The 10th season of the Indian Premier League starts on Wednesday, marking a decade of scandal and success for the flashy Twenty20 competition beloved by India and watched across the globe. The latest edition of the glitzy league — famous for its pyrotechnics, cheerleaders and huge signing bonuses — gets under way with defending champions … Read more
Quetta and Peshawar will have a host of foreign players available for Sunday’s Pakistan Super League final in violence-hit Lahore despite security fears having already scared off a host of international stars. Quetta Gladiators had already seen English trio Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright and Tymal Mills as well as South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw and Nathan … Read more
Pakistan will deploy troops and bullet-proof buses for Sunday’s Pakistan Super League final, its biggest cricket match in years, after a wave of militant attacks prompted a host of foreign stars to pull out. “Unprecedented” security involving thousands of troops and police will guard the sold-out game in Lahore — scene of a deadly 2009 … Read more
Kamran Akmal fired Peshawar Zalmi into the Pakistan Super League final Friday but left his foreign teammates facing a dilemma over whether or not to travel to violence-hit Lahore for Sunday’s title match. England trio Chris Jordan, Samit Patel and Dawid Malan as well as West Indies stars Darren Sammy and Marlon Samuels are all … Read more
Karachi Kings upset defending Pakistan Super League champions Islamabad by 44 runs in Sharjah on Wednesday as a host of foreign stars refused to travel to violence-plagued Lahore for the final citing safety fears. Paceman Mohammad Amir (3-7) and spinners Imad Wasim (3-18) and Usama Mir (3-24) sent Islamabad crashing to 82 all out in … Read more
England one-day specialist Luke Wright has joined Kevin Pietersen and other foreign team-mates in withdrawing from the Pakistan Super League final on March 5 over safety fears regarding the final being in Lahore. Wright, who has played 50 One Day Internationals for England and more than 50 Twenty20 internationals, has played just one match for … Read more