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Shaheen Afridi nominated as ICC player of the Month

8Sep

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Shaheen Afridi nominated as ICC player of the Month

The fast bowler's excellent performance in recent series is the reason behind his selection. Apart from Shaheen, Jasprit Bumrah and Joe Root are also on the list Pakistan's fast bowler, Shaheen Afridi With the start of September, the International Cricket Council (ICC) started nominating players for its August Player of the month list. The name of Pakistan star bowler 'Shaheen Shah Afridi' got onto the list of players for the award. ICC included Shaheen Afridi's name on the list following a review of his excellent performance in the Pakistan vs West Indies test series in Jamaica. ICC have started giving out these player of the months award just at the start of this year. The Cricket Council selects players from both Male and female teams based on their performances in all format...

Haider Ali wins first ever Paralympic gold medal for Pakistan

3Sep

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Haider Ali wins first ever Paralympic gold medal for Pakistan

Haider Ali threw his discus at a distance of 55.26 meters, making him win gold in F37 event. He has also won a silver in the 2008 Paralympics Haider Ali celebrating after winning gold medal in the F37 event On Friday 3rd September, discus thrower Haider Ali bagged for Pakistan its first gold in the Paralympic games. Haider throughout the finals gave an excellent performance and was at the top of the list for the most time. In his fifth attempt Haider managed to throw the discus as far away as 55.26 meters giving him a good lead. Alongside Haider were Ukraine's Zhabnyak and Brazilian Teixeira de Souza both of which won the silver and bronze respectively. Zhabnyak threw the discus at around 52.43 meters whereas de Souza threw it around 51.86 meters. Both of the scores were s...

PCB allows vaccinated spectators to attend PAK vs NZ 2021 series

31Aug

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PCB allows vaccinated spectators to attend PAK vs NZ 2021 series

NCOC gave PCB the permission to have a 25 percent crowd attendance for the upcoming PAK vs NZ 2021 series. All those attending must have a vaccination certificate. The Gaddafi stadium Lahore, will hold all 5 T20 matches of the PAK vs NZ 2021 series LAHORE, PAKISTAN - On Monday August 30, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that NCOC has approved them for allowing spectators into the PAK vs NZ 2021 series. The PCB said that the NCOC has allowed for 25 percent crowd attendance. However given that all those in the stands must be completely vaccinated. With this decision, the stadiums will open for around 4500 and 5500 spectators in the ODI and T20 series respectively. NCOC alongside allowing PCB have directed them to make sure that every spectator entering the stadium shou...

Avani Lekhara wins gold for India in the Para Olympics

30Aug

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Avani Lekhara wins gold for India in the Para Olympics

Avani participated in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Event and fired her way to the Gold Medal. With this victory, Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman at the Para Olympics to win a Gold Medal. Avani Lekhara during the Air rifle shooting event at the Para Olympics TOKYO, JAPAN - On Monday 30th August, Indian shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history by winning a Gold Medal at the 10 meter Air Rifle event named 'SH1'. This victory made Avani the first ever woman in India to win a gold at the Para Olympics. Avani had a score of 249.6, thus forming a world record for the highest score in her category. Lekhara also gave a good performance in the qualifying rounds and had a total score of 621.7. She qualified for the finals by securing the seventh position in the qualifying roun...

Pakistan wins 2nd Test and levels series: PAK vs WI 2nd Test

27Aug

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Pakistan wins 2nd Test and levels series: PAK vs WI 2nd Test

Shaheen Afridi with his exceptional bowling skills on the fifth day, lead the team to victory. Alongside Shaheen, the whole team performed well and made Pakistan win the PAK vs WI second test by 109 runs Team Pakistan walking away after winning the second match of Pak vs WI test series Pakistan on Wednesday August 25, won its second test in the PAK vs WI test series. With this victory Pakistan levelled the test series and maintained its record of never losing a test series against West Indies in 20 years. The rain cursed Test match went on for 5 days, with rain completely destroying the last 3 days. The constant rains made the weather humid and the field wet thus making it difficult for batsmen's. Throughout the match both the bowling and batting side performed exceptionally wel...