By Tania Atzaz

ISLAMABAD: England take on Pakistan in the upcoming four-Test home series knowing that they are within striking distance of overtaking the opposition in the ICC Test Team Rankings. England, who recently prevailed 2-0 over Sri Lanka in a three-Test home series, are only three points behind Pakistan’s 111 points. This means that margins of 2-1 […]

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) and the Singapore Hockey Federation have agreed to host the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2016 at Singapore’s Sengkang Hockey Stadium from October 29 to November 6, 2016. Hosting the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy this year is the latest coup for the small but mighty Singapore Hockey Federation that has […]

ISLAMABAD: World champions Australia have retained their number-one ranking on the ICC ODI Team Rankings following their 58 runs victory over the West Indies in the final of the tri-series in Barbados on Sunday, but South Africa have dropped behind India in fourth place after they failed to reach the final. Australia had started the […]

  ISLAMABAD: The ICC Women’s Championship moves into top gear when England host Pakistan in a three-ODI series in Leicester from June 20, Monday (today). This will be the last series of round five of seven, while the final two rounds will commence in October before the event culminates in November. The ICC Women’s Championship […]

ISLAMABAD: England’s wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow has achieved his highest ranking to date in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after hitting his third career century in the Lord’s Test, which ended in a draw on Monday. Bairstow scored a Test best 167 not out in the first innings and then followed up with 32. […]

ISLAMABAD: India will launch their ICC Champions Trophy title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan when the two Asian powerhouses go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on June 4. The 18-day tournament will run from June 1 to 18, 2017 and will also see matches played at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and The […]

ISLAMABAD: England’s James Anderson has topped the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers for the first time in his career after bowling his side to a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Chester-le-Street in England on Monday. Anderson took three for 36 and five for 58, and, in doing so, has […]

ISLAMABAD: Former India captain Rahul Dravid and former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena have been appointed to the ICC Cricket Committee, adding even more cricketing experience to the list of eminent people already on the committee. “Dravid and Jayawardena have played 1,161 international matches between them from 1996 to 2015, and each has been appointed […]

ISLAMABAD: Shashank Manohar of India has been elected as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman unanimously and unopposed following the ICC Full Council’s approval of constitutional amendments proposed by the ICC Executive Board following its April meeting. Manohar, who on Tuesday resigned as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), […]

ISLAMABAD: ICC World Cup 2015 finalists Australia and New Zealand have retained the top two positions on the ICC ODI Team Rankings. “Results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while results from 2014-15 have been reduced to a weighting of 50 percent,” said a press release of the ICC on Wednesday. Australia, who won their fifth […]