Category: Sports

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 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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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 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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 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, 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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New Zealand women’s team defeated Pakistan women’s team by 54 runs in the 19th fixture of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Monday evening. Following tonight’s win, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals alongside Australia from Group A, while Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka failed to advance to the next stage. In Group B, England, South Africa and the West Indies in contention for a place in the semi-finals while Bangladesh and Scotland have been knocked out. Chasing 111 to win, Pakistan…

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The five-team U19 Women’s T20 Tournament 2024 will begin in Lahore tomorrow at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground (LCCA). Challengers, Conquerors, Invincibles, Stars and Strikers will take part in a double-league format, with each team getting to play eight matches, before two top teams qualifying for the final on 3 November. All 21 matches of the event will be played at the LCCA Ground with two matches to be played on each day. The first match of the day will begin at 0900am, while the first ball of the…

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The Pakistan cricket selectors have announced their squad for the second and third Test matches against England, which will be played in Multan and Rawalpindi on 15 and 24 October, respectively. Taking into consideration the current form and fitness of key players and looking ahead to Pakistan’s future assignments in the 2024-25 international cricket season, the selectors have decided to give rest to Babar Azam, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Abrar Ahmed (who is recovering from dengue fever) was unavailable for selection. The four players have been…

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In a move aimed at supporting the players, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has issued the No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the Pakistan Women’s National Football Team to participate in the SAFF Football Championship, scheduled from October 17 to 30 in Nepal. This action follows significant delays caused by the Normalization Committee (NC) of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). Sources reveal that the PSB had repeatedly requested the NC PFF to submit the necessary documents for obtaining the NOC. However, the committee failed to comply in a timely manner and…

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