Author: Sohail Shahid

The 51-year-old former international umpire, Simon Taufel spoke about high-intensity of India-Pakistan clashes. Simon Taufel, one of most renowned umpires of the modern era, and the five-time ICC umpire of the year award winner, in an exclusive interview to Cricket Pakistan revealed that after Test cricket, India-Pakistan matches were the most difficult to officiate in. “The India-Pakistan clashes came with added scrutiny and expectations because the game is being analysed by all the armchair experts,” he revealed. Recalling Pakistan’s famous series against India in 2004, Taufel said that you couldn’t help but be distracted due to the magnitude of the…

Salman Butt gets coaching role for Singapore national team. SCA says Butt will bring a “wealth of experience”. His first challenge will be T20 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in July. Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, who was banned over a high-profile spot-fixing scandal, has been appointed to a coaching role with Singapore’s national team, cricket officials said. The 37-year-old has been named consultant coach and will bring a “wealth of experience” to the side, the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) said. His first challenge will be the T20 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in July. The left-handed batsman was…

Pakistan have announced a 16-man squad for their upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against West Indies, starting from 8th June. Their regular captain Babar Azam will lead the side, while Shadab Khan, who missed the ODI series against Australia due to an injury, will return as a vice-captain. Muhammad Wasim, Pakistan’s Chief Selector, said that the squad has been picked keeping the direct qualification for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in mind. “As the ODIs against the West Indies are part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 qualification, we have decided to…

PCB reminded Babar Azam about the guidelines of using National High-Performance Centre facilities. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took notice of Babar Azam’s brother Safeer Azam using National High-Performance Centre (NHPC)’s nets area against the rule. In a video shared by Safeer on Twitter, he can be seen batting in NHPC’s nets against national pacer Shahnawaz Dahani under the supervision of his brother and Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar. pic.twitter.com/u4eZFklQLl — safeer azam (@safeerazam10) May 14, 2022 The video sparked outrage on social media with people including former Test cricketer Tanveer Ahmed questioning PCB’s policy over this matter. While…

Azhar Ali, a Pakistani middle-order batsman, continued to show great form and scored a magnificent double century against Leicestershire in the ongoing County Championship in England on Friday. The veteran batter, who represents Worcestershire, smashed an unbeaten 202 off 329 balls with the help of 18 fours and a six on the second day of the match that helped Worcestershire give Leicestershire a 308-run lead in the first innings. The top-order batter was out of touch at the start of the season, managing to reach double figures only once but later, he ended a string of low scores with a…

Lahore Qalandars, a well known franchise of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has found yet another Malinga-like fast bowler through Player Development Program (PDP). Fast bowler, Tayyab Abbas, impressed Lahore’s head coach, Aqib Javed, and Yorkshire Managing Director, Darren Gough, with his express pace and raw talent. After Salman Irshad and Zaman Khan, Tayyab Abbas could be new product of Lahore Qalandars’ Player Development Program (PDP). According to details, the coaches were impressed with Tayyab’s ability to bowl at an express pace as he touched 87mph during the recently held trials. The fast bowler has a slingy action and is dubbed…

The successful tactic used by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Sunday has won praise and could become a regular fixture in 20-over cricket prior to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup later this year. The Royals elevated India all-rounder Ravi Ashwin up their batting order, but then decided to retire him out during the penultimate over as they chased quick runs in their match against the Lucknow Super Giants in Wankhede. The tactic saw Riyan Parag come to the crease with 10 balls remaining to replace Ashwin and he helped the Royals post a winning score…

Shahid Afridi congratulated Sharif for becoming the Premier and asked him to work for the betterment of country Former Test cricketer Shahid Afridi faced immense criticism on social media after he congratulated Shehbaz Sharif for becoming 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Taking to Twitter, Afridi congratulated Sharif for becoming the Premier and asked him to work for the betterment of country. شہباز شریف صاحب کو پاکستان کا 23واں وزیر اعظم منتخب ہونے پر مبارکباد پیش کرتا ہوں اور اُمید کرتا ہوں کہ وہ اپنی بہترین انتظامی صلاحیتوں کو بروکار لاتے ہوئے پاکستان کو موجودہ معاشی اور سیاسی بحرانوں سے نکالنے…

The proposal was rejected during the ICC annual meeting as the game’s governing body doesn’t want to devalue the marquee events. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja’s four-nation T20I series proposal involving Pakistan, India, Australia and England was unanimously rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in their meeting held on April 10th as they don’t want to devalue the marquee events. According to the Cricket Addictor, the proposal was unanimously rejected by the ICC board members including the BCCI, as the Indian board was clear that it will not play in the four-nation tournament due to its busy international calendar.…

Having quality spinners like Sunil Narine is helping KKR one of the best franchises of IPL 2022. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have begun their IPL 2022 in a fine fashion, and are at top of the table with three wins in four league matches. The former Indian cricketer Deep Dasgupta believes KKR has been accurate with the bowl and has done well with the bat as well in the initial matches. He spoke on the strengths of the KKR’s bowling attack, and the reason for their success in the tournament. He reckoned that Umesh Yadav has done a fabulous…