MIRPUR: Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq blamed his bowlers for the team losing the Asia Cup crown to Sri Lanka, stating that they failed to create pressure on the opposition. “We need early wickets in such matches but we could not get them. Saeed (Ajmal) gave us good breakthroughs. In bowling also you need partnerships, but at […]
INDIAN WELLS (USA): Fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Cara Black reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Paribas Open following a straight sets victory over Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the unseeded American combo 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes in the second round of the $5,946,740 hard court Premier […]
DUBAI:Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal continues to lead in the One-Day International (ODI) bowlers’ rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has earned four places and is now in fifth position after claiming seven wickets in four matches, while Ashwin’s nine wickets in the series has given him a lift of […]
Johannesburg: South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who announced his retirement from international cricket last week, was influenced by his family in taking the decision, media reported on Sunday. Smith, 33, told the Sunday Times newspaper that he knew he had made the right decision while at the hospital bedside of his 18-month-old daughter, who had […]
MIRPUR : Sri Lanka on Saturday regained the Asia Cuptrophy with a comfortable five-wicket victory over defending champions Pakistan, riding on Lasith Malinga’s five-wicket haul and opener Lahiru Thrimanne’s fluent century. Sri Lanka were clinical as they restricted Pakistan to a modest 260 for five and then overhauled the target with 22 balls to spare […]
MIRPUR: Defending champions Pakistan will have to contend with minor injury issues to key players Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul as they take on a consistent Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup tournament today. Afridi, who has played a pivotal role in turning around the fortunes of Pakistan in this tournament, has […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Cricket Board Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court not to make public the cricketers named in the report placed in a sealed envelope by its probe committee which raised suspicion on their role in IPL betting and spot-fixing scam. The three-member committee, headed by former Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul […]
MIRPUR: Hitting out at his critics for questioning his place in the Pakistan team, all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Thursday said he would quit the game the day he feels himself a burden on his team. “I will sideline myself, the moment I start thinking that I’m becoming a burden on my team. I will not […]
MIRPUR: His blistering 25-ball 59 helped Pakistan beat Bangladesh by three wickets and reach the finals of the Asia Cup and Shahid Afridi has said that he was always confident of scoring the required runs as the situation gave him the license to play shots. Afridi blasted seven sixes and two fours to turn the […]
Hassan Cheema You could almost feel the anger in Wasim Akram’s voice. Shahid Afridi had attempted a trademark hoick with his team precariously placed at 117 for 5 against Afghanistan. The stumps had rattled and Wasim started to rail against Afridi, his refusal to learn, the fact that over 17 years of cricket Afridi had […]