LONDON - England have named three uncapped players in their squad for the women's one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan. Natasha Farrant, a 17-year-old left-arm seamer from Kent, Surrey's allrounder Natalie Sciver and Yorkshire's Lauren Winfield, a wicketkeeper, have received their first ...

LAHORE - It is a matter of days that the PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif would take over the biggest Punjab province as the Chief Minister for another five year-year term, thanks to the leadership for accepting the public demand. The Punjab inspector general of police (IGP), Aftab Sultan, relinquished ...

EDINBURGH - The Scotland squad has been announced for the two upcoming one-day internationals against Pakistan on May 17 and 19. Kyle Coetzer leads his side for the first time after being unveiled as Gordon Drummond's successor as captain.Former Under-19 batsman Freddie Coleman earned his ...

  LAHORE Afrid dropped from Champions Trophy squad -Pakistanon Monday axed Shahid Afridi from their 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy following the allrounder’s below-par performances inSouth Africaand a domestic competition, while selectors have warned Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik ...

SYDNEY  -  The recall of two 35-year-old veterans for the Ashes series against England shows the lack of quality coming through the Australian ranks, with the squad the "best of a bad lot", media said Thursday.Selectors picked Brad Haddin and Chris Rogers, with five openers among seven ...

ISLAMABADstaff reporterPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited almost all the main fast bowlers of the country except injured Umar Gul and left arm all-rounder Sohail Tanveer for the fast bowlers’ camp starting from April 20 to 29 at National Cricket Stadium Karachi under the command of ...

LAHORE – Prior to announcing candidates for elections throughout the country, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is sending teams to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh for updating lists of the ticket aspirants in light of the late developments and the political alignments. After former ...

COLOMBO  - Sri Lanka have named five uncapped players in their provisional 30-man squad for the ICC Champions trophy in England and Wales in June.The squad includes batsmen Kithuruwan Vithanage, Angelo Perera and Shehan Jayasuriya, fast bowler Ishara Jayaratne and spinner Milinda ...

SYDNEY  Stuart MacGill is adamant Fawad Ahmed should be selected in Michael Clarke's Ashes squad if he is granted an Australian passport in time. MacGill has been working with Ahmed, a Pakistani asylum-seeker who was granted a permanent Australian visa late last year, at the SCG this ...

WELLINGTON - Former Australian wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi was Friday named in the 15-man New Zealand one-day squad for their upcoming tour to England and the Champions Trophy.Ronchi is the only player who has not previously represented New Zealand in the side that also sees the return of spinner ...

LONDON - England named four uncapped players on Thursday in a provisional 30-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales in June. The selectors included uncapped Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance, Warwickshire opener Varun Chopra and seamers James Harris and Chris Wright in the squad ...

JOHANNESBURG  - South Africa included uncapped trio Rilee Rossouw, Henry Davids and Chris Morris in a provisional 30-man squad on Wednesday for the Champions Trophy in June.Batsman JP Duminy was also named in the initial squad and was nearing full fitness after he ruptured his left Achilles ...

LAHORE – Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Khan Baig has constituted a four-member committee to monitor the crimes incidents, taking place across the province. The committee will monitor the crime happenings and would also brief the IGP daily. According to a police spokesperson, ...

Police bomb squad officers and sniffer dogs combed Bangalore stadium Monday as part of a massive security operation for the start of the first Pakistan cricket tour to India for five years.Hardline Indian nationalist organisations including Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Shiv Sena have both ...

NAIROBI Ireland cricket selectors have left wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien out of the side going to Kenya as he was not available for the entire duration of the tour, owing to his commitments in the Bangladesh Premier League.  The Irish squad arrived here Thursday for a four-day Intercontinental ...

M HAROON SIDDIQUILAHORE - Pakistan included all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam in its one-day and Twenty20 squads and dropped Taufeeq Umar from the squads for the One-day and Twenty20 international matches being commenced from February 13 against England in United Arab Emirates.Shoaib Malik ...

DUBAI  - Tim Bresnan could rejoin the England squad in the UAE within the next 48 hours if he passes an extensive fitness test. Bresnan, 26, underwent surgery on an elbow injury in early December, but suffered discomfort when bowling in the nets at the start of England's tour of the UAE and it ...

JOHANNESBURG - Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla have been omitted from South Africa's one-day international (ODI) squad for the remainder of the series against Sri Lanka, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Sunday.All-rounder Kallis, 36, has been rested while Amla, the top-ranked batsman in ODIs, ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia on Tuesday included four uncapped players in its squad for the three-Test tour of Sri Lanka next month, while batsman Phil Hughes was anointed as Shane Watsons opening partner. Offspinner Nathan Lyon, batsman Shaun Marsh, and young fast bowlers Trent Copeland and James ...

LAHORE The youth and uneducated persons are on the mercy of police personnel of Muhafiz Squad in connection with a unique nature of crime purely created by the police in order to mint money, TheNation has learnt. According to the modus operandi, police officers currently are discharging their ...

ST JOHNS (AFP) - An illness to rookie wicketkeeper/batsman Devon Thomas has prompted West Indies to make a change to their squad for the first two One-day Internationals against Pakistan. The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Saturday that the 21-year-old Thomas, who has played nine ODIs for ...

MELBOURNE: England called up fast bowler Liam Plunkett to its one-day squad on Tuesday after injuries to pacemen Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad. Plunkett, 25, was travelling to Perth from the West Indies - where he was a member of the second-tier England Lions squad - ahead of Sunday's seventh ...

AUCKLAND (Agencies) - Auckland seam bowler Daryl Tuffey has replaced the injured Andy McKay in the New Zealand squad for the first cricket test against Pakistan. Tuffey's promotion was confirmed today after Wellington left-armer McKay failed to recover from a side strain. The first match in the ...

KARACHI (Agencies) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has again approached the International Cricket Council to allow it to select players involved in the spot-fixing scandal in their preliminary World Cup squad. The PCB has not yet cleared the names of wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal, ...

SYDNEY (AFP) Selectors will unveil their thinking on the likely makeup of the Australian team when they announce a squad on Monday for the opening Ashes Test against England. The selectors met on Sunday to choose their squad for the first Test in Brisbane, starting on November 25. Vice-captain ...

LONDON (AFP) Goalkeeper Scott Carson has withdrawn from Englands squad to face Bulgaria in their opening Euro 2012 fixture following a family bereavement, team officials confirmed Thursday. The West Bromwich Albion stopper will be replaced by Watfords Scott Loach for Fridays game at Wembley, ...

PARIS (AFP) France coach Laurent Blanc has kept a promise to leave 23 World Cup upstarts at home as he recalled Karim Benzema, Samir Nasri and Philippe Mexes to a 22-man squad in time for a friendly against Norway. Blanc took over from Raymond Domenech after Frances controversial World Cup ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) Friday announced three-member national squad for Asian Judo Youth Camp, which would be held from July 17 to 30 at Bangkok this year. According to an official of PHJ, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will organise this event in cooperation with Olympic ...

BERLIN (AFP) Midfielder Jonathan dos Santos has failed to make Mexicos final 23-player squad for the World Cup unveiled by the countrys football federation on Monday. In a statement the federation confirmed: The Barcelona player Jonathan dos Santos has been remvoed from the squad and will not ...

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) Argentina coach Diego Maradona named his 23-man World Cup squad on Wednesday, dropping seven players from the provisional list named last week. Colon defender Ariel Garce, 30, keeps his place despite having won just one cap for the national team in this months 4-0 World Cup ...