News Fast bowler prioritised “good vibes” at the teams and leagues he chose this year Dale Steyn said he turned his back on the world’s most lucrative T20 league, the Indian Premier League, because he found the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Sri Lankan Premier League (LPL) were “slightly more rewarding”. The South African
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News Big day for Ahmed Shah Durrani too, as he becomes second Afghan, after Pakteen, to be a TV umpire in a Test match The first Test between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe had four players making their Test debuts. There was another Test first-timer on the field, too, 44-year old Ahmed Shah Pakteen, who became the
News The opener will make his return in the one-day match against South Australia David Warner will return to action for the first time since the end of the Test series against India having been named in the New South Wales squad for their Marsh Cup match against South Australia in Adelaide. Warner played the
© AFP Monday night’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators has been delayed after legspinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive for Covid-19. Ahmed had showed symptoms two days ago and had been immediately isolated. Members of his side have tested negative while the players of the other side are being tested.
News The role will have Moody overseeing Sri Lanka’s international programme and domestic tournaments Tom Moody has been appointed Sri Lanka’s director of cricket, a broad new role that will have Moody overseeing Sri Lanka’s international programme and domestic tournaments. The appointment was made on the recommendation of Sri Lanka’s new technical advisory committee headed
Lahore Qalandars 189 for 4 (Zaman 83, Dunk 57*, Wiese 31*) beat Karachi Kings 186 for 9 (Sharjeel 64, Nabi 57, Shaheen Afridi 3-27) In a game that had all the ingredients fit for a contest between franchises representing the two biggest cities in Pakistan, Lahore Qalandars came out on top, defeating Karachi Kings by
The league phase for three of the Elite Groups in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 ended on Sunday, with Gujarat, Andhra and Karnataka topping Groups A, B and C. The last round of the league phase will take place on Monday, with the teams finishing on top in Elite Groups D and E joining the
Report It had been more than two years since Handscomb made a first-class hundred Victoria 190 (Short 94, Conway 6-39) and 4 for 270 (Handscomb 124*, Maddinson 61) drew with New South Wales 364 (Henriques 141, Nevill 74, Pattinson 4-60) Captain Peter Handscomb led from the front with a superb match-saving century as Victoria earned
Peshawar Zalmi 122 for 4 (Kohler-Cadmore 46, Hasan Ali 2-14) beat Islamabad United 118 (Hales 41, Riaz 4-17, Mahmood 3-12) by six wickets In the Pakistan Super League, T20 cricket is a simple game: 22 men hit a ball around for three hours, and in the end, the chasing team wins. On Saturday night in
News The late Roy Torrens recognised for his “outstanding service” to Irish cricket Paul Stirling and Kim Garth were named Ireland’s men’s and women’s players of the decade for 2011-20 at the Irish Cricket Awards on Friday night. Stirling, who was also named as player of the year for 2020, had been shortlisted alongside Ed