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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled a packed international home schedule featuring Sri Lanka and England from October 9 to November 21, with Pakistan set to host an ODI tri-nation series alongside a bilateral T20I and Test series against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka will be the first team to arrive, with the visitors taking on Pakistan in a three-match T20I series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium…
Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi successfully defended his ITF Masters World Championships Mixed Doubles title, partnering Austria’s Nina Hermann to defeat top seeds Fred Gil and Rita Freitas of Portugal 6-4, 6-3 in the final. The victory added another gold medal to Pakistan’s impressive campaign in Lisbon, where the country secured four medals across the ITF Masters World Team and Individual…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam, opening batter Abdullah Shafique and several bowlers made notable gains in the latest ICC Test rankings following the national side's two-match series against the West Indies, which ended 1-1. Babar, who was the leading run-scorer and Player of the Series with 193 runs in four innings, climbed five places to 10th in the Test batting rankings with 716 points. Saud…
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Wednesday announced a 20-man squad for the 2026 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, which will be held in the Netherlands and Belgium from Augugust 15 to 30. Waqar and Ali Raza were named as the team’s goalkeepers. The squad also includes Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Sufyan, Moeen Shakeel, Abdul Waheed Ashraf Rana, Abdul Hanan Shahid, Zakaria Hayat, Arshad Liaqat,…
Pakistan defeated the West Indies by eight wickets in the second Test to level the two-match series 1-1. The national side comfortably chased down a modest target of 75 runs in the final stages of the match, losing just two wickets. Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam remained unbeaten on 24 runs each to steer Pakistan home. Earlier, West Indies were bowled out for 117 in their second innings,…
Abdullah Shafique struck his sixth Test century and Babar Azam closed in on a hundred as Pakistan reached 266-2 in reply to West Indies’ 344 on day two of the second Test in Trinidad on Monday. Just days after flying into the Caribbean as an emergency replacement, Shafique ended the day unbeaten on 107 off 185 balls with 10 fours and two sixes decorating his authoritative innings at Queen’s Park…
Former South African cricketer Michael Smith has been appointed as the batting coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team for two years, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the PCB, the “46-year-old will work with the team across both red-ball and white-ball formats”. He will join the Pakistan team ahead of the three-match Test series against…
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem qualified for the men’s javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after finishing seventh in the qualification round with a best throw of 78.63 metres. No athlete managed to achieve the automatic qualifying standard of 84 metres during the three-throw qualification round. The top 12 competitors based on their best throws advanced to the final. Sri Lanka’s Ramesh…
Pakistan cricket team will tour England next year ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 for a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Thursday. The series will begin on May 15 in Southampton, followed by matches in Manchester on May 19, Leeds on May 21, Chester-le-Street on May 23 and Cardiff on May 26. The PCB said that the ODI series…
Iran's embassy in Madrid has congratulated Spain on winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup, saying the title was a well-deserved achievement earned through talent, dedication and strong teamwork. In a message posted in Spanish on X, the Iranian embassy extended its congratulations on behalf of the Iranian nation to Spain on the victory. "On behalf of the Iranian nation, we wholeheartedly congratulate…
