Muhammad Ali

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday gave cold shoulder to former cricketers Danish Kaneria and Salim Malik by rejecting their pleas for their comeback to cricket-related activities. In its reply to both players’ requests, the PCB not only tuned down their appeals but also gave reasons behind the rejection. It is pertinent to […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will host Asia Cup tournament in 2022 after this year’s edition, originally scheduled for September, has been postponed by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACC, in a statement, on Thursday said that it was hoping to stage the Twenty20 competition, which would feature […]

LAHORE: A 20-member Pakistan squad, led by Azhar Ali, will leave for England on Sunday (today) on a chartered flight for a three-Test and three T20I series to be played in August and September there. T20 skipper Babar Azam will be deputy of Azhar in Tests. Eleven support officials will also accompany the national outfit […]

LAHORE: Seven more Pakistan cricketers have tested positive for COVID-19 after being screened ahead of their tour of England, taking the total to 10, and putting a big question mark on the upcoming tour. Along with the players, team’s support staff member Malang Ali (masseur) has also been tested positive. “Fakhar Zaman, Imran Khan, Kashif […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain MisbahulHaq, on Friday recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed, pacer Sohail Khan, batsman Fawad Alam and uncapped batsman Haider Ali to a 29-member national squad named for the upcoming tour of England. The team are scheduled to play three Tests and as many Twenty20 Internationals in August-September in […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday appointed country’s most successful Test batsman and former captain Younus Khan as the national team’s batting coach for the upcoming tour of England. To help head coach Misbahul Haq and fast bowling coach Waqar Younis, the PCB has also named Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling coach to complete […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has signed a declaration for a new World Anti-Doping Code 2021. POA Secretary General Muhammad Khalid Mahmood told Daily Times on Wednesday that the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) had notified the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code which would come into effect on 1st of January 2021. “It contains […]

Pakistan star batsman Babar Azam has played down his comparisons with Indian skipper Virat Kohli, saying it is not wise to do so as both are “different” kind of players. “I think it’s better if you are not comparing me with him. I have said that he is a different kind of a player, and […]

The Olympic Games is the world’s biggest sporting festival: biggest in the numbers of its competitors, its spectators, the global reach and television coverage. Pakistan legend Wasim Akram is keen to see cricket becoming an Olympic sport in future. In an exclusive interview with Daily Times, former Pakistan captain Wasim, who claimed 414 Test and […]