PCB takes over Hyderabad's historic Niaz Stadium for 20 years
The PCB will run Hyderabad's Niaz Stadium for 20 years and upgrade it to host international, first-class and PSL matches, under a deal with the city corporation.
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The PCB will run Hyderabad's Niaz Stadium for 20 years and upgrade it to host international, first-class and PSL matches, under a deal with the city corporation.
Sahibzada Farhan replaces Salman Agha as T20I captain for the Sri Lanka series, while Shaheen Afridi leads the ODI side in the tri-series with England.
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Sri Lanka named a 16-man squad led by Kusal Mendis for the ODI tri-series in Pakistan, as Rawalpindi called in 1,500 extra police and 50 snipers for the matches.
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Rain in Nagoya washed out every quarter-final, sending the higher-ranked teams through. Pakistan meet Bangladesh and India face Sri Lanka in Thursday's semi-finals.
Pakistan v Hong Kong and India v Afghanistan were abandoned without a ball bowled, sending the higher-ranked sides into Thursday's semi-finals.
Babar Azam's first first-class innings in nearly seven years ended early, while Abdullah Fazal hit the second-fastest domestic triple century.