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Top Twenty20 batsman Babar praying pandemic won't scupper World Cup 18 May 2020 - 03:12 pm

Karachi - World number one Twenty20 batsman Babar Azam said Monday he was praying the coronavirus pandemic would not scupper his first T20...

Afridi buys bat as fake bids halt charity auction 16 May 2020 - 11:52 am

Dhaka: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has stepped in to buy a bat owned by Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim after a charity auction for...

India fine with playing entire Australia series in Adelaide: Official 15 May 2020 - 01:35 pm

NEW DELHI - India captain Virat Kohli and his team will be open to playing the entire test series against Australia in a...

West Indies players will not be forced to tour England: chief 14 May 2020 - 02:11 pm

London - West Indies cricketers will not be "coerced" into touring England if they are reluctant to do so during the coronavirus crisis,...

Pakistan in no rush to make call on England tour 12 May 2020 - 11:01 am

MUMBAI- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not rush into a decision about their upcoming tour of England amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis,...

India ready for quarantine in Australia to help tour proceed: official 08 May 2020 - 03:08 pm

SYDNEY - India captain Virat Kohli and his team mates would be ready to spend two weeks in quarantine in Australia if that...

Restarting game should not compromise its quality, says England's Root 08 May 2020 - 12:02 pm

LONDON - England test captain Joe Root is keen to play international cricket this summer but not by compromising on quality of the...

Cricket chief warns of 380 mln pound hole if no matches played 05 May 2020 - 02:40 pm

English cricket is braced for losses of up to 380 million pounds if no matches are played this summer due to the coronavirus...

England's Sri Lanka tour rescheduled for January 2021 says SLC CEO 02 May 2020 - 05:03 pm

England's two-match test series in Sri Lanka, which has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been rescheduled for January next year,...

Australia become world's top Test and T20 side 01 May 2020 - 01:21 pm

New Delhi - Australia have deposed India in the world Test rankings and Pakistan in the Twenty20 standings, the International Cricket Council said...

Pakistan's Umar Akmal gets three-year ban for match-fixing approach 27 Apr 2020 - 05:34 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: Controversial Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal was banned Monday from all forms of cricket for three years after pleading guilty to failing...

Former Pakistan women's cricket captain retires 25 Apr 2020 - 02:44 pm

Karachi: Former Pakistan women's captain Sana Mir announced her retirement from international cricket Saturday after a glittering career that saw her become the...

Pakistan's Babar ready to go back to basics after shutdown 21 Apr 2020 - 11:19 am

Lahore - Pakistan's batting mainstay Babar Azam knows he might be a bit rusty after the extended break from competitive cricket during the...

South Africa's cricket tour of Sri Lanka postponed 20 Apr 2020 - 12:36 pm

Johannesburg - South Africa's planned tour of Sri Lanka in June has been postponed, the controlling bodies of the two countries announced on...

De Villiers may rethink S.Africa comeback if World Cup postponed 14 Apr 2020 - 03:03 pm

Cape Town - South African batsman AB de Villiers has said that if the Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for October in Australia was...

Border can't imagine T20 World Cup without fans 14 Apr 2020 - 12:01 pm

Melbourne - Former Australia captain Allan Border said on Tuesday he cannot even imagine the prospect of hosting this year's Twenty20 World Cup...

IPL uncertainty jeopardises Dhoni's India future, says Srikkanth 12 Apr 2020 - 10:00 am

New Delhi - Stumper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni's international career could be in jeopardy if this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) succumbs to the...