Sports / Cricket

West End Park to host ACC U-16 event 02 Oct 2014 - 12:09 am

DOHA: The West End Park will host the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 tournament featuring five teams later this month, the West End...

Waqar questions timing of chucking crackdown 01 Oct 2014 - 10:05 am

KARACHI: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis (pictured) has questioned the timing of cricket authorities’ crackdown against chucking just months away from the World Cup,...

Bangladesh reduces Ashraful ban 29 Sep 2014 - 11:43 pm

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mohammad Ashraful received a lifeline yesterday after a special appeal panel reduced his lengthy ban by three years...

Afridi wants dignified exits for seniors 29 Sep 2014 - 11:42 pm

LAHORE: Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said yesterday the team’s senior cricketers should be given dignified farewells, after veteran batsman Younis Khan was...

Johnson to play Tests, ODIs in UAE: Lehmann 29 Sep 2014 - 09:04 am

SYDNEY: Australian coach Darren Lehmann said yesterday fearsome fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will play in the upcoming Tests and one-day series against Pakistan...

Clarke in fitness race for Pakistan Test series 26 Sep 2014 - 08:29 am

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke is watched by young players at his cricket academy as he gives a press conference in Sydney yesterday....

PCB launch crackdown on suspect bowlers 26 Sep 2014 - 08:27 am

KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday suspended 16 domestic bowlers with suspect actions, a senior official said, in a major crackdown against chucking following the ban...

Cook retained as England captain for 2015 World Cup 25 Sep 2014 - 08:51 am

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook (pictured) will lead the side at next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after being named...

Atapattu takes over as Sri Lanka coach 25 Sep 2014 - 08:50 am

COLOMBO: Former captain Marvan Atapattu became Sri Lanka’s first full-time local coach in 15 years after he was put in charge of the...

Pakistan drop Younis for Australia ODIs 25 Sep 2014 - 08:50 am

LAHORE: Pakistan yesterday dropped experienced but out-of-form batsman Younis Khan from the one-day squad for next month’s limited-overs series against Australia in the...

Afridi, Akmal among players penalised for poor fitness 24 Sep 2014 - 08:31 am

KARACHI: Four Pakistani international cricketers have been docked part of their salaries in a crackdown on fitness standards, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)...

Injured Watson out of Pakistan series 22 Sep 2014 - 12:27 am

MELBOURNE: Injury-prone all-rounder Shane Watson has been ruled out of Australia’s entire series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates with a calf...

Miandad says Ajmal not essential to WC hopes 19 Sep 2014 - 08:49 am

KARACHI: Batting legend Javed Miandad yesterday said Pakistan could still win next year’s World Cup even if star spinner Saeed Ajmal remained suspended...

Benn puts right spin on Windies 500th Test 17 Sep 2014 - 11:22 pm

West Indies players Shannon Gabriel (left), Kirk Edward (second left), Leon Johnson (centre) , Darren Bravo (second right) and Kraigg Brathwaite are all...

Hughes replaces injured Clarke for Pakistan ODIs 17 Sep 2014 - 11:21 pm

SYDNEY: Batsman Phil Hughes will replace injured captain Michael Clarke in next month’s one-day series against Pakistan, Cricket Australia said yesterday, giving him...

Trott ready for England return 17 Sep 2014 - 11:18 pm

LONDON: England batsman Jonathan Trott said yesterday he was ready for an international recall. Trott dramatically quit the Ashes tour of Australia last...

Pakistan reappoint Afridi as T20 captain until 2016 17 Sep 2014 - 12:17 am

Australian captain Michael Clarke (left), who has been ruled out of next month’s one-day series against Pakistan, and Shahid Afridi, who has been...

11-year-old schoolboy stuns former county champions 17 Sep 2014 - 12:11 am

LONDON: Ashes-winner Gladstone Small was one of three members of Warwickshire’s celebrated 1994 County Championship side who were victims of a hat-trick by...