The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan as possible replacements for Azhar Ali for the role of Test captain. The cricket board, according to a report by ESPNcricinfo, mentioned that Azhar’s performance as team captain in the longest format is under scrutiny. The 35-year-old recently met with PCB Chief Executive […]
Zimbabwe cricket team’s star all-rounder Elton Chigumbura said on Wednesday that the visiting outfit is feeling quite comfortable in Pakistan and would put in their maximum to win matches on the tour. He said that the last time his team visited Pakistan in 2015; now after five years they are here again to play limited […]
Fast bowler Umar Gul has announced he will be retiring from all forms of cricket after a 20-year professional career as his side, Balochistan, failed to qualify for the National T20 Cup semifinals. In a statement late night on Friday, he said that he had made the decision with a “heavy heart and after a […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa skipper Mohammad Rizwan took a stunning diving catch on Anwar Ali, even though his spectacular dive could not stop Sindh from winning the thriller. Chasing a target of 139, Sindh had needed 28 more runs from 12 balls when batsman Anwar Ali mistimed a shot, which could have landed […]
Veteran wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal on Tuesday became the first wicketkeeper with 100 stumpings in T20 cricket. The 38-year-old achieved the feat while playing for Central Punjab during the National T20 Cup fixture against Southern Punjab. The Lahore-born increased his lead over India’s MS Dhoni who is second placed on the list with 84 stumpings to […]
Pakistan Head Coach and erstwhile Chief Selector Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday announced that he was resigning from his position as a chief selector to “focus on coaching”. During his press conference at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) headquarters in Lahore. He rubbished rumors that the decision to resign had anything to do with his meeting with […]
Pakistan’s star all-rounder Imad Wasim has revealed that he is working on a ‘new ball’ which would help him improve his performances in the white-ball cricket. The 31-year-old is in England where he played a huge role in guiding Nottinghamshire to the title in the Vitality T20. Blast where he ended up claiming eight wickets […]
Continuing his superb form, Pakistan’s young pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi has surpassed Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan as leading T20 wicket-taker in the ongoing calendar year, 2020. Afridi achieved this feat on Monday during his domestic side KP’s National T20 Cup match against Sindh. Shaheen finished with 5 for 21. This takes his T20 wickets tally […]
Introduction Imran Khan (born Nov 25, 1952, in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani Captain who was indisputably the greatest cricketer to emerge from Pakistan. He played 88 Test matches and 175 One Day International matches for Pakistan. Being the only son of his parents ─ and a brother to four sisters ─ he was […]
Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram on Thursday apologized for declining the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) offer for becoming cricket committee chairman after the resignation of former chairman Iqbal Qasim. The PCB had recently made the offer to Akram. However, sources revealed that the cricket legend, who is busy with several other assignments including commentary, apologized […]
