Bringing Pakistani Eagle back into the team flag, blazer and hats
Pakistan’s cricket coach Bob Woolmer is toying with the idea of re-introducing the Pakistan Eagle into the Pakistan team flag, blazer and players’ hats. Before leaving for Tri-series in Amsterdam, he is believed to have suggested this to the PCB chairman Shahryar Muhammad Khan to discuss it with other board members. ‘I was very impressed [...]
Continue reading »Umar Gul, Yasir Hameed in line for cricket’s Oscars
Three Pakistan cricketers are among the 29 players who have been nominated for Cricket Oscar awards. Openers Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed and fast bowler Umar Gul have joined six Australians, five Indians and four West Indians in the list of players contending for the awards. A five-man ICC Awards selection panel comprising Richie Benaud [...]
Continue reading »PCB to honour ”Oval Heroes”
Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to celebrate the historical cricket win over England of 1954 with Golden Jubilee celebrations to honour Heroes of Oval on August 16 . The ceremony in this connection will be organised at Qazafi Stadium Lahore where eight Heroes of Oval Test and families of three deceased players of Pakistan squad [...]
Continue reading »New York park feels like home for Indo Pakistani cricket players
On the lawn, the bowler, or pitcher, got a running start and hurled the ball overhead so it soared over a 66-foot-long burlap mat. Nine players gathered around the mat and watched the batsman swing as the small red ball bounced upward. On the street, drivers slowed to look, and teenagers walking toward the basketball [...]
Continue reading »Sami bowls the longest over in one-day cricket!
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami earned the dubious distinction of bowling the longest over in one-day cricket internationals during the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh here today. The 23-year-old sent down seven wides and four no balls taking 17 deliveries to complete his second over against Bangladesh, the last Super League match of the…
Continue reading »Pakistani team can be world beaters: Woolmer
Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is given a free hand by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), he believes his team will acquire the status of world-beaters in next to no time. Talking to reporters here a day after Pakistan defeated India by 60 runs, Woolmer was quite emphatic in saying that had it not been [...]
Continue reading »Pakistan jumps to 4th in Test Cricket Rankings
Pakistan has progressed from the previous 6th to 4th place in the Test cricket’s rankings, largely due to “extraneous” circumstances. Although Pakistan was beaten 2-1 by India in a three Test series earlier this year, these are the only two matches it has lost in the last 12 months. Pakistan’s rating has also been helped [...]
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