Lahore: Provincial Minister for Sports, Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan said in his press conference that Pakistan will make progress through this Youth Festival. World will see good and respectable image of not only Punjab but also of Pakistan. I am announcing to start Youth Festival from ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionSri Lanka eyes third place in ODI team rankings
Lahore:Fourth-ranked Sri Lanka can hope to move up a place to third on the table if it beats Pakistan in a five-match ODI series, starting on 18 December in Sharjah. But for that to happen, Sri Lanka (110 ratings points) will need to win the series against sixth-placed Pakistan (100 ratings ... Read More »
All 10 squads for ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier New Zealand 2014 confirmed
Lahore: All eyes will be on next month’s ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier New Zealand 2014 (CWCQ), when 10 of the ICC’s leading Associate and Affiliate Members will battle it out for the remaining two places in the ICC’s flagship event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Apart from the ... Read More »
PSB announces the schedule of Punjab Youth Festival
Lahore: Provincial Minister for Education, Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has announced the schedule of the first phase of forthcoming Punjab Youth Festival with nine events to be organized by 55 thousand Sports & Youth Development Councils at neighbourhood/village level. The first phase of these events ... Read More »
Shillingford suspended from bowling in international cricket
Lahore: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that an independent biomechanical analysis has found the bowling action of West Indies’ off-spinner Shane Shillingford to be illegal and, as such, the player has been suspended from bowling in international cricket. The analysis revealed that for both his standard off-break delivery and his doosra, ... Read More »
Australia captain Michael Clarke takes top honours at LG ICC Awards 2013
Lahore: Australia captain Michael Clarke was today announced as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year and was also named as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year. The announcement was made ahead of the broadcast of the LG ICC Awards 2013 TV show ... Read More »
Adam Gilchrist inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Lahore: The International Cricket Council today inducted Adam Gilchrist into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, during the tea interval of the third Ashes Test match between Australia and England at the WACA. Gilchrist received his commemorative cap from Cricket Australia Chairman and ICC Director Wally Edwards, in front of a ... Read More »
Ireland regains ICC Intercontinental Cup to complete a unique treble
Lahore: A maiden 10-wicket haul by John Mooney inspired Ireland to beat Afghanistan by 122 runs to regain the ICC Intercontinental Cup and with it become the first side to win three ICC events of three different formats in a season. Mooney followed up his five for 45 in the ... Read More »
Sri Lanka holds onto number-one position
Lahore: Sri Lanka has retained its number-one ranking on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings table after it beat Pakistan in the second and final Twenty20 International in Dubai on Friday by 24 runs to level the series 1-1. The 1-1 series result means that both Sri Lanka (on 129) and fourth-ranked Pakistan (121) have ... Read More »
Ireland five wickets away from completing a unique feat
Ireland was on the verge of regaining the ICC Intercontinental Cup when it needed just five more wickets with two days to spare to complete a comfortable victory over Afghanistan. When stumps were drawn for the third day on Thursday, of the five-day final, at the ICC Academy Oval No.1, ... Read More »