Shaheen Afridi making progress ahead of planned T20 World Cup comeback on September 17, 2022LAHORE: Pakistan star pacer Shaheen Afridi’s recovery from a knee injury has made encouraging progress, with expectations that he will be fit enough to play for Pakistan at the T20 World Cup in Australia. Afridi is recovering from a ligament injury to his right knee sustained while fielding during the first Test against Sri Lanka […]
PSL looks to expand salary caps to stay ahead in battle between T20 leagues on September 4, 2022LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is looking to hike its salary cap as it begins to deal with the impact of the two new cash-rich T20 leagues on the circuit – the ILT20 and the SA20. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) PCB has also proposed a hybrid model of a draft plus an auction […]
PCB forced to abandon franchise model for Pakistan Junior League on September 1, 2022LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been forced to abandon the franchise model for the Pakistan Junior League (PJL– its T20 league for Under-19 cricketers) after bidders failed by a considerable distance to match the base price the PCB had set for franchise ownership. The board has now taken ownership of the inaugural edition […]
PCB grants NOCs to 43 players for Big Bash League draft on August 24, 2022LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given no-objection certificates (NOCs) to 43 of its players, to be listed in the Big Bash League’s (BBL) overseas draft, just a few weeks after rejecting an initial list of players. When the first list of 98 overseas players, who had nominated themselves for the BBL draft, came […]
Lahore Qalandars helping Namibia cricket’s ‘big plans’ on August 21, 2022LAHORE: Namibia’s performance at the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup appears to have had a positive impact on Namibian cricket overall. A repeat — or a better show — later this year in Australia, however, depends on their preparation, and Namibia Cricket chief executive Johan Muller expects the Global T20 tournament against two club sides […]
Afghanistan to look for new head coach after Thorpe illness on July 10, 2022LAHORE: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is seeking a replacement for their head coach Graham Thorpe, who remains seriously ill and is not expected to return to work in the short term. The ACB has opened a recruitment process, and it is understood the team will have a new head coach for the upcoming season. […]
Tait says Sri Lanka unlikely to prepare spin-friendly pitches for Pakistan Test series on July 7, 2022LAHORE: Shaun Tait, Pakistan’s fast-bowling coach, doesn’t expect Sri Lanka to prepare spin-friendly pitches for their upcoming Tests considering Pakistan have quality spinners in their attack too, and batters who play spin well. He said that the series loss to Australia at home has made Pakistan “very hungry” to win and that they are looking […]
Pakistan star batsman Abid Ali all set for comeback after angioplasty on April 24, 2022LAHORE: Pakistan opening batter Abid Ali has been cleared to resume his international career four months after undergoing angioplasty. He was diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in December last year after he complained of chest pain while batting in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match and had to undergo angioplasty a day later. Abid had been […]
Imran’s exit casts shadow over Ramiz’s future as PCB chairman on April 21, 2022LAHORE: Over a week after the ouster of Imran Khan and his government, the fate of PCB chairmanship remains uncertain. Ramiz Raja, the current board chairman, was hand-picked by Imran when he was prime minister last year, having played nearly half of his 255 international matches under Imran’s captaincy. But with Imran gone, speculation has […]
Afghanistan players to get UAE residency to avoid visa glitches on April 11, 2022LAHORE: As part of a solution to avoid visa glitches for their national team, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has decided to procure UAE residency visas for nearly two dozen players and officials. The team is currently in Abu Dhabi to fulfil the visa process, while also simultaneously undergoing a training camp. Availing visas have […]