISLAMABAD: British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan announced the formation of the Super Boxing League at the Amir Khan Boxing Academy here on Monday. “I have taken the idea from my partner who is from India. He formed this league in India, so I decided to bring the league here to Pakistan,” Amir, who had also expressed […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named Sarfaz Ahmad Test captain at a ceremony honouring Pakistan team, the winners of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, hosted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at PM House here on Tuesday. The PCB rewarded Sarfraz with the Test captaincy, a fortnight after he led the national team to an […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket is on a roll after victory in the ICC Champions Trophy – now the Pakistan women’s skipper Sana Mir wants her team to ride that wave of success at the ICC Women’s World Cup. Sarfraz Ahmed’s team sprung a surprise earlier this month by beating India in the Champions Trophy final at […]

RAWALPINDI: Opener Sami Aslam and all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez sparkled with bat as Federal Areas outplayed Balochistan by one wicket to win Pakistan Cup at Pindi Stadium here on Saturday night. Chasing a formidable target of 324 in 50 overs, Federal Areas raced home after losing nine wickets. Sami hammered a scintillating ton (109) off 109 […]

RAWALPINDI: Opener Sami Aslam and all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez sparkled with bat as Federal Areas outplayed Balochistan by one wicket to win Pakistan Cup at Pindi Stadium here on Saturday night. Chasing a formidable target of 324 in 50 overs, Federal Areas raced home after losing nine wickets. Sami hammered a scintillating ton (109) off 109 […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Misbahul aq has gained six slots to reach 20th position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after the first Test against the West Indies in Kingston which his team won by seven wickets on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Misbah, who along with former captain […]