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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has increased the monthly allowances of umpires and referees. Match officials in the Elite Panel will now receive PKR 120,000 along with an additional PKR 10,000, raising their total to PKR 130,000. Similarly, Supplementary Panel 1 officials will get PKR 100,000 plus an additional PKR 10,000, while Supplementary Panel 2 officials will receive PKR 90,000 plus PKR 10,000. The same increase applies to 10 referees in both the Elite and Supplementary Panels. According to PCB officials, the purpose of this step is to encourage umpires and referees and further improve their…
SPONSORSHIP TIES SEVERED BCCI’s sponsorship deal with Dream11 was worth INR 358 crores © AFP With the passage of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, the BCCI’s sponsorship deal with Dream11, the largest real money gaming company in the world, has become untenable. It was only inevitable that the BCCI and Dream11 end the association. The continuation of the sponsorship deal, worth INR 358 crore, would have been illegal otherwise. The BCCI has already announced the termination of the partnership. “BCCI and Dream 11 are discontinuing their relationship after the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025,…
U-TURN Van Niekerk made 194 appearances for South Africa (107 ODIs, 86 T20Is and 1 Test) © Getty Former South African captain Dane van Niekerk has revoked her retirement from the game, the player announced in a social media post on August 25 (Monday). “I’m thrilled to announce that I have decided to revoke my retirement from international cricket. The time away has reminded me just how much I have missed representing my country and I am fully committed to giving everything to once again have that opportunity,” she said on Instagram. The ex-South Africa captain had retired in 2023…
Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic overcame early tests to reach the US Open second round before the Grand Slam descended into chaos late on Sunday when Daniil Medvedev launched a tirade at the match umpire and fans disrupted his opponent’s service game. New York’s famously rowdy fans caused a six-minute delay by refusing to stop jeering and booing midway through Medvedev’s 6-3 7-5 6-7(5) 0-6 6-4 defeat by Benjamin Bonzi on Louis Armstrong Stadium. The controversy began when a photographer entered the court prematurely after Bonzi missed his first serve on match point at 5-4 in the third set, prompting…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has strongly rejected reports claiming that Mohammad Rizwan could lose the ODI captaincy or that Shan Masood might be replaced as Test captain. According to PCB sources on Monday, the board clarified that no such proposals were discussed and termed reports of Salman Ali Agha being considered as ODI captain or Saud Shakeel taking over the Test side as completely baseless. PCB officials further confirmed that the selection committee has not held any talks regarding captaincy changes. They also clarified that no player’s central contract category has been altered. The board’s…
Six highly entertaining matches in Darwin, Cairns and Mackay helped shape Australia’s thinking in the white-ball formats Glenn Maxwell’s not ready to be written off Maxwell, who turns 37 in October, may have pulled the pin on ODI cricket, but he’s going to be a crucial part of Australia’s quest at next year’s T20 World Cup. The three-time World Cup winner is still contributing in all three aspects of the game and chimed in with important performances in each T20 match against South Africa. He bowled 10 overs at an economy rate of 8.80 which had him as Australia’s third…
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2025 Natalia Parvaiz (above) is one among the seven to feature in a World Cup squad for the first time © Getty Twenty-year-old Eyman Fatima, uncapped in ODIs, has been picked by Pakistan for the Women’s World Cup commencing next month from September 30 to November 2, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced in a press release on Monday (August 25). Alongside Eyman, six other players have been named in the ODI World Cup squad for the first time. These are Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar and Syeda Aroob Shah. The 15-member squad…
Fatima Sana will lead the women’s side in the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced a 15-member squad for the tournament set to take place in India and Sri Lanka in September. Pakistan will play all their matches of the 50-over World Cup in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo when India hosts this year’s tournament from Sept 30 to November 2. Following India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy earlier this year, a “hybrid model” was decided upon whereby India would play all its matches in Dubai, chosen as a…
THE HUNDRED, 2025 Liam Livingstone and Chris Wood picked up a brace of wickets © Getty Manchester Originals stumbled to their fifth defeat of the season after their batters struggled to get going against Birmingham Phoenix at home. Phil Salt managed 31 at the top of the order and Heinrich Klaasen limped to a 35-ball 34 as the Originals were restricted to 109 for 7, courtesy a strong and combined bowling effort. Liam Livingstone and Chris Wood bowled 35 balls between them for four wickets and just 22 runs to tie the hosts down. In response, Phoenix coasted to a…
CPL 2025 Shakib Al Hasan is only the fifth bowler to pick 500 T20 wickets © Getty Antigua and Barbuda Falcons brought an end to their home leg with a win over the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots to remain at the top of the table in CPL 2025. Shakib Al Hasan starred with a miserly spell of 3 for 11 in two overs. The Bangladesh legend picked up his 500th T20 wicket in the game before the Falcons batters took the team past the finish line, courtesy Karima Gore’s unbeaten 52. The Patriots meanwhile have won only two of…