Former Pakistani cricketer Nasir Jamshed finally apologized for his spot-fixing scandal after seven years.
In a statement on X he wrote, “I won’t forgive myself for what I did with my career and I am truly sorry but I will try to pass my talent on to my daughter and give her the best chance.”
Jamshed is facing a 10-year ban for spot-fixing in PSL and BPL, while he also served 17 months in jail in the UK.
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi called for a list of ‘political-based recruitments’ in the Pakistan Cricket Board after he assumed office as chairman.
According to Geo sources, Naqvi asked for details of the current posting, position and salary of the employees in addition to the list of ‘political and recommended recruitments’.
On Naqvi’s instructions, the compilation of employee records has begun and important decisions are expected in this regard next week. It has also been stressed that lobbying or advocacy culture will be discouraged.
Sources say that Naqvi will take immediate steps for trying to create a ‘smart team and smart operations’ in the organization.
The journey of the T20 World Cup trophy will start from Barbados today, spreading across different countries in the West Indies.
The ‘Out of the World’ trophy tour will cover 15 countries across four continents, where the trophy will visit famous sports teams, stadiums and historical places while also being taken to legendary cricketers.
The trophy for the event, which will begin on June 2, was unveiled by former West Indies captain Chris Gayle and Ali Khan of the United States at the Empire State Building in New York.
ICC has also shared pictures and videos of the trophy.
The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup will be played in America and West Indies from June 1 this year.
Apart from visiting West Indies and all host venues in the US, the trophy will also visit emerging cricket nations in the US like Argentina, Brazil and Canada.
Pakistani squash players added to the joy of Eid by winning multiple titles at the Australian Junior Squash Open.
Five Pakistani players, including two sisters, lifted the titles.
In the girls category, Mehwish Ali won the title by defeating a Malaysian player in the final in Under-17 category while Mah Noor won the title by defeating a Japanese player
in the U-13 category.
In the boys category, Pakistan’s Huzaifa Shahid won the title in the under-13 category.
Ibrahim Zaib won the Under-17 category title while Yahya Khan won the gold medal in the under-15 category.
Most of the New Zealand cricketers who refused to visit Pakistan for the Indian Premier League (IPL) are in trouble getting no opportunity to the Indian franchise to play in the league.
Currently the Kiwi players who are part of the Indian Premier League are facing difficulties, the New Zealand cricketers are looking forward to the matches for a good start in this season but they are not being fed by the franchise.
9 New Zealand cricketers have signed contracts in the Indian Premier League but so far only 4 cricketers have been given the opportunity to play matches while the rest have sat on the bench and watched the matches.
A team in the league can field up to 4 foreign players in the playing XI, New Zealand players are rarely selected to be part of the playing XI.
New Zealand media quoted the country’s cricketer as saying that Kiwi cricketers seem to run for water and only practice.
The surprising thing is that Kane Williamson sat out in three matches while in two matches he scored 27 runs. Fast bowler Trent Boult has taken 5 wickets in 4 matches.
Rachin Ravindra, who performed well in the World Cup, has scored 112 runs in 5 matches, New Zealand’s most expensive player Daryl Mitchell has added 118 runs in 5 matches.
Mitchell Santner, Dion Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry are yet to get a match in the IPL.
Former captain Muhammad Hafeez reacted to the announcement of the 17-member squad of the national team for the Pakistan New Zealand T20 series.
The 17-member squad for the national team was announced today, with the return of recently retired cricketers Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim.
However, Mohammad Hafeez is not happy with the announcement of the national team for the series against New Zealand.
Muhammad Hafeez wrote ‘X’ “Rest in peace domestic cricket.”
Former cricketer Muhammad Hafeez parted ways with the director of the national team, Hafeez wanted to meet with PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi to present a report on the defeat in the tour of Australia and New Zealand, but Naqvi did not have time to meet Hafeez.
According to reports, PCB was not interested in working with Muhammad Hafeez due to which the two decided to part ways.
Pakistan has announced 17 member squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand.
The five-match series will be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore from April 18 to 27, for which the New Zealand cricket team will arrive in Pakistan on April 14.
2 new players Usman Khan and Irfan Khan Niazi have been included in the team announced under the leadership of Babar Azam.
Apart from this, Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir will return to international cricket while 5 reserve players are also included in this series.
Muhammad Amir and Imad Wasim announced themselves to be available for the Pakistan cricket team by ending their retirement in the last few days.
Former test cricketer Azhar Mahmood has been appointed as head coach of the national cricket team for the series against New Zealand starting from April 18.
The matches of the series will be played from April 18 to 27 in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
Azhar Mahmood represented Pakistan in 164 international matches, taking 162 wickets and scoring 2,421 runs. He has previously served as bowling coach with Pakistan Men’s Cricket Team from 2016 to 2019.
After more than 1300 days, the reign of popular wrestler Roman Reigns in WWE has come to an end, after he was defeated by Cody Rhodes in the main event of WrestleMania 40.
Reigns became the WWE Universal Champion in 2020 and held the title for 1316 days, making him the fourth longest reigning Champion overall.
Cody Rhodes won the Royal Rumble match for the second year in a row in January and challenged Roman Reigns to a championship match at WrestleMania 40.
Last year, Cody Rhodes won the Royal Rumble match and chose to face WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, but was defeated at WrestleMania 39.
At the event in Philadelphia, Jimmy Oso, Solo Sikoa and The Rock also entered the ring to ensure Roman Reigns’ victory. But the interference of these wrestlers was thwarted by Jay Oso, Seth Rollins, John Cena and Undertaker.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cody Rhodes succeeded in defeating Roman Reigns by using his special stakes.
This is the first time that a wrestler from the Rhodes family managed to become the WWE Champion.
Batting superstar Babar Azam is the crush of many fans but does he have a crush on anyone? Well, yes he does but his choice is rather unusual.
During an interview on YouTube channel Zalmi TV Babar was asked by the host that whether he has a crush on someone.
https://youtu.be/fuRJqe_rO90?si=2_i1KFYoLTNLylJI&t=4028
Thinking for few seconds, Babar finally replied, “No I don’t have a crush on anyone. But yes, I have a crush on my cricket bats.”
There you go girls. Your competition is a wooden bat. Good luck competing with that.