Foreign Players Hail Pakistan Security
Foreign players have tentatively endorsed the return of international cricket to Pakistan after their whirlwind trip to Lahore for Sunday's heavily guarded Pakistan Super League final. Players...
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England’s Ian Bell Hoping To Come In From the Cold
Ian Bell is hoping success in Twenty20 cricket will help convince England's new hierarchy he's ripe for a return to the national team -- and a tilt at a remarkable sixth Ashes series victory. The...
Misbah To Lead Pakistan In West Indies Tour
Pakistan's ageing Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Monday made himself available for next month's series in the West Indies, ignoring entreaties from ex-players to call time on his illustrious career...
‘Pakistan Wins Today’ As Final Passes Off Peacefully
Pakistan on Monday hailed the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League final as a step towards restoring international cricket in the country after a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan team in...
Home-Staged PSL Final Brings Pakistan Fans Hope
Pakistan staged its biggest cricket match in almost a decade Sunday, as a packed stadium in Lahore watched the final of a Twenty20 league organisers hoped would restore faith in the country's ability...
Minnows Bangladesh See Best Chance To Beat Sri Lanka In Test Series
Bangladesh will be hoping to improve their woeful away record with a win against an under-strength Sri Lankan side when a two-Test series against the hosts gets underway in Galle on Tuesday. The Test...
Quetta, Peshawar Boosted By Foreign Stars For PSL Final
Quetta and Peshawar will have a host of foreign players available for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final in violence-hit Lahore despite security fears having already scared off a host of...
‘Unprecedented’ Security For High-Risk Pakistan Final
Pakistan will deploy troops and bullet-proof buses for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final, its biggest cricket match in years, after a wave of militant attacks prompted a host of foreign stars to...
Peshawar In Final As Foreign Cricket Stars Face Lahore Dilemma
Kamran Akmal fired Peshawar Zalmi into the Pakistan Super League final Friday but left his foreign teammates facing a dilemma over whether or not to travel to violence-hit Lahore for Sunday's title...
South Africa’s de Villiers Tops 9,000 ODI Runs
South African AB de Villiers passed the 9,000-run milestone in one-day internationals in the third ODI against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday. De Villiers is the 18th player and second South...
Afridi Run Blitz Lifts PSL Gloom
Shahid Afridi lifted the gloom enveloping the Pakistan Super League with a whirlwind half century on Sunday but even his pyrotechnics failed to secure victory for his Peshawar team. Afridi smashed a...
India, Pakistan Target Elusive Women’s World Cup Breakthrough
India downed Pakistan by seven wickets in qualifying for the 2017 Women's World Cup on Sunday but both made it to the finals where they will seek to become the first Asian champions. Pakistan were...
Pakistan T20 Final Must Be In Lahore, Says ICC Task Force Chief
A top international cricket official insisted Sunday that the final of Pakistan's Twenty20 league must be held in Lahore despite a major bomb attack in the country last week. Giles Clarke, head of an...
Pakistan Vow To Host PSL Final Despite Lahore Blast
Pakistani cricket officials have vowed to stage the final of their Twenty20 league in Lahore next month, despite a powerful Taliban suicide bomb blast which killed 13 people there this week. The...
Twenty20 Blitz Puts Hong Kong On the Map
A burgeoning Twenty20 tournament and growing interest from abroad is turning Hong Kong into one of Asia's fastest-rising cricketing destinations -- and could help the sport make inroads into mainland...
Ashwin Fastest To 250 Wickets As Bangladesh Make 388
India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday became the fastest bowler to claim 250 Test wickets as Bangladesh were bowled out for 388 on day four of the one-off Test in Hyderabad. Ashwin...
Asante Kotoko But Why Nzima And Jamaica Kotoko?
Kotoko is (a) the Twi word for porcupine. The porcupine is an animal (a rodent) with very sharp quills and this gives it a distinctive and special appearance which is easy to (be) identify. The...
Asante Kotoko But Why Nzima And Jamaica Kotoko?
Kotoko is (a) the Twi word for porcupine. The porcupine is an animal (a rodent) with very sharp quills and this gives it a distinctive and special appearance which is easy to (be) identify. The...
Could It Be the Next Magic Bullet Preventive Or Curative Medicine In Ghana?
With about 200 species and more than 5,000 hybrids associated with the genus, hibiscus can be had in a rainbow of colors. Ghana stands a chance of becoming the next medical World Bank in alternative...