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RAWALPINDI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura for a successful career that saw him compete in all three formats over a period of 16 years. The 34-year-old, a regular at top ICC events including three Men’s Cricket World Cups and five T20 World Cups, has decided to retire after […]

RAWALPINDI: Former Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura will retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the ongoing T20I series against Pakistan. The all-rounder called time on his 16-year international career that began in 2004. Chigumbura has played 14 Tests and 213 ODIs, with 54 T20I matches before the start of his farewell series. “Former @ZimCricketv […]

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam will be looking to continue his fine batting form in an upcoming three-match series against Zimbabwe from Saturday and regain the top place in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, which he lost recently to England’s Dawid Malan. The 26-year-old, who scored 221 runs including a fine 125 in the […]

LAHORE: The General Council of the Pakistan Archery Federation (PAF) has expressed full confidence in the national federation’s President Lt Gen (r) Syed Arif Hassan at an emergency meeting here on Tuesday. The PAF meeting was held at Olympic House Lahore. The General Council meeting was attended by seven units, out of eight, of the […]

RAWALPINDI: With the series in the bag already, Pakistan will hope to make it three in three when they take on Zimbabwe in the third and final one-day international at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday (today). Victory in the final contest will extend Pakistan’s winning streak to nine, their third best. Their best […]

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Aleem Dar created a world record for the most ODIs as an umpire during Pakistan’s second ODI against Zimbabwe here on Sunday. Dar was standing in his 210th match and went past South African Rudi Koerzen’s tally of 209. Dar, a member of ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires, has won the ICC Umpire […]

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan won by 26 runs against Zimbabwe in the series-opening one-day international at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here on Friday. Pakistan lead the three-match ODI series 1-0. Zimbabwe were all out for 255 runs with two balls remaining. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Wahab Riaz starred among bowlers as they picked five and four wickets […]

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Aleem Dar will surpass Rudi Koertzen’s record of most One-day Internationals as an umpire in the second match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Sunday (today), which will be his 210th ODI. The 52-year-old, who played first-class cricket in Pakistan for over a decade as an all-rounder before taking up umpiring, had also made […]

LAHORE: Taking into consideration the health and wellbeing of professional athletes and match officials due to the recent deterioration in the air quality caused by an early onset of intense air pollution in Lahore, which is expected to deepen next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday decided to relocate scheduled matches at the cricket […]