Rashid Khan declines Afghanistan T20I captaincy on June 5, 2021LAHORE: Rashid Khan has declined the Afghanistan T20I captaincy, stating that he believes he is more valuable as a player than as a leader. “I am very much clear in my mind that I am better off as a player,” the 22-year old legspinner said. “I am good in the role as vice-captain and help […]
Life inside Pakistan Super League bubble in Abu Dhabi on May 30, 2021LAHORE: The PSL reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday and began a quarantine period, at the end of which the league will resume a disrupted sixth season. Only 14 games were possible earlier this year in Karachi after a Covid-19 outbreak among players and staff ground the season to a halt. The remaining […]
Coconut water, ice collars, lighter kits: How the PSL plans to beat the Abu Dhabi heat on May 27, 2021LAHORE: Coconut water, ice collars and vests, and more breaks. Those are just some of the ways in which Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises will combat the extreme weather conditions the players are set to face in Abu Dhabi in June. UAE has never hosted elite cricket at this time of year due to the […]
Bismah takes maternity leave as PCB mulls pregnancy provisions in contracts on April 18, 2021LAHORE: Pakistan batting all-rounder Bismah Maroof is taking an indefinite break from cricket as she prepares to embrace motherhood. And the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to use the opportunity to introduce pregnancy provisions in its central contracts system for the first time. The PCB’s central contracts for its women cricketers doesn’t have any […]
Global T20 Canada set to be held in Malaysia due to Covid-19 on April 9, 2021LAHORE: The Global T20 Canada is set to return this year, but due to logistical challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in North America, the six-team tournament will be held in Malaysia between June 28 and July 15. The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in 2018, but the it’s continuity was disrupted in […]
Sharjeel Khan’s return to XI will depend on results of three-week fitness regime on March 23, 2021LAHORE: The chances of Sharjeel Khan’s return into Pakistan’s playing XI on the tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe will hinge on clear improvements in his fitness. Though there is no official or formal requirement that Khan has to fulfill, he’s been given a three-week target by team management to enhance his endurance levels as […]
PSL 2021 likely to resume in early June following a week of quarantine on March 20, 2021LAHORE: The window for the unfinished 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League is likely to begin on May 23, with at least seven days of quarantine to start. The PCB had chalked out two options, with one involving double-headers every day from June 6 and a final on June 20. But the franchises preferred […]
Mohammad Hafeez turns down PCB’s Category C contract on February 25, 2021LAHORE: Mohammad Hafeez has rejected a Category C Pakistan Cricket Board contract. Hafeez’s reason for declining the deal is that he is unhappy at being offered the lowest grade of contract. While Hafeez has been without a central contract since 2019, in 2020 he was offered Category A match fees for any game he played […]
Shahid Afridi renews ties with Qalandars franchise in Abu Dhabi T10 league on December 20, 2020LAHORE: Shahid Afridi has renewed ties with the Qalandars as an icon player for the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 league, which will run from January 28, 2021 to February 6 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. He had signed a similar deal in 2019, but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) then refused to issue NOCs for […]
Imran Khan’s Kabul visit might help revive Afghanistan vs Pakistan bilateral cricket on November 24, 2020LAHORE: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Afghanistan last week could well pave the way for a revival of cricketing ties between the two neighbouring countries. The relations were severed in 2017 following a bomb blast in Kabul, for which the Afghan authorities had blamed Pakistan. Imran’s visit to Afghanistan, his first since forming […]