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LAHORE: Umer Rashid, one of the highly-rated bowling coaches at the National High Performance Centre (NHPC), has been included in the Pakistan men’s side coaching panel as assistant to the fast bowling coach for the Asia Cup. According to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Umer has been added to the players’ support personnel list on the recommendation of head coach Saqlain Mushtaq. Umer has worked in the development of all the national side fast bowlers since their early days, including helping Mohammad Hasnain with his bowling action.  In the new role with the national side, Umer will support Pakistan fast bowling coach Shaun Tait in the United Arab Emirates for Asia Cup 2022. Meanwhile, the national squad has started their training from today for the tournament and its opening clash with arch-rivals India on Sunday. READ: PCB hires five foreign coaches for Pathway Cricket Programme The post Umer Rashid appointed Pakistan assistant bowling coach for Asia Cup appeared first o...

LAHORE: Five elite foreign coaches have been appointed for the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme to provide specialist training to the participating players under the coaching project with the first phase set to kick off later this week in Lahore. According to the details, Gordon Parsons (South Africa), Julian Fountain (New Zealand), Julian Wood (England), Nicholas Webb (England) and Toby Radford (England) are expected to arrive in Lahore in the next seven to 10 days and will work with teenagers from next month under PCB’s Pathway Cricket Programme. Elite foreign coaches join the @EngroCorp Cricket Coaching Project More details: https://t.co/xiGOdaYcXR pic.twitter.com/ggzZQLEqrv — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 24, 2022 PCB entered a three-year agreement with a private corporation for the sponsorship of the foreign coaches under the programme. According to the PCB, the foreign coaches selected for the coaching programme are richly experienced and have produced results in...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sports Board’s (PSB) hesitance to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the players and officials of the national tenpin bowling team put Pakistan’s participation in the upcoming Tenpin bowling World Cup in Australia in jeopardy.   President Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) Ijaz ur Rehman on Thursday claimed that the federation had written a letter to the PSB two weeks ago for the issuance of the NOC but they received no reply from the board. “Pakistan’s team participation in the upcoming Tenpin Bowling World Cup is in doubt. PSB has still not given the NOC to the federation,” he said. “The federation wrote a letter to the Sports Board two weeks ago for the NOC,” he added. The Tenpin bowling World Cup is scheduled to take place from November 3 to 23 in Queensland, Australia. “Players from 120 countries will be featuring in the singles and team event of the World Cup,” Aijaz said. Six members national team comprising Ahmer Saldera, Ijaz ur ...

LAHORE: Two legendary cricketers, Sir Vivian Richards and Javed Miandad are set to reunite in October at Pakistan Junior League (PJL) after Pakistan Cricket Board appointed the former as a mentor for one of the teams. According to the details, PCB named the former West Indian batting legend Richards as a league mentor for the inaugural edition of the sort of its sort U19 T20 League. Richards will join Miandad, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Daren Sammy and Imran Tahir as other mentors. The first-ever PJL tournament will run from October 6 to 21 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore featuring six teams. Richards has also been an integral part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Quetta Gladiators, mentoring the team in six of the league’s seven editions and helping the Gladiators to lift the PSL trophy in 2019. “I am absolutely thrilled at reuniting with my mate Javed Miandad at the Pakistan Junior League with whom I cherish some great memories from our playing days. Miandad was a fi...

DUBAI: Australia’s legendary all-rounder Shane Watson heaped praises on Pakistan’s top batter Babar Azam and ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi as he revealed the top five players in World T20I. Watson, while featuring in the latest episode of ICC Review, unveiled the five players he would select first if given a task to select a World XI in the shortest format of the game to a query from the host Sanjana Ganesan. “First one I’d pick would be Babar Azam,” Watson said. “He’s the No.1 T20I batsman in the world, and he just knows how to dominate. “It’s like he’s not even taking any risks, and he scores incredibly quickly against the best bowlers in the world. “He’s going to do very well in Australian conditions (during the T20 World Cup) as well, as his technique is very much built for Australian conditions.” The world cup-winning all-rounder then went on to pick Pakistan ace pacer, Shaheen and praised his wicket-taking ability while referring to his performance in last year’s ICC World T...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army will provide security assistance to Qatar to host the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022. The federal cabinet on Monday approved the Pakistan Army-Qatar agreement to provide the Gulf country with the security arrangements for the extravaganza. The gulf country will be hosting the mega football event for the first time, scheduled from November 20 to December 18. The development came as Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif prepared to depart on Tuesday for his first trip to Qatar at the invitation of Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The premier’s trip to Qatar will be his first since taking office in April 2022. A high-level delegation, including important members of his cabinet, will accompany him amid his visit. READ: ‘Will provide international training to Arshad’ President Athletics Federation The post Pakistan Army to assist Qatar for FIFA World Cup 2022 security appeared first on ASports.tv . from ASports.tv https://ift.tt/G8JShMd

LAHORE: The president of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan Muhammad Akram Sahi announced on Tuesday that the federation will send Commonwealth Games gold medalist Arshad Nadeem and other athletes for international training. Akram, in a press conference with Pakistan’s star athlete Arshad, praised the top performing athletes in the recently concluded Commonwealth and Islamic Solidarity Games, while announcing to facilitate them with the international training. “The federation will send Arshad Nadeem, Shajar Abbas and other athletes for training abroad,” said the Athletics Federation of Pakistan President. “We need to improve Arshad Nadeem’s technique, which would help him in the future,” he maintained. The president of the Athletics federation also termed Arshad as the best Javelin thrower currently as he threw farther than the Olympic and World champions. “Arshad Nadeem has created new records in Commonwealth Games and Islamic Solidarity Games to earn gold medals. The standard ...