Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan and Najam Sethi have already spoken to Basit Ali and called him to Lahore. © AFP Karachi: Former Pakistan Test batsman Basit Ali has been summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to Lahore and is likely to be given the task of a batting consultant with the national cricket team for the upcoming World Twenty20 in India. (Afridi Says Pakistan Should Have Self…
NSW seamers strike after Kurtis Patterson 100
Tasmania 3 for 59 ( Webster 32*, Copeland 2-19) and 242 lead New South Wales 271 (Patterson 100, Rohrer 58, Bird 7-45) by 30 runsScorecard File photo – Jackson Bird returned career-best first-class figures of 7 for 45 © Getty Images A sturdy hundred by Kurtis Patterson helped New South Wales secure a first-innings lead over Tasmania before Trent Copeland and Doug Bollinger put the hosts under pressure, after two…
Asia Cup: India Opt to Bowl Against Bangladesh in Final
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India would be hoping to win their sixth Asia Cup title. © PTI Mirpur: India skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh in the weather-hit Asia Cup Twenty20 final at Sher-e-Bangla stadium, here on Sunday. (Scorecard | Highlights) Due to delayed start, the match has been reduced to 15-overs a side. Fielding restrictions are for five overs and a bowler can bowl…
Shahid Afridi Not in Favour of Salman Butt Making Pakistan Comeback
Salman Butt scored a hundred in his first competitive match in five and half years in the national one-day championship in January. © AFP Karachi: Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi does not seem to be in favour of tainted cricketer Salman Butt making a comeback to the national squad. (Butt Smashes Ton in Return to Domestic Cricket After Fixing Ban) A source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told PTI…
Queensland edge ahead on 18-wicket day
Queensland 9 for 174 (Hartley 45*, Tremain 3-30, Stoinis 3-31) and 190 lead Victoria 147 (Boland 33, Wildermuth 4-27, George 3-39) by 217 runsScorecard Chris Hartley stroked four fours and one six during his unbeaten 45 off 67 balls © Getty Images Resistance from the lower order of Victoria and then Queensland set up the prospect of a tantalising fourth-innings chase, after two days of a tense and low-scoring Sheffield…
World Twenty20: Pakistan Should Not Play India in Dharamsala, Says Imran Khan
Imran Khan was disappointed by HImhachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s statement on Pakistan © AFP Karachi: Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan feels that the national cricket team should not play its scheduled World Twenty 20 match against India in Dharamsala on March 19, given the ‘hateful statements and resistance’ shown by Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh. (ICC World Twenty20: Worried Pakistan Cricket Board Wants India to Make ‘Public…
World Twenty20: Pakistan Officers Get Visas For Security Assessment in India
India is scheduled to play Pakistan in Dharamsala on March 19 in a World Twenty20 match. © BCCI Karachi: Visas have been issued to two Pakistani officials to visit India for assessing the security arrangements for the national team ahead of World Twenty20. (World Twenty20: Pakistan to Assess Security Measures in India Before Agreeing to Play) The Indian high commission on Sunday issued the visas according to a statement from…
World Twenty20: Pragyan Ojha Opts Out of Bengal's Warm-up Match Against Pakistan
Pragyan Ojha conveyed his unavailability to CAB president Sourav Ganguly. © PTI Kolkata: Bengal left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has made himself unavailable for the World Twenty20 warm-up match against Pakistan on March 12. (Ojha Picks Up 11 Wickets To Give Bengal Victory) “He has made himself unavailable for the match as he has some personal commitments. He has conveyed his unavailability to the CAB president Sourav Ganguly,” a Bengal selector…
Virender Sehwag Picks His Four Semi-Finalists for World Twenty20
India have been tipped to lift the World Twenty20 crown again. © AFP Swashbuckling former India opener Virender Sehwag picked India, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies as the teams which will make the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 starting in India on March 8. Sehwag has already picked hosts India as favourites to win the coveted title for the second time. “Apart from India I would pick New…
Asia Cup Twenty20: Heavy Rain Delays Start of India Versus Bangladesh Final
Heavy rain delayed the toss during the final of the Asia Cup between India and Bangladesh in Mirpur. © AFP Mirpur: Heavy downpour accompanied by thundershowers threatened to play spoilsport in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 between Bangladesh and India. (India vs Bangladesh – Live Score) The much-hyped grand finale is in the danger of becoming an anti-climax heavy rain lashing the capital city of Bangladesh. (Asia Cup…