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LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former skipper Misbahul Haq, on Saturday recalled middle-order batsman Fawad Alam after 10 years in the wilderness to a 16-member squad named for a two-match Test series starting later this month. The series, which is part of ICC’s World Test Championship, starts at Rawalpindi next Wednesday. Karachi will host […]

Lt Gen (r) Syed Arif Hasan and Muammad Khalid Mahmood have been re-elected unopposed as president and secretary general of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) for fifth and third time, respectively for the term 2019-2023. The elections of the POA were announced to be held on November 26 (Tuesday) but no nomination papers against Arif`s […]

Like 2015, the year 2019 will also go down in history as one of the darkest chapters of Pakistan hockey. Pakistan’s failure to qualify for the second successive Olympics marks a calamitous new low. The agonising reality is that Pakistan hockey has acquired a ‘loser’ image in world hockey and become a synonym for defeat, […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee, headed by former Test captain Misbahul Haq, on Monday picked two rookie pacers in 16-member national squads named for the upcoming tour of Australia. New Pakistan captain Azhar Ali will have an exciting pace attack at his disposal in the two-Test series. Sixteen-year-old Naseem Shah and Musa […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed as Test and Twenty20 skipper due to “drop in overall form”, giving reins of the Test squad to Azhar Ali and putting Babar Azam in charge of the T20I team. Batsman Azhar will captain the national outfit in the upcoming Tests against Australia as well […]

LAHORE: Inexperienced Sri Lanka thrashed world’s top ranked Twenty20 team Pakistan by 35 runs in the second T20I to seal the three-match series 2-0 at the picturesque Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday evening. The last match will be played at the same venue on Wednesday (tomorrow). Chasing a formidable victory target of 183, skipper Sarfraz […]

LAHORE: Pakistan got a cricketing lesson from inexperienced Sri Lanka when they suffered a 64-run defeat in the first Twenty20 international at the picturesque Gaddafi Stadium before a full house here Saturday evening. The stunning victory gave the visitors 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Chasing a modest victory target of 166, skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed […]

lahore: Hosts Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International of a three-match series at picturesque Gadaffi Stadium here on Saturday (today). The return of international limited-overs cricket to Pakistan finally became a reality with the arrival of the visitors last week and the subsequent ODI series that was won 2-0 by skipper […]