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BBC News
21-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Yorkshire coach McGrath 'embarrassed' by poor form
Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath has questioned his side's mentality after they slipped to an "embarrassing" defeat at Durham in the T20 White Rose's 63-run defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them with two wins from eight games in the are also struggling in Division One of the County Championship after winning promotion last summer, with just one victory in seven matches."It was pretty embarrassing if I'm honest," McGrath told BBC Radio Leeds. "The last two performances have not been anywhere near good enough."Again, we lost our way, and anytime we have a bump in the road we seem to have a bad three or four overs and we just can't deal with that setback. We just give all the momentum away to the opposition."We did it a bit with the ball and then with the bat. We were going well in the powerplay, but there were six or seven overs where we got behind the rate and lost wickets. Very disappointing."He added: "We just haven't played good enough. We had a very experienced team out there, there's no excuses."You can have great individuals, and we've got that. But we're just not playing well enough and are not smart enough either when push comes to shove." Visa issue delays Shafique's arrival McGrath's side head to Trent Bridge to face County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire on had added Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique on a two-match deal last week but McGrath revealed he will now not be available to play against Notts."We've had some disappointing news on Shafique, his visa isn't going to be ready on time," said McGrath."It's out of our hands so there's not much we can do."McGrath is hopeful he will be available to play in the County Championship match against Essex, starting at Clifton Park, York, on 29 June.
BBC News
16-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Yorkshire sign batter Shafique on short-term deal
Yorkshire have signed Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique on a short-term right-handed opener will be available for the next two Championship matches, starting against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on will also be eligible to play in the last four group games of Yorkshire's T20 Blast 25-year-old averages 38.56 from his 22 Test appearances, with five hundreds to his he leaves, India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad arrives for Yorkshire's final five Championship games of the season.
Business Recorder
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Business Recorder
Shafique shines as Lahore Qalandars knock Karachi Kings out of PSL 10
Abdullah Shafique's 75 starred with the bat in Lahore Qalandars' thrilling six-wicket win over arch-rivals Karachi Kings in the Eliminator of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 10 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Thursday. Next fixture Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium will witness a thrilling encounter on Friday as Lahore Qalandars take on Islamabad United in Qualifier 2. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM. Past PSL winners
Arab News
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Karachi, Lahore to reignite ‘ultimate rivalry' with PSL X clash today
ISLAMABAD: Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars will reignite their Pakistan Super League (PSL) rivalry today, Sunday, when the two teams lock horns at the Qaddafi Stadium in an important clash of the tournament. The Qalandars are placed at number three on the PSL points table, winning four matches from their eight fixtures. The Kings have also won only four matches from the seven games they have played and are placed at number four on the table. Lahore had the upper hand the last time the two teams met on the field for the PSL X tournament, winning the encounter by 85 runs. 'Don't miss the ultimate rivalry #LQvKK today at Qaddafi Stadium!' the PSL wrote on its official social media platforms. A post shared by Pakistan Super League (@thepsl) The Kings will head into the match confident, having beat an out-of-form Multan Sultans squad by 87 runs on May 1. The Qalandars have been in fine form as well, demolishing Islamabad United by 88 runs on Apr. 30 before their match against Quetta Gladiators on May 1 ended in a no result tie due to rain. Qalandars have had batting success in the form of openers Abdullah Shafique and the explosive Fakhar Zaman while fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has fared impressively as well. The Kings will look toward their skipper and opener David Warner, who has been out of form as of late, and Tim Siefert to deliver the goods. The intense rivalry between the two franchises has been compared to the India-Pakistan and Australia-England cricket rivalry, with many also using the phrase 'El-Clasico of cricket' to describe their clash. The match will kick off at 8:00 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time.
Express Tribune
13-04-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Holder shines on debut in HBL PSL X opener
Jason Holder's four-wicket haul led defending champions Islamabad United to an eight-wicket win over Lahore Qalandars in the opening match of the HBL PSL X at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday evening. This was also West Indies' fast bowler debut game in the HBL Pakistan Super League. After being put into bat, two-time champions Qalandars were dismissed for 139 in 19.2 overs. Only four batters - Abdullah Shafique (66, 38b, 6x4s, 3x6s), Sikandar Raza (23, 21b, 3x4s, 1x6), Daryl Mitchell (13, 14b, 2x4s) and Haris Rauf (10, 10b, 2x4s) - managed to reach double figures. Qalandars lost half of their side in the 14th over with just 93 runs on the board. Right-handed batter Abdullah Shafique stitched a 35-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Zimbabwe's international Sikandar. For United, Holder ended up taking four wickets for 26. He was equally supported by captain Shadab Khan, who took three for 25 from 3.2 overs. In turn, chasing 140 runs to win, Islamabad United got off to cautious start, scoring just 37 runs in the powerplay and losing Andries Gous (4, 6b, 1x4) to Asif Afridi. New Zealand's Colin Munro and Pakistan's international Sahibzada Farhan got together in the second over with eight runs on the board. The pair stitched a 55-run partnership for the second wicket before right-handed batter Sahibzada (25, 24b, 3x6s) was dismissed in the ninth over with Sikandar taking a diving catch off Haris Rauf's bowling. At the halfway stage, United were 69 for two, needing 71 more runs to win. At that juncture of the game, Munro and Pakistan's T20I captain Salman Ali Agha ensured there were no further hiccups, guiding United to win with 14 balls to spare. Munro returned undefeated on 59 off 42 balls, which included seven fours and a six, while Salman scored an unbeaten 34-ball 41, smashing three fours and a six. For Qalandars, Asif Afridi and Haris snapped a wicket each.
