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Two senior players of the Sri Lankan cricket team, including skipper Charith Asalanka, currently touring Pakistan for a T20 tri-series will be returning home due to illness, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Monday. SLC said in a statement that Dasun Shanaka has been appointed captain for the tri-series, also involving the host and Zimbabwe,…
Pakistan was fined 20 per cent of its match fees for a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka after winning its first One-Day International. Match referee Ali Naqvi imposed the sanction on Thursday after Pakistan was found four overs short of the target on Tuesday after time allowances were considered. Captain Shaheen Shah Afridi pleaded guilty…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has directed its national team to continue its white-ball tour to Pakistan despite several players wanting to return home because of safety concerns. A suicide bomber detonated explosives and killed 12 people outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday, hours before Sri Lanka’s One-Day International against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Pakistan Cricket…
At least eight Sri Lankan cricketers will return home without playing in their tri-nation white-ball cricket series against Pakistan and Zimbabwe due to security concerns, a Sri Lankan official said on Wednesday. The players have expressed fears for their safety following Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the Pakistani capital, which killed 12 and wounded 27 outside…
Security has been beefed up for the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team following terror attacks in Islamabad and Wana, with the island nation’s High Commissioner also given assurance that the touring players are being treated as “state guests”. The security issue was taken up at a meeting between the Sri Lankan High Commissioner, Admiral (retired)…
The Pakistan Cricket Board, on Thursday, approved a budget of 18.30 billion rupees for the current fiscal year, but remained shy of outlining the estimated expenditures and revenues for 2025/26. In the last budget, the PCB’s expenses on rebuilding and renovating stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi for the ICC Champions Trophy itself hit nearly…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday made it mandatory for all centrally-contracted and international players to play at least one domestic event during the season when free from national commitments. The PCB felt that the only way to improve the quality of players was to make the domestic structure more competitive. PCB Chairman Mohsin…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced that the renovation and upgradation work at Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium has been completed in record time of 117 days and it is now ready to host international matches, including the ICC Champions Trophy. The PCB said in a statement said that the new-look stadium now has better…
