BRISBANE: England made a disastrous start to the Ashes Wednesday, all out for 147 on the stroke of tea after losing opener Rory Burns to the first ball of the series in Brisbane. Mitchell Starc sensationally bowled Burns around his legs as Australia’s pacemen ripped through England’s top order with Pat Cummins taking 5-38 on … Read more
BRISBANE: Pat Cummins warned Tuesday an Australian side boasting some of “the all-time greats” will be tough to beat as England’s task became harder with Jimmy Anderson set to miss the first Test. The home team head into the Ashes opener in Brisbane on Wednesday defending the hallowed urn and with their arch-rivals having a dismal record … Read more
PERTH: Perth was axed Monday as host of the potentially pivotal fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England because of tough Covid rules which require players to spend 14 days in quarantine. A decision on the new venue for the Test, scheduled to start on January 14, is yet to be made with Hobart, Melbourne and … Read more
BRISBANE: England captain Joe Root welcomed reports Monday that Darren Gough is set to become director of cricket at Yorkshire and said he would work with him to help the troubled club. British media said ex-England star Gough was on the verge of leaving behind a successful broadcasting career to spearhead Yorkshire’s recovery from a damaging racism … Read more
BRISBANE: After a build-up overshadowed by controversies and Covid, Australia and England’s hotly-anticipated five-Test Ashes showdown gets underway Wednesday in Brisbane with Joe Root’s men confident of defying recent history to cause an upset. Few series between the old rivals have witnessed such troubled preparations, with the tour threatened early on over Australia’s tough Covid-19 … Read more
BRISBANE: Australia confirmed their line-up for the first Ashes Test three days early on Sunday, recalling Travis Head for the hotly contested number five spot while retaining Mitchell Starc in the bowling attack. Head was dropped after the Boxing Day Test against India last year, and new Australia captain Pat Cummins said the way he … Read more
National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) has reportedly allowed 100pc crowd capacity during the matches between Pakistan and West Indies at the National Stadium, Karachi. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first time that full house will be permitted to spectate the matches. Earlier NCOC had only permitted 25pc of … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday said that Aleem Dar, member of ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, will team up with Ahsan Raza, who is one of the four Pakistani umpires in the ICC International Panel of Umpires, for the on-field umpiring duties of the first of the three T20I between Pakistan and the West … Read more
LONDON: Ben Stokes is poised to make his eagerly awaited return to international cricket in the Ashes — and for England, it is not a moment too soon. The charismatic all-rounder has not played a competitive match since July when he took an indefinite break to focus on his mental health and to rest an … Read more
BRISBANE: Spinner Nathan Lyon believes his team can sweep the Ashes series, saying England will have doubts about their own chances given their poor record in Australia. The tourists have lost nine of their last 10 Tests in Australia going back more than a decade and haven’t won in Brisbane — where the opening Test … Read more
SYDNEY: Pat Cummins is widely regarded as an all-round nice guy with an excellent cricketing brain, doggedly overcoming early-career injuries to reach the pinnacle of the game. A decade after making his international debut, he is not only the world’s premier bowler but Australia’s 47th Test skipper, elevated to one of the nation’s highest-profile roles … Read more
SYDNEY: Australia named paceman Pat Cummins as their Test cricket captain and Steve Smith as vice-captain Friday after a sexting scandal led Tim Paine to resign last week, just ahead of the Ashes. “Pat is an outstanding player and leader — he has earned enormous respect from his teammates and from all corners of the game for … Read more
BANGKOK: Golf’s Asian Tour returns after 20 months of pandemic inaction in Thailand this week, buoyed by a $200 million cash injection from Australian legend Greg Norman into 10 new lucrative tournaments from next year. When the $1 million Blue Canyon Championship tees off on Thursday on the idyllic Thai island of Phuket, it will … Read more
LOS ANGELES: The PGA Tour said Monday it plans to increase prize money at its most lucrative events in 2022, pumping millions of more dollars into limited-field tournaments in a move that comes amid reports of a new Saudi Arabia-backed golf series. In a memo sent to players on Monday, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan … Read more
Cricket Australia has said that it is monitoring the situation regarding its tour to Pakistan scheduled for early next year. Australia is scheduled for a tour to Pakistan for full series in February, March next year. If the tour goes as scheduled, this would be the first time by Australia since 1998 to Pakistan. However, … Read more
Anger spread through the country as New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced that their team will not play any match in Pakistan due to a perceived threat. The Black Caps arrived in the country after 18 years on September 11 and were scheduled to play three ODIs in Rawalpindi followed by a three-match T20I series in … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has allowed 25% of spectators to watches matches played between Pakistan and New Zealand in Rawalpindi and Lahore. The Blackcaps will return to Pakistan after 18 long years for three ODIs and five T20I. The T20Is will be hosted by Lahore Gaddafi … Read more
DUBAI: What was supposed to be a happy family adventure this summer in Georgia turned into a horrible experience for a UAE-based Pakistani doctor and her family, Gulf News reported on Saturday. Dr Farhana Naz Amir, 44, a long-time radiologist at a hospital in Umm Al Quwain, and her family went for a one-week trip … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the men’s national cricket team’s tour of South Africa in April and announced the schedule for three One-Day internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals. The tour is scheduled to start on April 2 to the 16th of the month April 2021, with the Pakistan squad arriving in South Africa on March … Read more
Zimbabwe captain Chibhabha has given a warning to the Pakistan cricket team that doesn’t underestimate the power of the Zimbabwe team. We are very confident to beat Pakistan in ODI as well as in the T20 series. The minnows team of the world cricket giving warning to Pakistan cricket team, from the past few years … Read more
Indian cricket team’s tour to Sri Lanka has been canceled. According to details, the Indian cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka has been canceled due to the global outbreak of Coronavirus. The Indian cricket team was to visit Sri Lanka in this month for three ODIs and three T20 matches. India's tour to Sri Lanka, … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has canceled a training camp ahead of a tour of England due to the coronavirus pandemic. The PCB spokesperson said, in view of the Coronavirus situation in Pakistan in the coming weeks, it is estimated that providing logistical and operational issues to provide a safe environment for the players will … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has personally thanked a famous Pakistani fashion designer for creating her outfits on her royal tour of Pakistan in October. Kate Middleton wrote a thank you letter which she typed herself on Kensington Palace headed notepaper. Fashion designer Maheen Khan has shared a letter from Kate, 37, on Instagram, … Read more
It has been more than two decades since Australia toured Pakistan but the wheels are in motion for that streak to be snapped in the next three years. According to reports, that’s the aim of both Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board, whose chief executive Wasim Khan is in Australia hoping to convince the … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton visits Lahore’s historic Badshahi Mosque on their tour to Pakistan. According to the details, the royal guests were warmly received by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and Governor Chaudhry Sarwar at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. The guests were presented souvenirs by the government … Read more
Pakistan Cricket team will tour Netherlands and Ireland ahead of its tour to England next year to play series of limited over matches. A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that Pakistan will play three ODIs against Netherlands and two T20Is against Ireland in July next year in the lead up to their England tour in … Read more
Cricket Australia is hopeful its elite men’s team will tour Pakistan in 2022 but won’t rush a decision, chief executive Kevin Roberts says. Roberts and CA’s head of security Sean Carroll have just returned from Pakistan, the first visit of a high-level Australian delegation in more than a decade. Australia haven’t played in Pakistan since … Read more
