Tag: Cricket

ST JOHN'S - Chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board Ernest Hilaire has tried to allay fears that senior members of the West Indies team have been sidelined permanently. The comments from Hilaire come following selections of squads for the Twenty20 and first two One-day Internationals against Pakistan later this month in his homeland of St Lucia.
Experienced batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan as well as left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn have been excluded

WELLINGTON - Former Australian national coach John Buchanan, who guided the side to three World Cups, was confirmed Friday as New Zealand's new director of cricket. His brief is to design the blueprint for a consistent coaching philosophy across the country, implement a talent identification programme and oversee the selection panel.
"John's appointment is an exciting one for New Zealand Cricket. He has a great cricketing pedigree and will provide outstanding leadership as NZC

LAHORE - After the overwhelming response to Sprite Cricket Next in 2010, Sprite has now launched Sprite Cricket Next 2011. Spread across 13 cities, the technology driven campaign aims to unearth hidden talent and pick the best "gulli" (street) cricketers Pakistan has to offer.
Street cricketers from across Pakistan will get a chance to prove their mettle and demonstrate their abilities. This is an opportunity for street cricketers to gauge their batting ability through wagon

ISLAMABAD - Results of a recent Gilani Poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan show that most Pakistanis are satisfied with their team's performance in the recently concluded Cricket World Cup, with a total of 50% rating the Pakistani team's performance as good or very good.
While 22% feel Shahid Afridi did very well as Captain in the World Cup while another 33% rate his captaincy as good.
In a survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country

WELLINGTON - Former Australia cricket coach John Buchanan has been confirmed as the new director of cricket for Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand, according to local media reports on Friday.
Calls to New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan were not immediately returned.
"John's appointment is an exciting one for New Zealand Cricket," Vaughan was quoted as saying by the New Zealand Press Association. "He has a great cricketing pedigree and will provide

KARACHI - A dinner was hosted in honour of the Pakistan cricket team by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Speaking on the occasion, PIA Managing Director Nadeem Khan Yousufzai said that the airlines has always supported sports in Pakistan and will continue to play its role for the promotion of sports in Pakistan.

LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket team left for the West Indies on Thursday after completing its two-day the training camp. The team would play a T-20 and a series of five one-day international matches under the captaincy of Shahid Afridi, while two test matches under the captaincy of Misbah-Ul-Haq. The team will start the tour of West Indies with a practice match. The practice match between Pakistan and West Indies will begin on April 18. The tour would formally start from April 21 with

KHANEWAL - Two brilliant cricketers from Khanewal were included in the national cricket women's team of Pakistan for the tour of Sri Lanka. Sana Gulzar and Samaim Adeeb, both from Khanewal, were included in the national women's cricket team. The national women's cricket team is touring Sri Lanks in May, 2011.
These players are busy in practice at the camp in the LCCA ground Lahore. All the sports circles of Khanewal have appreciated the players and declared it as an honour for

NEW DELHI - Pakistan and India have agreed to resume direct sporting ties, including cricket games, which were frozen after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, reports said Thursday.
The decision comes two weeks after Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watched together as their respective teams played in the semi-final of the Cricket World Cup in northwest India.
Several Indian newspapers cited unidentified government sources as saying

LAHORE - As a follow up to the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, India has decided, in principle, to resume bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan, the Press trust of India news agency reported.
Government sources said the time of the visit, the venues of the matches and other logistical issues would be decided. Sources said if everything goes according to the plans, the Indian cricket team will visit Pakistan first and the

LAHORE - The security situation in the country continues to hit Pakistan cricket badly, with plans to launch a premier league and invite Sri Lanka to play in a series later this year being put on hold. Officials in the PCB have confirmed that in recent meetings in Sri Lanka, other boards had made it clear that their players were reluctant to travel to the crisis-torn country for the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) Twenty20 competition because of security fears.
"Sri Lankan

LAHORE - The final of the 24th Khawaja Shaujauddin Memorial League Cricket Tournament will be played between Pioneer Club and City Gymkhana at the PCSIR Ground on Friday. Ex-MPA Sohail Zia Butt, Dr Saeed Elahee MPA and former international umpire Rub Nawaz will be the guests of honour in the tournament's final.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan cricket team has been attending a two-day short training camp at Gaddafi stadium, Lahore for the series match in West Indies later this month.
Pakistan Cricket Board management said the players will take part in two practice sessions. The first session will start on Tuesday from 9am-12pm and the second session will start from 3pm-6pm, reported private news channel.
Along with physical training, the players will also be practicing in the nets under the

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday said the semi-final match played between Pakistan and India had proved a catalyst for improving relations between the two countries. The prime minister said this during a reception hosted by him in honour of the national cricket team at the PM House. Apart from the national cricket team, the ceremony was attended by Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt, coach Waqar Younis and assistant coach Aqib Javed. Prime Minister Gilani

LAHORE - The eighth All Pakistan National Bank Cricket Cup 2011 will start from Tuesday (today) at Okara. On the opening day, Khanewal will face Okara at the Okara Gymkhana ground. The match will start at 10am. Mr Shakeel will be the umpire for the match.

LAHORE - The schedule for the seven matches of the East Zone Cricket Championship has been announced. Mughalpura Institute Jallo Gym, Lucky Stars, Ghalib Sports and Baghbanpura Eaglets have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
Schedule:
April 11 (Shining Club v Dharampura Sports at Model Town Aligarh ground Umpire M Shafiq and Gulzar Ahmed)
April 12 (Muslimabad Gym v Mughalpura Gym at Wahdat Colony ground Umpires M Hanif and Tasaddaq Jamal)
April 14 (Lucky

KARACHI - The recent loss to India at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final in Mohali seems to not have fazed cricket-crazy students in the city. One group from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) actually went ahead and organised a cricket tournament over the weekend to raise money for a number of causes, including the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and The Garage School.
The one-day, league-based cricket