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Pakistan’s official T20I cricket kit just launched and all we can think about are watermelons. On Monday evening, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) finally revealed the much-awaited T20I Thunder jersey but before the video featuring Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Fatima Sana and Kainat Imtiaz dropped, there was a leak that showed the players in the striped green shirts …

LAHORE: Pakistan batting legend Zaheer Abbas has welcomed England’s arrival to the country for the first time since 2005 for a seven-match Twenty20 International series which begins in Karachi on Tuesday. “It gives me great joy to see England touring Pakistan after 17 years and I hope fans will enjoy the series,” Zaheer, who recently recovered from serious health problems, …

The national cricket team will sport a special jersey in the first T20 match against England today “to raise awareness about the devastation caused by the floods in the country”, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Record monsoon rains in south and southwest Pakistan and glacial melt in northern areas have triggered the flooding that has affected nearly 33 …

A temporary ban on using saliva to shine cricket balls was on Tuesday made permanent by the International Cricket Council. And the running out of the non-striker will no longer be classed under “unfair play” after a raft of rule changes from October 1 were endorsed by a meeting of the ICC chief executives’ committee. Next month’s T20 World Cup …

Fresh from their Asia Cup debacle, Pakistan now face the number two-ranked England at home for the first time in 17 years. The marathon seven-match series comes less than a month away from the T20 World Cup in Australia, and even though the squad for the big tourney has already been named, changes are always possible, especially in the capricious …

MUMBAI: India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been ruled out of the three Twenty20 Internationals at home against Australia, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday. After the three-match series, starting in Mohali on Tuesday, India will play another three games at home against South Africa as they continue their preparations for the …

KARACHI: Australian representation in Pakistan’s dressing room may give them a “slight advantage” over their opponents during the upcoming T20 World Cup Down Under, the nati­onal side’s bowling coach Shaun Tait has said. Tait will be joined by compatriot and former international team-mate Matthew Hayden in Pakistan’s backroom staff with the ex opener appointed as the team’s mentor for the …

KARACHI: The absence of a few big names from the England squad touring Pakistan for the upcoming seven-match Twenty20 International series doesn’t make the visiting side a second-string one, its stand-in captain Moeen Ali has said. Moeen is set to lead England in the series with skipper Jos Buttler nursing a calf injury he picked up during The Hundred last …

Australian former international cricketer Tom Moody is set to leave his post as Sri Lanka’s director of cricket, officials said on Monday, weeks before the T20 World Cup. The 56-year-old’s three-year contract is being terminated by “mutual agreement”, Mohan de Silva, secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), told AFP. A senior cricket source who did not wish to be named said …

England will kick off their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years on Tuesday with the first of a seven-match Twenty20 series, which assumes even more importance for both sides ahead of the World Cup in Australia next month. England were initially scheduled to tour Pakistan last year but it did not materialise because of security concerns. Jos Buttler’s men were only …