India’s chief cricket selector Chetan Sharma resigned Friday, an offical told AFP, after a TV network sting caught him gossiping about players and claiming the widespread use of unsanctioned injections to pass fitness tests. The 57-year-old had accused ex-captain Virat… Continue Reading
Pakistan-born Australian batter Usman Khawaja was on Wednesday belatedly issued his Indian visa and will join his teammates who are already departing for next week’s four-Test tour, an Indian diplomat said. Khawaja — who moved to Australia aged four —… Continue Reading
LAHORE: Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is set to return to the national team setup, but in a consultancy role, the country’s cricket board’s interim Management Committee chairman Najam Sethi told Dawn on Monday. “The negotiations are being finalised with… Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Indian opener Murali Vijay on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket. The 38-year-old Vijay played 61 Tests, 17 one-day and nine T20 internationals during a decade-long stop-start career for India. “Today with immense gratitude and humility, I… Continue Reading
LONDON: South African batting great Hashim Amla announced his retirement from cricket on Wednesday after helping Surrey to the English county championship last year. The 39-year-old had already retired from international cricket in 2019. Amla scored 18,672 runs for the… Continue Reading
HARARE: Opener Ross Adair struck a brisk 65 as Ireland levelled a three-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe with a six-wicket victory here on Saturday. Zimbabwe made 144 with captain Craig Ervine top scoring on 42 and Ireland knocked off… Continue Reading
Australia Pull out of Afghan Cricket Series Over Taliban crackdown on women Australia pulled out of an upcoming one-day series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday citing Taliban moves to further restrict women’s rights. The men’s team… Continue Reading
Tim Southee fell agonisingly short of leading New Zealand to victory in his first series in charge and the 34-year-old put it down to Sarfaraz Ahmed’s dream comeback for Pakistan. The two-Test series in Karachi ended in a o-o stalemate… Continue Reading
KARACHI: Ideas for the future are being thrown around by Shahid Afridi, who reiterated that naming the squad for the three-match One-day International series against New Zealand is his last assignment in the role as Pakistan’s interim chief selector. In… Continue Reading
Pakistan and New Zealand will hope for a reversal of fortune in the two-match Test series starting in Karachi from Monday after both were whitewashed 3-0 by England in their last series. New Zealand were scuppered in England in May… Continue Reading