Month: July 2017

Lancashire 192 for 6 (Buttler 59, Weighell 3-28) beat Durham 140 for 7 (Collingwood 48, Clark 3-26) by 52 runsScorecard Jos Buttler made an immediate impact for Lancashire © Getty Images Jos Buttler led the way with 59 off 39 balls as Lancashire began their NatWest T20 Blast programme with a 52-run win against Durham at Chester-le-Street. Put in by Durham’s new T20 captain, Paul Coughlin, Lancashire cleared the rope…

Yorkshire 227 for 5 (Lyth 82, Marsh 60*, Gurney 3-49) beat Nottinghamshire xxx (Hales 47) by xx runsScorecard Shaun Marsh made a fine Yorkshire debut [file picture] © BCCI Adam Lyth and Shaun Marsh posted half-centuries as Yorkshire got their NatWest T20 Blast campaign off to a flyer with a record-breaking 48-run win over Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The Vikings amassed 227 for five, their highest ever T20 score, with opener…

The criticism has also come because Inzamam-Ul-Haq also draws a monthly salary of 1.2 million while the rest of the selectors bag a sum of 0.3 million from the PCB. Questions are being raised in Pakistan cricket circle on the logic behind awarding 10 million rupees to chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq for Pakistan’s victorious Champions Trophy campaign. The rest of the selectors including Tauseef Ahmed, Wasim Haider and Wajahatullah Wasti were…

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Khulna Titans has signed Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and emerging leg-spinner Shadab Khan ahead 2017 season. The franchise has added as many as six new players to their roster nearly after two months after signing Mahela Jayawardne as the new coach. These include Australia’s T20 batting sensation, Chris Lynn, Pakistan’s Champions Trophy winning captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan, South Africa’s Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw…

Pakistan cricket team is searching for all-rounders, informed the head coach of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Mushtaq Ahmed on Thursday. Talking to media, the former leggie who is currently leading the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) high performance training camp “We are not finding the all rounders and are constantly in search of them,” said Mushtaq. The NCA coach said that there are a number of replacements need to filled…

Indian run-machine Virat Kohli broke another record of the player – Sachin Tendulkar – he idolised in his early days as a young cricketer in Delhi. Indian run-machine Virat Kohli broke another record of the player – Sachin Tendulkar – he idolised in his early days as a young cricketer in Delhi. Thursday’s unbeaten, match-winning 111 which gave India a 3-1 win in the five-match ODI series against the West…

Pakistan star all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is likely to take captaincy of newly inducted team Multan Sultans for third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL). Dunya News citing its sources said Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene will be the vice captain of the team whereas Australian player Michael Clarke is a strong candidate for coaching. However, Hafeez, who is currently associated with Peshawar Zalmi in previous editions, is likely to join…

Recently retired Pakistani batsman Younis Khan showed a great gesture of kindness, by donating the 10 million rupees prize money he received from Pakistan’s Prime Minister to charity. Younis Khan was always known as a gentleman both on the field and off the field. For many years he was the mainstay of the Pakistani test side. He is the only Pakistani batsman to score more than 10 thousand runs in…

Ashes series scheduled for later this year might be cancelled What’s the story?The long-standing row between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association is now bordering on embarrassment for both the parties. The Ashes series that was scheduled for later this year might be the latest victim of this issue. While speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, an ECB spokesperson confirmed that England would pull out of the series if adequate warm-up…

“Misbah bhai did so well for so long and he really built the side up, a side that had some great success and was very stable. So it will be a real challenge to follow on from that. And Tests anyway are not easy,” said Sarfraz Ahmed. Sarfraz Ahmed admitted that it would be a challenge to follow on from where former captain Misbah-ul-Haq left as he had built up…