pakistan cricket

New Delhi, March 21 – Former Pakistan head coach Gary Kirsten has spoken about his short tenure as head coach of Pakistan’s limited-overs teams, revealing that extensive involvement from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) played a major role in his early departure.Kirsten, who was appointed in...

New Delhi, March 19 – Former cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has strongly criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), calling it a weak board and blaming it for giving too much power to a small group of people, which he believes has hurt the team's performance.Pakistan has failed to reach the...

Karachi, March 16 Confusion reigns in Pakistani cricket regarding the exact reasons behind Babar Azam's exclusion from the three-match ODI series in Bangladesh, which the visitors lost 1-2 with a narrow defeat in the final match.The confusion stems from comments made by one of the selectors...

New Delhi, March 16 – Sri Lanka's reliable top-order batter, Harshitha Samarawickrama, had an outstanding ODI series in the Caribbean, playing a key role in Sri Lanka's 2-1 victory over the West Indies.The left-handed batsman ended as the top run-scorer in the series, accumulating 171 runs...

New Delhi, March 16 – Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, the USA’s Shadley van Schalkwyk, and England’s Will Jacks have been shortlisted for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Month award for February, following their outstanding performances in the recently concluded Men’s T20...

New Delhi, March 16 – Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal launched a scathing criticism of the national side after their defeat to Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series. Pakistan, led by Shaheen Afridi, lost the series 2-1 after suffering an 11-run defeat in the deciding match...

Dhaka, March 15 – Tanzid Hasan struck a superb century on his debut, while fast bowlers Taskin Ahmed (4-49) and Mustafizur Rahman (3-54) shared seven wickets as they helped Bangladesh win the series-deciding ODI against Pakistan by 11 runs at the Sher Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday...

New Delhi, March 15 – Sarfaraz Ahmed, the wicketkeeper-batsman who led Pakistan to victory in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and remains the only captain to have won ICC titles at both junior and senior levels, announced his retirement from international cricket on Sunday, bringing an end to a...

Karachi, March 15 Sarfaraz Ahmed, the only Pakistani captain to win two major ICC tournament finals against traditional rivals India, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Sunday.Sarfaraz, who last played for the national team in a Test match against Australia at Perth in...

Lahore, March 14: Pakistan selector and former fast bowler Aaqib Javed has praised star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, saying he is someone who prevents batsmen from finding their rhythm or flow in a match. Bumrah recently took 14 wickets and became one of the leading wicket-takers in India's successful...

Lahore, March 14 Aaqib Javed, a senior selector for Pakistan cricket and former fast bowler, said on Saturday that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah possesses a unique bowling action that prevents batsmen from settling into a rhythm, but he oddly compared Bumrah with Usman Tariq, the mystery spinner...

Lahore, March 14 Pakistan's national selectors are unhappy with the absolute authority given to white-ball head coach Mike Hesson in player selection.Selectors Aaqib Javed, Misbah ul Haq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and Asad Shafiq held a media conference in Lahore on Saturday and made it clear that they...

New Delhi, March 13 BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla downplayed the acquisition of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed by Sunrisers Leeds during The Hundred auction on Friday, saying the development in an "overseas league" is beyond the board's purview.Sunrisers Leeds, owned by Chennai-based media...

Indore, (March 13) Spiritual leader and orator Aniruddhacharya has criticised Kavya Maran, co-owner of Sunrisers Leeds, for buying Pakistani leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed in the inaugural men's Hundred auction in 2026, and questioned why Indians have such a strong affinity for Pakistan.Sunrisers...

New Delhi, March 13 – BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla has clarified that the Indian cricket governing body has no say in the acquisition of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed by franchise Sunrisers Leeds in the Hundred Auction, stating that the move pertains to an overseas league and not the Indian...

London, March 12 Sunrisers Leeds, owned by the Chennai-based Sun Group, bought mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed during the Hundred player auction on Thursday, making him the first Pakistani player to be signed by an Indian-owned franchise in the tournament.Sunrisers paid GBP 190,000 (approximately...

New Delhi, March 12 – After Kavya Maran's franchise, Sunrisers Leeds, bought Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed for £190,000 (₹2.3 crore) in the inaugural men’s Hundred auction on Thursday, the decision drew backlash from many Indian supporters on social media.Abrar became the first Pakistani...

London, March 12: Sunrisers Leeds bought Pakistani leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed for £190,000 (₹2.3 crore) on Thursday at the inaugural men's Hundred auction, making him the first Pakistani international signed by an Indian-owned franchise in the tournament.The purchase of Abrar, who had a base...

Dhaka, March 12 – Pakistan's cricket team faced harsh criticism from fans and the media after suffering a humiliating eight-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in the first One Day International (ODI) here.Chasing a modest target of 115, Bangladesh comfortably reached 115/2 in just 15.1 overs...

Karachi, March 11 Former Pakistan captain and batting star Babar Azam has decided not to participate in the National T20 Championship to focus on correcting "flaws in his technique" ahead of the Pakistan Super League, which starts on March 26.Babar, who was dropped from the away one-day series...