Pakistan selectors name Asif, Talat and Shaheen in 15-member squad on March 27, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test skipper Inzamamul Haq, on Monday ignored in-form opener Kamran Akmal but included three uncapped players in a 15-member squad named for next month’s three-match Twenty20 international series against the West Indies in Karachi. Sarfraz Ahmad will captain the hosts in the matches played in Karachi on April […]
Peshawar Zalmi to face Islamabad United in PSL III final on March 22, 2018LAHORE: Kamran Akmal’s scintillating half century (77 off 27 balls) helped defending champions Peshawar Zalmi humble Karachi Kings by 13 runs in the second eliminator of the Pakistan Super League III before a full house at Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday evening. With this triumph, Peshawar qualified for the final to be played against Islamabad […]
Peshawar Zalmi win thriller against Quetta Gladiators by one run on March 21, 2018LAHORE: The first playoff of the Pakistan Super League III lived up to its expectations when Peshawar Zalmi won the thriller against Quetta Gladiators by just one run at the picturesque Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday evening. Despite some light rain, fans were undeterred in their determination to watch the match that marked the return […]
PCB slaps Shahzaib Hasan with one-year ban, Rs one million fine on March 1, 2018LAHORE: A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal on Wednesday slapped opener Shahzaib Hasan with a one-year ban and Rs one million fine for breaching the board’s anti-corruption code and his ‘role’ in a spot-fixing scandal that rocked the country’s Twenty20 League last year. Hasan, who was playing for the Karachi Kings, was one of […]
Music, fireworks as PSL 2018 commences with colourful and dazzling ceremony in Dubai on February 23, 2018LAHORE: The third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) commenced with a dazzling and colourful ceremony at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday evening. Following a countdown to the big launch, the event officially began with the national anthem of Pakistan. Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja, who is […]
Third edition of Pakistan Super League rolls into action today on February 22, 2018LAHORE: The third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) rolls into action at Dubai International Stadium, United Arab Emirates on Thursday (today) with defending champions Peshawar Zalmi facing Multan Sultans in the opener. Cricket, perhaps the only factor that unites the entire country, will once again be taking the nation by storm. The opening […]
Pakistan welcomes 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy on February 4, 2018LAHORE: The 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy was unveiled here on Saturday after arriving in Pakistan for the first time in a chartered plane fromBangkok, Thailand. France’s World Cup-winning former footballer Christian Karembeu accompanied the trophy on the Pakistan leg of its world tour. Pakistan cricket legend Younus Khan, national men’s football team captain Kaleemullah […]
2018 FIFA World Cup trophy arrives in Pakistan amid fanfare on February 4, 2018LAHORE: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) may have been suspended by the FIFA and Pakistan failed to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but a piece of history was created when 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Pakistan for the first time here on Saturday in a chartered plane from Bangkok, Thailand. […]
Adjudicator maintains five-year ban on Khalid Latif on February 1, 2018LAHORE: An independent adjudicator on Wednesday waived Rs one million fine imposed on disgraced cricketer Khalid Latif for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing, but upheld the five-year ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The former Islamabad United opener was punished for taking part in a spot-fixing scandal during the second edition of the […]
Unpredictable Pakistan conclude tour Down Under on a high on January 30, 2018Skipper Sarfraz Ahmad and his charges concluded their tour Down Under on a high when they won the three-match Twenty20 International series 2-1, against expectations, against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Sunday. After beaten black and blue in the preceding five-match one-day international series, there was not much hope in the shortest format of […]