Pakistan

1:49 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars will field first, having won the toss. Sohail Akhtar believed dew would play a part later on in the evening, and Lahore will look to keep up the momentum that they have built up over the last two games, which they won. Lahore have only ever won three games in

Mar 7, 2020 Umar Farooq in Lahore The injury suffered by Naseem Shah on March 5 during the PSL game between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi will see him miss the next week of games as doctors have advised him to rest for seven days. In the game, he walked off the ground after bowling

11:11 AM GMT Multan Sultans opted to field against Islamabad United Multan Sultans won the toss in a rain-reduced game, and have opted to field first. After rains lashed Islamabad for much of the past few days, the groundstaff had a huge challenge getting the outfield dry enough to get a game on. The ground

2:50 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar won the toss and chose to field against Karachi Kings in Lahore in the second half of Sunday’s PSL double-header. Lahore are seeking to build on a resounding eight-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators in an effort to dig themselves out of the cellar on the PSL points

Mar 7, 2020 Lahore Qalandars 100 for 2 (Hafeez 39) beat Quetta Gladiators 98 for 9 (Patel 4-5) by eight wickets Has the PSL really moved back to Pakistan, and is this a T20 league? Today, on a pitch redolent of the most treacherous surfaces in the UAE, Samit Patel, aided by a contingent of

2:11 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kieron Pollard, the most experienced player in T20 cricket, has been ruled out of his PSL stint with Peshawar Zalmi due to a niggle in his right thigh. The West Indies captain, who recently reached 10,000 runs in his 500th game in the shortest format, was initially slated to join

5:43 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff March 8: Lahore Qalanders v Karachi Kings, Lahore Our XI: Ben Dunk, Chris Lynn, Babar Azam, Sharjeel Khan, Alex Hales, Imad Wasim, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Irshad/Dilbar Hussain, Umer Khan, Mohammad Amir Captain: Alex Hales Hales has scored 101 runs at a strike rate of 177.19 in his last

9:52 AM GMT Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bowl v Islamabad United Wahab Riaz won the toss and elected to field first for Peshawar Zalmi against Islamabad United on a cold and wet afternoon in Rawalpindi. The toss was delayed by 30 minutes with the start of play pushed back 15 minutes,

3:05 PM GMT Toss Karachi Kings opt to bowl v Multan Sultans Karachi Kings won the toss and opted to bowl against Multan Sultans in Lahore. This top-of-the table clash was in doubt because of the heavy rains that had lashed Lahore over much of the past 24 hours. Karachi made one change to the

4:35 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed won the toss and as expected

4:49 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Sindh provisional government has ruled out moving PSL games out of Karachi amid fears of the coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, there have been five cases of the virus in Pakistan so far, including three in Federal Areas and two in Karachi, where a school has been shut down

1:48 PM GMT Toss Quetta Gladiators chose to bowl v Lahore Qalandars Quetta Gladiators won the toss and put Lahore Qalandars in to bat. Sarfaraz Ahmed’s team was looking to come back from a lopsided defeat against Multan Sultans on the weekend, and the captain admitted back-to-back matches and travelling had taken their toll on

7:42 AM GMT Match abandoned Thailand 3 for 150 (Chantam 56, Boochatham 56) v Pakistan Thailand’s top order put on a blazing display of strokeplay to end their impressive maiden World Cup campaign. They posted their highest T20I score – 3 for 150 – against Pakistan at the Sydney Showground Stadium and then saw the

1:46 PM GMT Karachi Kings will bowl first after winning the toss in Rawalpindi. Imad Wasim’s side will look to carry on with the momentum they built after beating Islamabad United on Sunday, and make one change to that side, with Aamer Yamin replacing Umaid Asif. There are more significant developments with the Peshawar side,

1:57 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Toss Karachi Kings chose to bowl v Islamabad United Looking to move out of fifth place in a six-team tournament, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim kept with conventional wisdom and opted to chase on a ground that is expected to be good for batting. He was also happy to field

7:24 AM GMT South Africa 136 for 6 (Wolvaardt 53*) beat Pakistan 119 for 5 (Riaz 39*) by 17 runs Laura Wolvaardt produced one of the innings of the tournament as South Africa rebounded from a tricky start against Pakistan to book their spot in the semi-finals. Wolvaardt struck a 36-ball half-century which lifted a

5:11 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and as expected chose to field first in a rain-shortened affair to 12 overs, with further disruptions possible. The toss was delayed more than two hours due to poor weather in Rawalpindi before skies cleared to allow for a contest reduced by eight overs. The pitch

11:16 AM GMT England 158 for 7 (Knight 62, Aiman Anwer 3-30) beat Pakistan 116 (Shrubsole 3-25, Glenn 3-15) by 42 runs England took a stride towards qualification from Group B of the Women’s T20 World Cup by thrashing Pakistan in Canberra. After surprisingly being inserted by Pakistan’s skipper Bismah Maroof, England overcame an early

7:09 PM GMT Multan Sultans 124 for 4 (Rossouw 49*, Shah 43*, Riaz 2-36) beat Peshawar Zalmi 123 (Ali 47, Tanvir 4-13, Ilyas 2-23) by six wickets How the game played out Shan Masood’s men gave the home fans a night to remember on PSL 2020’s debut evening in Multan as a rip-roaring bowling performance

2:34 PM GMT It was a fitting finish. Bismah Maroof skipped down the pitch at her opposite number, Stafaine Taylor, and drove a boundary through off the side to seal a clinical chase from Pakistan. They have had to bide their time to join the tournament as the last team to play a match, but

8:25 AM GMT Allrounder Nida Dar has wasted no time in putting her experience of the WBBL to good use as Pakistan prepare to begin their T20 World Cup campaign. Dar became the first Pakistan player to appear in the competition as part of the Sydney Thunder side in this year’s tournament, where she had

4:09 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Peshawar Zalmi will have no case to answer for alleged ball-tampering during their game against Quetta Gladiators, after the PCB confirmed that Quetta had failed to formally make a complaint. Quetta captain Sarfaraz Ahmed‘s claim they had reported what they perceived as ball-tampering by Peshawar has been refuted by the

9:24 AM GMT Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim won the toss and went against type for the early part of the PSL, choosing to bat first at the National Stadium in Karachi. The winner of today’s match will break the five-team gridlock to move two points clear of the rest of the field onto the

1:56 PM GMT Islamabad United won the toss and chose to bowl v Lahore Qalandars All but one of the games this season so far have been won by the chasing side, so it was little surprise to see Islamabad United put Lahore Qalandars in. Qalandars, who are the only side yet to win a

9:46 AM GMT Darren Sammy has played a major role in the return of top-flight cricket to Pakistan, and the country has decided to express its gratitude in style, by extending an honorary citizenship to the former West Indies captain. Arif Alvi, the Pakistan president, has signed off on the same, and Sammy will also

1:05 PM GMT Peshawar Zalmi 153 for 4 (Kamran Akmal 101, Fawad 2-40) beat Quetta Gladiators 148 for 5 (Roy 73, Wahab 2-21) by six wickets How the game played out A vintage Kamran Akmal century made light work of a modest target set by Quetta Gladiators, chasing down 149 with nine balls to spare.