Six of the 10 Pakistan cricketers bound for England who tested positive for COVID-19 have now registered negative results on re-testing, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday. Mohammad Hasnain, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez and Wahab Riaz, however, must return a second negative result before they can join the main squad of 20 players who will leave for England on Sunday.
Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, who grabbed four wickets in the three-match home series against Sri Lanka, grabbed a career-best seventh position after jumping six spots.
Batsman Fawad Alam, who was also named in the 20-member squad along with two specialist spinners could make a comeback to Pakistan's Test team after 11 years.
Former Pakistan captain Tahir Zaman believes the resumption of hockey ties between arch-rivals India and Pakistan will prove beneficial to both countries and will also be a big boost for revival of the sport.
Captain Eoin Morgan hammered 66 from 33 balls, while Dawid Malan hit an unbeaten half-century to power England to a five-wicket victory against Pakistan, in the second T20 International, in Manchester, on Sunday.
'Kishoreda was very close to our family and offered a lot of support.'
Pakistan Home Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman arrived in Attari, Amritsar for talks with his Indian counterpart G K Pillai and said such efforts would enhance peaceful relations between the two sides.
Pakistan play a three-match Test series against England starting on August 5, followed by three T20 International matches.
England go into the 10-team tournament as the top side in the team rankings with 125 points and India in second position four points behind.
Images from the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Pakistan in Cardiff on Wednesday.
England batsman Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 110 off 55 balls as the hosts beat Pakistan by 12 runs in a thrilling run-packed second One-Day International on Saturday. Buttler's blitzkrieg and half-centuries by Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow and skipper Eoin Morgan helped England to a huge total of 373 for three wickets in 50 overs.
Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, announcing the World Cup squad and two reserve players, said the 11 from the 2017 Champions Trophy had been retained in the selection process.
Reader S Zaman spotted Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag a day after India's win over Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kedar Jadhav claimed three wickets each followed by Rohit Sharma's quickfire half-century as India registered a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against Pakistan.
A seminary girl student has made a shocking revelation that sex abuse is rampant in her seminary in Pakistan. Sixteen-year-old Hafiza Shafia Saeed has disclosed that every girl student in her seminary at Astana Aalia Nooria Koh Chandan was subjected to sex abuse by the 'scions' of the pirs, The News reported.
Custodian of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), will play one 50-over game and three T20 matches during their upcoming tour of Pakistan, beginning on Thursday. MCC president Kumar Sangakkara will captain a 12-member squad for the tour, which includes the likes of Ravi Bopara, Roelof van der Merwe and Ross Whiteley.
Pakistan left out pace bowler Mohammad Amir from their 15-man Twenty20 international squad to face Australia.
Angry Indian cricket fans held street demonstrations and burned effigies of cricket players on Sunday night.
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Azhar was named Test captain this month in place of Sarfaraz Ahmed whose spot as wicketkeeper has been taken by Mohammad Rizwan.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Waqar Younis said that he is worried that players in Pakistan might face mental health issues if cricket continued to be played for more time in the COVID-19 situation.
Virat's captaincy may have come of age in this competition.
Images from the World Cup match between New Zealand and Pakistan, at Birmingham, on Wednesday.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.
Australia were left fuming by the dismissal of Darcy Short after the tourists lost to Pakistan by 11 runs in Dubai on Friday to go 2-0 down in the three-match series.
Kohli has so far led India in three ICC events -- the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 50-over World Cup and the recently completed inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). In all these events, India managed to reach the closing stages, but the trophy eluded the team.
Images from Wednesday's World Cup mach between Australia and Pakistan, at The County Ground, in Taunton.
India captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday slammed by cricket fans for wearing shorts at the toss for the warm-up game against Cricket Australia XI ahead of the four-Test series in Adelaide.
Thomas finished with 4-27, while Holder and Russell shared five wickets between them to send an early warning to their World Cup rivals.
Pakistan will also name some streets of Lahore after the names of eminent literary personalities of the past like Bulle Shah, Warris Shah and others.
Arthur described coaching the Pakistan team as a fulfilling period of his career.
Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya survived a few tense moments before beating fourth seed Pakistan's Bilal Zaman in a five-game thriller to clinch the NSC Super Satellite Squash championship in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Seven more Pakistan players tested positive for COVID-19 throwing into doubt their tour of England starting next month. Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz and Imran Khan are the players from the England-bound squad who tested positive, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday.
'Second-class citizenship would have been meaningless to a Hindu in the Mughal empire.'
A dominant Indian team routed Pakistan at Old Trafford.
A cricketing rivalry that transcends beyond the realms of 22-yards will be reignited when India and Pakistan square off in a World Cup encounter that could have fascinating sub-plots with rain gods threatening an anti-climactic twist.
Sukanya Verma lists many more Rishi Kapoor chartbusters.
Babar Azam scored an impressive hundred while Shoaib Malik smashed a quickfire half century to help Pakistan thump Sri Lanka by 83 runs in the first one-day international in Dubai on Friday.
Quinton de Kock scored a rapid half-century as South Africa defeated Pakistan by seven wickets at Newlands to claim the five-match one-day series 3-2.
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