PCB to honour Misbah, Younis, Afridi in September

IMAGE: Rashid Khan bowls during IPL 10. Photograph: BCCI Rashid Khan destroyed the West Indies batting line-up with amazing figures of seven for 18 to bowl Afghanistan to a stunning 63-run victory in the opening fixture of a three-match One-day International series at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Friday. Rashid, at one stage, picked up four wickets in space of ten deliveries for just one run to leave them reeling at 70 for 6 in chase of 212. The leg-spinner picked up his second ...

IMAGE: Hassan Ali celebrates. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Pakistan trumped South Africa on Thursday to prove they remain arguably the most unpredictable team in international cricket and former all-rounder Shahid Afridi said it would be a mistake to write them off in the ongoing Champions Trophy. Four days after being steamrolled by arch-rivals India, Sarfraz Khan and his team mates upset South Africa in the rain-hit match to revive their Group B campaign in Birmingham.

Afridi wasn't the only former Pakistan captain who criticized the team after the humiliating loss. Legendary cricketer Imran Khan too lambasted the team and cricket establishment in a series of tweets.

A miraculous bowling performance from young leg-spinner Rashid Khan helped Afghanistan achieve a stunning 63-run win over West Indies in the first ODI of the three-match series here at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia on 9 ...

Fast-bowling great Waqar Younis has come in for scathing criticism from wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who accused the former national coach of causing damage to Pakistan cricket. Kamran, a veteran of 53 Tests and 157 one-day internationals, blasted Waqar for ...

Days after being assigned the job of leading Pakistan cricket team in all the three formats, Sarfraz Ahmed has insisted that although Test captaincy is quite challenging, things will get better with time. At a reception held at the Prime Minister's residence ...

Kashmir Valley remains a sore, 70 years after independence, still being coveted by Pakistan. It is an unfinished business of Partition. Much has been written about the complexity of sub-nationalism and how the people of the Valley want to remain autonomous.

The cricket fraternity has come out in unison to praise the Virat Kohli-led Indian team after their resounding nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second semi-final of the Champions Trophy to set up another mouth-watering, high-octane clash with Pakistan ...

The win at Edgbaston was not the first time an Indian team had vanquished Pakistan in an ICC competition.Rajneesh Gupta surveys the landscape of India-Pakistan encounters in ICC contests. In the end, it was an anti-climax this time around -- the India-Pakistan match -- the mother of all contests in world cricket. After all the hype built around the Champions Trophy game at Edgbaston on June 4, India proved too strong for their arch-rivals and registered their second biggest win over Pakistan. ...