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Pakistan’s arch-rivals India along with Sri Lanka and possibly Bangladesh will take part in the tournament in Karachi from December 26 to January 4. Cricket has been drawing a growing female fan base in India, while across the border the women’s sport got a shot in the arm earlier this year when it was placed [...]

England’s cricketers will press ahead with their tour of Pakistan later this month despite the earthquake that killed 30,000 people in the country last Saturday. The PCB and ECB are also discussing ways in which the tour can contribute to the relief effort which is already underway. England are scheduled to play three Tests and [...]

The first women’s cricket series between Pakistan and India will begin in Lahore on Wednesday with only families allowed to watch because of cultural restrictions in the country. Women’s sporting events in Pakistan have been on the rise even though religious, social and cultural taboos have made it difficult for women to take part in [...]

Pakistan star Shoaib Akhtar on Saturday launches his 161 Club to encourage integration between children of all backgrounds through cricket. Shoaib was spotted playing on the streets of his hometown, Rawalpindi, and soon found himself leading the attack for Pakistan’s cricket team. In 2002 he bowled what is widely regarded as the first ball to [...]

Pakistan has launched a Pop Idol-style hunt for talented fast bowlers to face England later this year. The Pakistan Cricket Board will hold trials in 10 cities across Pakistan and the best fast bowlers outside first-class competition will be picked. The talent scouts, a team of former Test players headed by national selector Ehteshamuddin will [...]

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have launched a ground breaking campaign using cricket to focus on girls’ right to education and sports as part of the regional “Fair Play for Girls” initiative. The programme in Pakistan is aimed at helping young women to start playing cricket, in the [...]

Seeking to tap this expertise from a nation that is a world powerhouse in the sport, Greece’s fledgling cricketers are now sending feelers to the Athens-based Pakistani community. But a way out of this deadlock could lie in a handful of open spaces around Athens where hundreds of Pakistanis — part of a 30,000-strong community [...]

A formal cricket match is played with proper wickets, often on manicured grass fields, with men sporting pristine white attire. However in Downtown Manhattan, since there are so few grass fields, a group of young men from Pakistan, who are high-powered investment bankers during the week, settle for city garbage cans in lieu of proper [...]

Pakistan batsman Bazid Khan could become the second third-generation player in the history of Test cricket if he plays West Indies in the first Test starting today at Kensington Oval. Khan would join Dean Headly, an opening bowler for England in the 1990s in the exclusive club. Khan’s grandfather, Jahangir Khan, played four matches for [...]

Pakistan became the second team to complete a clean sweep of an international cricket series in the Caribbean when they won the third and final one-day international against West Indies by 22 runs. Pakistan also won the first ODI last Wednesday at Arnos Vale by 59 runs, and the second by 40 runs on Saturday [...]