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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has shifted the three Twenty20 Internationals from Lahore to Rawalpindi while the remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League will be played in Karachi due to the smog situation in the Punjab capital. “Taking into consideration the health and well-being of professional athletes and match officials due to the recent deterioration in the air …

KARACHI: Newly-appointed Pakistan women’s team head coach David Hemp made no big promises on Thursday but expressed hopes of improving the national side’s ranking in international cricket during his tenure. Addressing his maiden media conference here at the National Stadium, the former Bermuda batsman, who famously scored an undefeated half-century — an unbeaten 76 — against India during the 2007 …

ISLAMABAD: Terming the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe as another positive step towards the revival of international cricket in the country, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani on Thursday said next year will be remarkable for local fans when several top-tier teams would slated to tour Pakistan. Speaking to a select group of media persons in Islamabad, Mani said England …

LAHORE: Citing former Australian captain and batting maestro Ricky Ponting as his inspiration, young Pakistan cricketer Abdullah Shafiq says he will try his best to produce fine performance whenever he gets the chance to represent the national team. “Ricky Ponting’s batting impresses me, I want to play like him and from Pakistan I rate my captain Babar Azam as a …

KARACHI: Azhar Ali might not be Pakistan’s Test captain during next month’s tour of New Zealand after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan stated that the 35-year-old’s leadership will be reviewed. “The PCB will review Azhar’s performance as the Test captain ahead of the New Zealand tour and a final decision will be made by PCB chairman Ehsan …

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic officials want the world to know they are working on measures to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at next year’s games, even if they don’t know exactly what they will be. Tokyo organisers showcased a few possible remedies on Wednesday, displaying various screening measures at the city’s Big Sight convention complex, the home of the media center …

KARACHI: Former Test captain Rashid Latif on Wednesday lashed out at the national team management’s selection policy and asked them why some of the leading performers including Zahid Mahmood, Danish Aziz, Aamir Yamin were being ignored for the home series against Zimbabwe. Speaking on a private channel, Rashid who is known to be a fair and outspoken man, said when …

LAHORE: From white-ball cricket in Multan and Rawalpindi under the Covid-19 protocols, action now moves to Karachi where the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan’s premier first-class competition, commences on Sunday. On Wednesday, head coaches of the six associations announced their squads, including all the top performers who will not be involved in the series against Zimbabwe, said a spokesman of the Pakistan …

KARACHI: Running a football club for girls from poor families in a remote, mountainous area of Pakistan is hard enough at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. But footballer Karishma Ali has not let the coronavirus stop her pursuing her dream of helping girls in her impoverished native Chitral region, high in the Hindu Kush mountains, to …

RAWALPINDI: Zimb­abwe cricket team’s star all-rounder Elton Chigumbura on Wednesday said 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 last time his team visited Pakistan in 2015 and now after five years they are here again to play limited over matches. “Obviously, it …