Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to commence from 26 October

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan’s premier first-class tournament, will begin from 26 October. Eighteen teams from the 16 regions will participate in the four-day tournament that will conclude on 19 December. The 18 teams include Abbottabad Region, AJK Region, Bahawalpur Region, Dera Murad Jamali Region, Faisalabad Region, FATA Region, Hyderabad Region, Islamabad Region, Karachi Region Blues, Karachi Region Whites, Lahore Region Whites, Lahore Region Blues, Larkana Region, Multan Region, Peshawar Region, Quetta Region, Rawalpindi Region and Sialkot Region. Karachi Region Whites will defend the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title this year after the Sarfaraz…

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Rohail, Qasim and Arafat lead Shaheens to comfortable win over Oman

Pakistan Shaheens beat Oman by 74 runs to register their first win of the tournament in the seventh match of the ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup on Monday afternoon at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat, Oman. Chasing a total of 185-5, Oman were restricted to 111-7 in the allotted 20 overs. Earlier, after opting to bat first, the Shaheens were helped to a mammoth total by Qasim Akram (48), Rohail Nazir (41 not out) and Arafat Minhas (31 not out). At the start of the innings,…

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New Zealand crush hosts to secure first Test victory in India in 36 years

New Zealand on Sunday secured an eight-wicket win to mark their first test victory in India since 1988 as the Black Caps chased down 107 and humbled the home side early on the final day of the rain-interrupted series opener. Dismissing the Indian team for their worst home total of 46 and making 402 in reply, the visitors bowled out Rohit Sharma’s side for 462 in the second innings on Saturday to lay the platform for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Will Young (48*) and Rachin Ravindra (39*)…

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Shaheens go down by seven runs in hard-fought opening match against India ‘A’

Pakistan Shaheens fell seven runs short against India ‘A’ in their opening match of the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams T20 Asia Cup 2024 at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat, Oman on Saturday night. Chasing a total of 184 runs, Shaheens scored 176-7 in 20 overs as Arafat Minhas top scored with 41 off 29 balls. Shaheens lost skipper Mohammad Haris on the second ball after he smacked a six on the first ball of the 184-run chase. After Omair Bin Yousuf departed for two, with 21 runs on…

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Shaheens to commence their Emerging Teams T20 Asia Cup campaign against India on Saturday

The Pakistan Shaheens cricket team will begin its campaign in the eight-team ACC Men’s Emerging Teams T20 Asia Cup 2024 against India ‘A’ on Saturday at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat, Oman. The tournament is set to begin today with two Group A fixtures as Bangladesh ‘A’ take on Hong Kong and Afghanistan ‘A’ lock horns with Sri Lanka ‘A’. Mohammad Haris-led 15-member Shaheens team, which is placed in the Group B, will take on the hosts Oman on 21 October followed by their third group match against…

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Noman, Sajid spin Pakistan to a series-leveling victory in Multan

Noman Ali and Sajid Khan shared all 20 England wickets among them as Pakistan marched to their first Test match win at home since February 2021 as England crumbled to 144 all out in 33.3 overs while chasing the 297-run target on day four here at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday. Noman finished with innings figures of 8-46, the second-best figures on Pakistan soil after Abdul Qadir’s 9-56 against the same opposition in Lahore in 1987, and match figures of 11-147. Fellow spinner Sajid Khan bagged nine wickets in…

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Gaddafi Stadium transformation in full swing

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosted a detailed media walk-through of Gaddafi Stadium’s ongoing massive upgradation project, showcasing exciting changes for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In the revamp work, Gaddafi Stadium’s new pavilion will feature five-star facilities for players, match officials, commercial partners and dignitaries, meeting ICC’s highest standards for the showpiece global event to be staged in February/March 2025. According to the renovation model, the spectators will be brought closer to the action as enclosures move 20 feet forward. New imported seats, cutting-edge high-res replay screens and other…

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Sajid Khan’s late blows put pressure on England after Duckett’s century

Sajid Khan’s four wickets, including three late in the day, helped Pakistan finish the day two of the second Multan Test on a strong note as England reached 239-6 in 53 overs, trailing by 127 runs, on Wednesday at the Multan Cricket Stadium. In reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 366 all out, England’s charge with the bat was led by Ben Duckett, who struck his fourth Test hundred (114, 129b, 16x4s), before England lost four quick wickets for just 14 runs in the final hour of the last…

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WAPDA’s Iftikhar Ahmed charged for code of conduct violation

 Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) skipper Iftikhar Ahmed has been charged 50 per cent of his match fees for a level 1 breach of the PCB’s code of conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. The incident occured during his team’s first semi-final fixture against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Sunday in the ongoing President’s Cup One-Day 2024-25 at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala. Iftikhar, who violated the Article 2.8 of the PCB code of conduct, showed dissent at Umpire’s decision after a leg-before appeal was turned down, during his…

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Kamran Ghulam hits sparkling century on Test debut

Kamran Ghulam, who earlier became the 257th player to don the Test cap for Pakistan, hit a brilliant century in his first outing in the Test career as Pakistan finished the first day of the second Test match with 259-5 in 90 overs at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Kamran was dismissed for a well-made 118 off 224 balls hitting 11 fours and one six, in the 85th over of the day after having walked into bat in the 10th over with 19-2 on the board. Along with Saim Ayub (77, 160b,…

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