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Web Desk — Kamran Akmal, the former Peshawar Zalmi batsman, has criticized PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja’s recent comments concerning the change of categories of certain players.  In protest over being demoted to Diamond from Gold and finally, to Silver, Akmal announced he was withdrawing from PSL 7. In a media interaction, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board responded to …

Web Desk — West Indies T20I captain Nocholas Pooran is in Pakistan for the first time and on his arrival to Karachi Pooran tweeted: “Happy to be in Pakistan for the first time!” Senior all-rounder Shoaib Malik welcomed Pooran to Pakistan as the Windies on Thursday arrived in the country for T20I and ODI series against Pakistan. Responding to Pooran, …

Web Desk — After a bad light situation on Saturday caused the final session of the second Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to be abandoned, Pakistan were 161-2 at stumps. After the tea break, the play did not resume, with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam batting on 60 along with Azhar Ali, 36 not out after left-arm spinner …

Web Desk — A motorbike accident injured Australia’s legendary former leg spinner Shane Warne, 52, on Sunday. News Corp reported that Shane Warne was riding his bike with his son, Jackson when he fell off and slid more than 15 meters. “I’m a bit bruised and very sore,” said Warne after the accident. Warne has avoided serious injury but woke …

Web Desk — By taking five wickets in the first test against Bangladesh, Hasan Ali delivered a match-winning performance in a calendar year. Hasan not only managed to be the top bowler for Pakistan during the first innings but also etched his name in history books alongside some of the greatest cricketers. Hassan Ali has achieved five-fers in Test cricket …

Web Desk — Skipper Babar Azam becomes the highest T20I scorer from Pakistan, leaving Mohammad Hafeez behind who has scored 2,514 runs from 108 innings. The Pakistani skipper scored 2,515 runs from just 64 innings. Babar needed only 1 run in the second T20I match against Bangladesh to make him the highest T20I scorer from Pakistan. The No 1 T20I …

Web Desk — Distraught and in tears, Tim Paine stepped down from his position as Australia’s test cricket captain on Friday after it was revealed he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent to a former female colleague four years ago. As a result, Australia’s preparations for the Ashes have been thrown into disarray three weeks …

Web Desk — Pakistan’s right-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz says he will retire from international cricket after World Cup 2023 in India. In a recent interview, the 36-year-old pacer said he believed he had a few years of “good cricket” left in him. “Everyone has to say goodbye to cricket one day. But my target is to carry on playing …

Web Desk — Pakistan’s leading T20 Wicket taker Hasan Ali, who was earlier avoiding media following poor performance in the T20 World Cup semi-final against Australia, appeared on social media to say some words to the nation. On his Twitter handle the pacer said, “I know you all are upset because my performance didn’t meet your expectations from me but …

Web Desk — There is good news for Pakistani cricket fans that seasoned all-rounder Shoaib Malik and wicket-keeper batsman Muhammad Rizwan will be playing the semi-final against Australia. Both Malik and Rizwan did not participate in yesterday’s training session for suffering from flu and fever. Their illness raised apprehensions whether the duo would be part of the playing eleven against …