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Women’s Cricket59 postponed

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MARGATE/FL – USA: The inaugural Women’s Cricket59 has been postponed due to Cricket Council USA’s CCUSA commitment to media work with the Pakistan Superleague. The tournament which was supposed to be played at the Maq Stadium in Boca from March 13 to 15 has been put to a date to be announced, as a last-minute decision to pump media resources into then PSL will leave CCUSA short-handed for the tournament. Looking forward to the staging of the tournament was chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi. “We want to make sure this…

BABAR, UMAID MARK FIRST WIN FOR KARACHI KINGS AGAINST ZALMI IN PSL 5

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Karachi: Umaid Asif’s final over and Babar Azam splendid 78 helped Karachi Kings beating Peshawar Zalmi by ten runs in their first match of PSL season five. Umaid only gave away six runs in the final over of the innings along with a splendid catch of Darren Sammy. Zalmi couldn’t score in partnerships initially while chasing 202. Chris Jordan in his first over removed Tom Banton and Haider Ali in quick succession putting Zalmi on the back foot. Akmal and Shoaib Malik added 35 for the third-wicket but young Arshad…

NISARG PATEL’S BOWLING ACTION FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL BY ICC

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that an independent assessment has found the bowling action of Nisarg Patel of the United States to be illegal and, as such he has has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect. Patel was reported following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 fixture between Oman and USA in Kathmandu, Nepal on 11 February 2020. The assessment was carried out by an Expert Panel in accordance with clause 4.7 of the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations and has concluded that…

Captains set for HBL PSL 2020 challenge

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Please visit www.psl-t20.com for more information; official hashtags are #HBLPSL, #HBLPSLV and #TayyarHain Media houses and outlets are requested to use correct event nomenclature in texts, headlines and bulletins Urdu version of the media release is attached here Lahore, 19 February 2020: Thirty-four matches. Thirty-two days. Exhilarating cricket-action on four Pakistani venues! The much-anticipated HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 will kick-off from tomorrow, Thursday, with the first ball of the tournament scheduled to be bowled at 9pm. At the opening match of the tournament, Quetta Gladiators will begin their title defence by taking on…

Cricket 59 Women’s Champion League postponed to August, 2020

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Cricket Council USA recently postponed the Cricket 59 Women’s Champion League which was scheduled to take place from March 13th to March 15th, 2020 and will now be held in the month of August 2020. The main reason for postponing the league is that CCUSA wants more teams in the tournament to  have competitive cricket and provide the women cricketers’ from different countries a good platform in the US to play cricket and also promote it. The league’s social media platforms titled Cricket 59 women will be updated accordingly for…

Calling all T10 teams

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MARGATE/FL -USA: With just weeks to go before the 2020 USA MAQT10 tournament Cricket Council USA is calling all teams interested in playing in the tournament to register so that all can be put in place for them for the start of the tournament. Chairman of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi has revealed that the tournament dates are from April 17 to 19 and it carries a total prize of $5,000. This tournament which is in it’s fourth year has attracted a lot of attention in the past with the fast play…

PCB announce prize money for PSL 5 winners

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday confirmed the prize pool for the 5th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) which starts on Thursday, February 20. PSL 5 PRIZE POOL ANNOUNCED BY PCB PCB have announced that the total prize pool of US $1million for the fifth outing of the PSL franchise. The winner of the grand finale, which will take center stage at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will collect a colossal cheque of US $500,000 along with a stunning trophy. The runners-up will get US $200,000. The…

Du Plessis, Rabada back in South African squad

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“Faf du Plessis returns to squad for Australia series. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Former captain Faf du Plessis and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will return to the South African squad for a three-match Twenty20 series against Australia, starting at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Du Plessis, who announced earlier on Monday that he was stepping down from the captaincy, is part of a 16-man squad to be captained by Quinton de Kock. Both Du Plessis and Rabada were rested from one-day and T20 series against England following a Test…