Misbah feels honoured on ICC award nominations

Lahore : Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq has expressed 'joy' over winning ICC nominations in two categories.He said it is an honour to be nominated with top players of the world.Misbah, who boasts an average of 44.32 in Tests and 42.78 in ODIs, has been nominated in two categories the  Test Player of the Year  and the  Cricketer of the Year for the ICC Awards...

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Cricket team’s training camp for Zimbabwe tour

Lahore:National cricket team’s training camp for Zimbabwe tour will start tomorrow in Lahore.The camp will be held at National Cricket Academy where 16 players are reporting today.The practice session will start after iftar and will be held in flood lights. The camp will last until August 24.The cricket team will play one Test, two Twenty20 and three one-day internationals...

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Sri Lanka to take on Aus in second ODI

Sri Lanka will try to bounce back in the series after losing the first one-day international.The match will be played in Hambantota where the Lankan batsmen will try to be little more circumspective than they were in the last match.For Sri Lanka, the most important thing is to take a good, hard look at the way their batsmen played on the last match.It was as if, after their...

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Nation celebrates 65th Independence Day today

ISLAMABAD: The nation will celebrate its 65th Independence Day today (Sunday) with great fervour but simplicity. The day will begin with special prayers in mosques for the unity, solidarity and prosperity of the country.The celebration began with a 31-gun salute at the federal capital and 21-gun salute at all the provincial headquarters. Quran Khawani would be held for...

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England crush India to become world's No 1 Test side

BIRMINGHAM: England became the world's number one Test side as they beat India by an innings and 242 runs to win the third Test at Edgbaston here on Saturday.England's victory gave them an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the four-match series and meant they replaced India at the top of the ICC's Test Championship table after winning this series by the required two-match margin.It...

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India to probe Test debacle in England

NEW DELHI: India's cricket chiefs said on Saturday they will review their team's disastrous Test series in England where Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men lost the number one Test ranking We will of course review the performance of the cricketers after the tour and will do what needs to be done," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Narayanswami Srinivasan...

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Anderson routs India as England closer to crush India

BIRMINGHAM: James Anderson routed India's top order at Edgbaston here on Saturday to leave England on the brink of a crushing victory that would see them replace the tourists at the top of the ICC's Test Championship table.Anderson took four for 35 as India collapsed to 116 for six at lunch on the third day of the third Test, still 370 runs adrift of making England bat...

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Cook hits back as Warne laments 'boring' day

BIRMINGHAM: England run-machine Alastair Cook defended his side's approach after Shane Warne criticised a "boring" day's play in the third Test against India at Edgbaston here on Friday.Cook made a career-best 294 as England piled up a massive 710 for seven declared, their highest Test innings total in 73 years. At stumps India, who saw Virender Sehwag complete a 'king...

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India face uphill task to avoid innings defeat

BIRMINGHAM: Alastair Cook's career-best 294 laid the platform for England to beat India at Edgbaston and so replace the tourists as the world's best Test side.Cook's dominating display led England to a massive first innings total of 710 for seven declared on the third day of the third Test on Friday.It was England's best in Tests for 73 years and their third highest of...

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England pile on agony for India

BIRMINGHAM: Alastair Cook's career-best 266 not out and a hundred from Eoin Morgan saw England pile on the agony for India at Edgbaston on Friday.England were a massive 646 for six at tea on the third day for a lead of 422.That left India already needing to surpass the highest ever fourth innings total to win a Test of 418 for seven made by the West Indies against Australia...

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Cook double ton puts England on way to huge score

BIRMINGHAM: Alastair Cook's double century ensured there was no let-up for India on the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston here on Friday.England were 503 for three when rain forced an early lunch.That meant England were 279 runs ahead in a fixture where a win would both secure an unbeatable 3-0 lead in this four-match series and see them replace India at the top...

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