MUMBAI: Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The BCCI has also ordered a probe into the accusations, made by a local television channel. “The president BCCI has immediately appointed Ravi [...]
LONDON: English umpiring great Harold “Dickie” Bird was presented with an honour at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in recognition of his outstanding sporting career and charity work. The 79-year-old was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), receiving the honour from Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, at the investiture [...]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has on Thursday named Mohammad Hafeez as captain of the national T20 team and retained Misbahul Haq as skipper for Tests and one-day internationals. Addressing a press conference here at the National cricket Academy, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said: “The appointments are for the coming tour to Sri Lanka. Pakistan [...]
Afridi CC and Gyan Steel recorded contrasting victories to move into the final of the Sharjah Invitation Tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council, at Al Dhaid Cricket Village. Afridi CC, aided by a blazing century from Shamsher Khan, defeated Ibsons CC by five wickets with 14 balls to spare in the first semi-final match [...]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has begun the process of setting up a Twenty20 league in the country by soliciting proposals for the creation of such a tournament from a number of companies. Eight companies, including Ten Sports, Nimbus and Geo TV, have already made their pitches to the PCB, while another three are [...]
LAHORE: Pakistan are set to tour Sri Lanka for a full series comprising three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals between May 29 and July 13, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed. Pakistan are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on May 29 and will play the first of two Twenty20s in Hambantota on [...]
LAHORE – The United States of America Cricket Association has sorted the help of the Pakistan Cricket Board in the development of the sports in the states and the holding of different events in the alien nation. Newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of USA Cricket Association Nabeel Ahmed said while talking to journalists that USACA will [...]
CHANDIGARH: A palatial house nestled on a leafy boulevard of the French architect Corbusier-designed Chandigarh, away from the din of Mumbai became the birthday address of the cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar celebrating his 39th birthday, the first after the living legend reached the milestone a century of centuries this year. The batsman, treated like a [...]
DHAKA: The Bangladesh high court on Thursday ordered the national team’s upcoming tour of Pakistan to be postponed for at least four weeks due to security fears. Bangladesh were set to play a 50-over game and a Twenty20 international on April 29 and 30 in Lahore, the first international cricket matches in the troubled country [...]
NEW DELHI: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle Wednesday visited a girl in hospital who suffered a broken nose after being hit by one of his sixes as she watched from the stands at an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Tuesday night. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opener smashed eight sixes, including five in a [...]
