Muhammad Ali

LAHORE: A three-member Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal on Wednesday slapped batsman Khalid Latif with a five-year ban and Rs.10,00,000/- fine for his role in a spot-fixing scandal during this year’s Pakistan Super League (PSL). The 31-year-old Khalid, who has played five one-day internationals, was charged with six major breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption […]

The highly successful completion of the World XI tour last week was, no doubt, a big leap towards revival of international cricket in the country, which has suffered a dearth of opportunities on home ground since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, save a limited-over series against Zimbabwe in 2015. […]

LAHORE: Ahmad Shahzad played a scintillating knock of 89 as clinical Pakistan thrashed World XI by 33 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International at Gaddafi Stadium to win the three-match series, dubbed as Independence Cup, 2-1 here on Friday evening. The successful completion of the event is another milestone in the revival of […]

LAHORE: Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera and South African star batsman Hashim Amla sparkled with bat as World XI defeated Pakistan by seven wickets after a thrilling contest in the second Twenty20 International of a three-match series at picturesque Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday evening. Perera made a whirlwind 19-ball 47 not out with five […]

LAHORE: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson said Wednesday that if security in Pakistan continued to remain satisfactory and kept on improving then the country would host ICC events in the coming days. “The World XI’s tour has marked the start of the revival of international cricket in Pakistan,” he told reporters during […]

LAHORE: Sohail Khan, Rumman Raees and Shadab Khan claimed two wickets apiece as Pakistan downed visiting World XI by 20 runs in their first Twenty20 International of the Independence Cup at Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday evening. The second T20I will be played at the same venue on Wednesday (today). Chasing a formidable target of […]

LAHORE: South African Test and Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis said on Monday that the international cricketers on his team were “playing for something bigger than the game itself.” Du Plessis is leading a World XI squad, comprising players from seven Test playing countries, who will play a three-match Twenty20 International series – Independence Cup […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday unveiled the logo for the upcoming World XI series, dubbed the ‘Independence Cup 2017’. Addressing a press conference here, PCB chairman Najam Sethi said the purpose of the World XI series was to project a positive image of Pakistan around the world. The series potentially begins, for the […]

Since the early 1950s when the nascent nation began expressing itself in world arenas in the Olympic, Commonwealth and the Asian Games as well as bilateral team and individual sports, with athletic disciplines, cricket, field hockey and squash in the forefront, Pakistan cornered glory through its glorious performers. The wonder athletes Raziq, Khaliq, Jalal, the […]

LAHORE: Pakistan star cricketer Sharjeel Khan was slapped with a five-year ban by a three-member Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal here Wednesday for his role in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing. Sharjeel will not be able to play any form of cricket for at least 30 months, after which he may be allowed […]