Cricket

The PCB has decided to move the floodlights already installed in Karachi to Quetta and those at Lahore to Rawalpindi to save costs.

Sophie Devine becomes the first player signed by the Scorchers – whether male or female - under the pre-draft ruling by the league for overseas players.

Shamar Joseph ran riot as South Africa were skittled for 160 after opting to bat first in the second Test against West Indies on Thursday.

After a break of over a month, Indian cricket team will be back in action as they host Bangladesh for two Tests in September.

Pakistan are set to play seven Tests at home, facing Bangladesh, England, and the West Indies, with a two-Test series in South Africa.

Gillespie, who played in 71 Tests, 97 ODIs, and one T20I for Australia, was appointed as the head coach of Pakistan's Test team in April 2024.

The Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI selection panel will pick the four teams that will take part in the Duleep Trophy 2024.

Bangladesh will arrive in Lahore on August 13 and will train at the Gaddafi Stadium from August 14-16.

Suryakumar Yadav, who is India's third-leading run scorer in T20Is, was appointed as the new captain ahead of Hardik Pandya after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement in June.

Suryakumar Yadav made his Test debut for India against Australia in Nagpur on February 7, 2023, but was only able to score eight runs in one inning.

With Mohammed Shami at his final stretch on his road to recovery, it is expected that the pacer could make a return to international cricket when India take on Bangladesh in a 2-match Test series at home.

Pakistan batters produced a huge total of 708 runs during their first innings of the fifth Test at the Kennington Oval in London. The record was eventually broken in 2009 when Pakistan scored 765 against Sri Lanka in Karachi.

Suryakumar, who seeks to play all formats of the game, will feature in the second match for Mumbai CA XI against Tamil Nadu Cricket Association XI at Coimbatore, to be played from August 27-30.

Things certainly got a bit heated between Mohammed Siraj and Kusal Mendis during the first innings of the third ODI in Colombo.

Tahlia McGrath will be leading Australia A while Minnu Mani will captain India A for the upcoming multi-format series that is set to take place in Australia.

India will not be able to win the current three-match series after succumbing to the hosts by 32 runs in the second ODI, and conceding a tie in the first game.