Pakistan Hosts Top Cricket Championship

Pakistan Hosts Top Cricket Championship, but India Skips the Party
India has refused to play its Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, which is hosting its first major global tournament in almost 30 years.
‘There’s only one solution’: Why India won’t play cricket in Pakistan
When Mohsin Naqvi, chair of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said last November he would not accept a hybrid hosting model for the 2025 Champions Trophy, it always felt like a hollow pledge. India have not played cricket in Pakistan since 2008,
Pakistan set to host first major cricket event in three decades
Pakistan is ready to host the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday, with eight teams coming together for a major cricketing event in the country for the first time in three decades. Pakistan last hosted a men’s Cricket World Cup in 1996 under the International Cricket Council.
Pakistan hopes hosting major cricket tournament will erase worries of instability
Pakistan is hoping that hosting its first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly 30 years will help erase worries of instability in the country and restore confidence in it as a tourism and investment destination.
Historic day as Pakistan host first international cricket tournament for three decades
Pakistan's President Asif Zardari joined thousands of fans at the National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday for the start of the Champions Trophy, the first international cricket tournament to be hosted in the country for three decades.
Cricket needs a more equitable spread of international fixtures
The ICC has looked on as T20 has pushed bilateral cricket out of focus. It needs to restore a balance between formats ...
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'Cricket shouldn't come before our country's stand' - Shikhar Dhawan on whether India should travel to Pakistan
Former India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has supported India's decision to not travel to Pakistan to play the forthcoming ...
Future Remains Uncertain For Sri Lanka In Test Cricket
Sri Lanka's Test future remains unclear amid plans to create two divisions in the long format as the sport's richest nations ...
A three-decade wait is about to end for Pakistan’s passionate cricket fans
A three-decade wait is about to end for Pakistan's passionate cricket fans who haven't seen a major multi-nation tournament ...
I want England to play Afghanistan at cricket – says teenage girl living under Taliban rule
Boycott would kill off ‘one of the few things that brings happiness’; Plus, ICC told to ‘wake up’ to Afghan women’s plight ...
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Afghanistan Women’s Cricket Team To Take Field With Pride, But Thorny Issue Remains In A Stalemate
When the players received their playing ... unlikely to cause a stir for the Taliban even though cricket is the most popular sport in the country. But most on the ICC board, where the power ...
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Back in Play: Pakistan’s cricketing return faces security, rivalry tests
ICC cricket returns to Pakistan after nearly 30 years, but India's boycott and security concerns fuel ongoing debates.