Recovering Rashid to miss Afghanistan’s first-ever Sri Lanka Test KABUL: Ace spinner Rashid Khan will miss Afghanistan’s first-ever Test against Sri Lanka next month, selectors... Published 29 Jan, 2024 05:36pm
Sports Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan to miss India T20 matches MOHALI: Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan will miss the three-match Twenty20 series against India due to injury, but... Published 10 Jan, 2024 06:03pm
Sports ‘Crazy for cricket’: Young Afghans inspired by national team’s success KABUL: In a central Kabul street, the sound of kids playing was once mostly the scuff of a football against... Published 15 Dec, 2023 09:58am
Sports Afghan spin king Rashid Khan out of Australia’s BBL with back injury ADELAIDE: Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan pulled out of Australia’s Big Bash League Thursday with a back... Updated 23 Nov, 2023 03:58pm
Sports Spin to win for Afghanistan at World Cup PUNE: When cricket lovers refer to a ‘fearsome foursome’ they are usually talking about one of the West Indies’... Published 29 Oct, 2023 06:10pm
Sports Babar has no positive spin on Pakistan loss to Afghans Pakistan captain Babar Azam rued his team’s failure to put pressure on Afghanistan with spin in Monday’s... Published 24 Oct, 2023 01:41pm
Sports Win over England can kick-start Afghanistan cricket: Trott Afghanistan’s remarkable 69-run win over defending champions England at the World Cup will give them the belief they... Published 16 Oct, 2023 10:46am
Sports Rashid spin holds key for Afghanistan at World Cup KARACHI: As a boy growing up in Bati Kot, an arid village in rural Afghanistan, Rashid Khan dreamt of becoming the... Published 29 Sep, 2023 11:42am
Sports India powers up for Cricket World Cup NEW DELHI: India target a third World Cup triumph when the country hosts cricket’s seven-week global showpiece,... Published 25 Sep, 2023 01:10pm
Sports Asia’s cricket giants square up ahead of World Cup COLOMBO: Asia’s cricket giants India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get a final chance to size each other up before... Published 28 Aug, 2023 11:48am
Sports Naseem late show takes Pakistan to dramatic victory over Afghanistan HAMBANTOTA: Number ten batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery to give Pakistan a dramatic... Updated 24 Aug, 2023 11:57pm
Sports Rashid named in Afghanistan squad for Pakistan ODIs KABUL: Ace spinner Rashid Khan was named on Sunday in Afghanistan’s 16-member squad for the one-day international... Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am
Sports Fit-again Rashid named in Afghanistan squad for Pakistan ODIs KABUL: Ace spinner Rashid Khan was named on Sunday in Afghanistan’s 16-member squad for the one-day international... Published 06 Aug, 2023 08:38pm
Sports Afghanistan’s Rashid ready to face Bangladesh in T20s SYLHET: Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said Thursday his team must keep up their momentum after their ODI series... Published 13 Jul, 2023 07:55pm
Sports Sri Lanka thrash Afghanistan to win ODI series 2-1 HAMBANTOTA: Half-centuries by Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka made short work of... Updated 07 Jun, 2023 05:08pm
Sports Afghan spinner Khan to miss start of Sri Lanka series COLOMBO: A back injury has ruled Afghanistan’s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan out of the start of the three-match... Published 01 Jun, 2023 06:46pm
Sports Afghan skipper Rashid hails maiden T20 win against Pakistan DUBAI: Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan hailed the team’s maiden T20 victory against Pakistan but said their... Updated 25 Mar, 2023 12:44pm
Sports Afghan spinner Rashid Khan joins Lahore Qalandars LAHORE: Afghanistan’s leg spinner Rashid Khan arrived here to join Lahore Qalandars for the ongoing HBL-PSL-8.... Published 22 Feb, 2023 03:30am
Pakistan Pakistani student achieves highest mark in ACCA test KARACHI: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced the results of examinations given ... Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Sports Human rights are not politics, Cricket Australia chief says on withdrawal Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley defended the decision to withdraw its men’s team from a one-day... Published 13 Jan, 2023 12:03pm
Sports Rashid named Afghanistan Twenty20 captain Rashid Khan will captain Afghanistan in Twenty20 internationals after being named as the replacement for Mohammad... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:10pm
Sports Rashid promises Afghanistan will bounce back from England defeat PERTH: Star spinner Rashid Khan said Afghanistan would bounce back from their opening loss to England at the... Published 23 Oct, 2022 12:16pm
Sports Combative Afghanistan must defy odds at T20 World Cup KABUL: Afghanistan are looking to their wily spinners and aggressive batsmen to rise to a stiff challenge in the... Published 14 Oct, 2022 11:40am
Sports 'Quality' Afghanistan ready for Asia Cup heavyweights SHARJAH: Skipper Mohammad Nabi said Afghanistan is ready for the big guns after they became the first team to... Updated 17 Oct, 2022 02:42pm
Sports T20 leagues making up for Afghanistan’s scant international exposure, says Rashid Stints in Twenty20 leagues across the world have helped most Afghanistan players to cope with the lack of... Published 30 Aug, 2022 12:04pm
Sports Red-hot Azam to struggling Kohli: five to watch at Asia Cup DUBAI: The Asia Cup begins on Saturday with top cricketers including Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and India superstar... Updated 25 Aug, 2022 07:23pm
Sports Russell, Boult among Big Bash’s ‘Platinum’ dozen MELBOURNE: Australia’s Big Bash League has unveiled 12 marquee players for the first round of Sunday’s draft,... Published 22 Aug, 2022 12:55pm
Sports Afghanistan beat Netherlands by 36 runs in first ODI DOHA: Rashid Khan claimed three wickets and effected a run-out as Afghanistan defeated the Netherlands by 36 runs in... Updated 21 Jan, 2022 09:18pm
Sports Seven moments from seventh edition of T20 World Cup DUBAI: From four wickets in four balls to the Quinton de Kock kneeling affair to India's elimination, there were... Published 08 Nov, 2021 03:34pm
Sports Afghanistan need more big-time matches to be merrier, says Rashid ABU DHABI: Spin wizard Rashid Khan believes more international cricket will help Afghanistan overcome the pressure ... Published 04 Nov, 2021 03:51pm