LONDON: Already sidelined England fast bowler Jofra Archer is set to miss the tour of the West Indies after undergoing a second elbow operation, it was announced Tuesday. The Barbados-born quick has been out of international action since March and his absence from England duty will now extend to over a year after it was … Read more
The three-match One Day International series between Pakistan and West Indies have been called off due to a Covid outbreak in the visitors’ camp, both the boards announced it in a joint statement on Thursday. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Officer Salman Naseer believes that there is a high probability that the … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has expressed gratitude to the people of Karachi for tolerating security obstruction during the Pakistan West Indies clash at the National Stadium Karachi earlier this week. Read More: Pak vs WI: When will West Indies tour Pakistan for ODI series? Karachi residents majorly suffer when a Pakistan Super League (PSL) … Read more
ADELAIDE: Joe Root became just the fourth player in history to chalk up 1,600 Test runs in a calendar year Saturday — and the first since 2008 — but a maiden century in Australia again eluded him. The England captain has been in brilliant form in 2021, arriving for the Ashes with 1,455 runs from 12 Tests, … Read more
PARIS: The coronavirus is once again disrupting global sport, forcing the cancellation of English Premier League matches and the scrapping of a one-day cricket series. AFP Sport looks at the state of play around the world as authorities scramble to cope with the surging pandemic. Football Five of the 10 Premier League matches scheduled for … Read more
The Pakistan -West Indies T20I series was expected to draw crowds after Men in Green’s stellar performance in the ICC T20 World Cup and series whitewash of Bangladesh. Former captains and veteran cricketers Shahid Afridi and Wasim Akram expressed disappointment over the empty stadiums during the first two matches. Read more: Wasim Akram unimpressed with … Read more
KARACHI: Five more members of the West Indies cricket squad — including three players — have tested positive for Covid, officials said Thursday, leaving the rest of their Pakistan tour hanging in the balance. Four members of the touring party tested positive on Saturday, bringing the total to nine since they arrived last week for a Twenty20 … Read more
KARACHI: High-flying Pakistan start as favourites against a Covid-hit West Indies team in the first of three Twenty20 internationals in Karachi on Monday. Already missing a number of top players including skipper Kieron Pollard, the West Indies were dealt an additional blow when left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, and all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers, tested … Read more
ST. JOHN’S: Three West Indies cricket players and a member of the team staff have tested positive for coronavirus on arriving in Pakistan and will miss the upcoming limited-overs series, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said on Saturday. Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers and a non-coaching staff member “returned positive tests in Karachi and will … Read more
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is known around the globe for his brilliant batting skipper, but this is not the end. He has some other talents hidden under his sleeves. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently shared a video on their official Twitter handle where the No. 1 T20I batsman can be seen practising for the … Read more
The West Indies cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Thursday for a visit which local officials hope will scotch bitter memories of a New Zealand tour abandoned on security grounds. The Windies will play three Twenty20 and three one-day internationals — all in the port city of Karachi — starting Monday, their first visit since 2018. A … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Abid Ali and Anam Amin have been shortlisted for the ICC Player of the Month in men’s and women’s categories, respectively. Abid and David Warner of Australia have been shortlisted in the men’s category for the ICC Player of the Month awards along with New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee, while left-arm spinners … Read more
West indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard will not be part of the T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming tour to Pakistan due to his hamstring injury, which he sustained during the ICC men’s t20 World Cup. The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has replaced Pollard with Devon Thomas in ODIs, while all-rounder Rovman … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has allowed the full capacity of spectators at the National Stadium, Karachi, for the Pakistan-West indies T20I and ODI series. The West Indies team is scheduled to arrive in Karachi on December 9. The first of the three T20Is … 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
LAHORE: Qasim Akram will lead the 15-player Pakistan U19 squad in the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup which will be played in January-February 2022 in the West Indies. The Lahore-born Qasim will also captain the team in the U19 Asia Cup that will be played in the UAE later this month. The junior selection … Read more
GALLE: Lasith Embuldeniya took five wickets in the final innings as hosts Sri Lanka thrashed the West Indies by 187 runs in the first Test on Thursday to surge 1-0 up in the two-match series. Chasing a hefty target of 348, West Indies were bowled out for 160 before tea on the final day, with … Read more
GALLE: Sri Lanka reached 84 for two in their second innings at lunch on day four, increasing their lead to 240 runs in the first Test against West Indies in Galle on Wednesday. Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who had posted 147 in the first innings was unbeaten on 42 with his predecessor Angelo Mathews 16 against … Read more
GALLE: The West Indies avoided the follow-on as they reached 215 for eight at lunch on the third day of the third Test in Galle, still trailing hosts Sri Lanka by 171 runs. Rahkeem Cornwall was on 33 not out off a breezy 43 balls containing five fours and a six, while Joshua Da Silva … Read more
SYDNEY: Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12. The tournament, which was supposed to be held Down Under in 2020 but was pushed back two years due to coronavirus, … Read more
New Zealand and Australia will lock horns with each other in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The Kiwis and Kangaroos eye for their maiden T20 World Cup in Dubai. The Kangaroos started their campaign slow, but have risen to the peak at the right moment. … Read more
SHARJAH: Veteran Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik on Sunday admitted a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against a formidable Australia will give him “butterflies”. Pakistan completed the Super 12 stage with five wins in as many games with a clinical 72-run win over qualifiers Scotland in Sharjah. Shoaib smashed a quickfire 18-ball 54 not out — the fastest half century … Read more
SHARJAH: South Africa bowed out of the Twenty20 World up on Saturday but coach Mark Boucher said the young team is headed in the “right direction” and will soon be rewarded with a trophy. The Proteas won their final Super 12 league match in Sharjah to hand England their first loss in the tournament but … Read more
SHARJAH: Rassie van der Dussen smashed an unbeaten 94 as South Africa beat England by 10 runs but failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Group 1 winners England and Australia, who beat West Indies in the first match of the day, made the final four from the six-team … Read more
Cricket in South Asia is much more than just a sport and Pakistan is no different. What happens on the field is not a matter confined to just 22 players. It can overshadow anything in the country. Women’s cricket is taking a more central stage in the scheme of things in Pakistan, especially ever since … Read more
DUBAI: Australia skipper Aaron Finch on Friday called Mitchell Starc their go-to bowler as they take on a wounded West Indies in their decisive final group match of the Twenty20 World Cup. Australia demolished Bangladesh by eight wickets on Thursday to move ahead of South Africa on net run-rate and a win in Abu Dhabi on Saturday … Read more
KARACHI, Nov 4, 2021 (AFP) – Pakistan on Thursday confirmed the West Indies cricket team will tour the South Asian nation next month as international play resumes there following cancellations by New Zealand and England over safety and player welfare concerns. New Zealand abandoned a tour last month minutes before the start of their first one-day international in … Read more
