Pakistan were bowled out for 260 at the National Bank Stadium on Wednesday, failing to chase down New Zealand’s 321 mark in the ICC Champions Trophy opener. New Zealand bowled with discipline, with Will O’Rourke and Mitchell Santner both taking three wickets, after match-winning hundreds from Tom Latham and DevonRead More →
LAHORE – Pakistan’s playing XI for the first Test against the West Indies was unveiled Thursday. Shan Masood will captain the national team, which consists of Saud Shakeel, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali, Khurram Shehzad, and Abrar Ahmed. Pakistan willRead More →
Johannesburg (AFP) – On Tuesday, fast bowler Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to a back issue. Cricket South Africa confirmed the 31-year-old’s latest injury setback only one day after naming him to his country’s 15-man team for the event in Pakistan next month. Nortje, theRead More →
LAHORE (Channel News) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to transfer the next three-nation ODI series to Lahore and Karachi. “Given the advanced stage of preparations at Gaddafi Stadium and National Bank Stadium, the PCB has decided to relocate the upcoming tri-nation ODI series to these two venues,”Read More →
Dubai (Channel News) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a deadline for submitting provisional teams for the Champions Trophy 2025. Teams must submit their first squad lists by January 12, and final squads must be finalized by midnight on February 11. Teams lacking ICC authorization have until February 11Read More →
Saim Ayub, Pakistan’s left-handed opening batsman, has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa after twisting his right ankle while fielding at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday. Ayub took X-rays and MRI testing today afternoon, and the results were transmitted to doctors in London for additionalRead More →
AFP/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe After the second day of the first Test in Bulawayo, Afghanistan was down 491 runs. On Friday, Zimbabwe and their experienced batsman Sean Williams set Test records. At Queens Sports Club in the southern city, the host team was all out for 586 after starting the game atRead More →
Zimbabwe (AFP/BULAWAYO) On the opening day of the first Test in Bulawayo on Thursday, Zimbabwe amassed 363 for four against Afghanistan, led by veteran middle-order batsman Sean Williams, who was undefeated at 145. To surpass his Test career best of an undefeated 151 in a defeat to Afghanistan in AbuRead More →
PARIS (Reuters) — Algeria’s Imane Khelif, the female boxer thrown into the center of a gender issue at the Paris Games, made a declaration about her womanhood after defeating China’s Yang Liu to win the welterweight Olympic gold medal on Friday, sending her newfound fans into a frenzy. Khelif, aRead More →
PARIS (AFP) Substitute Sergio Camello scored twice in extra time to seal a historic Olympic men’s football final on Friday, as Spain defeated France 5-3 to win gold after Thierry Henry’s hosts mounted a stunning comeback. Spain appeared to be on their way to triumph at the Parc des PrincesRead More →
