Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) organized a “Connection Camp” on Monday to lay out a roadmap for achieving its strategic objectives.

The camp was attended by PCB Chief Operating Officer (COO) Salman Naseer, white-ball coach Gary Kirsten, red-ball coach Jason Gillespie, and key players including Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, and Saim Ayub.

The primary goal of the camp was to improve communication, teamwork, and performance among the national team players.

After the camp, Salman Naseer, along with the national team coaches, addressed the media. Naseer highlighted the importance of holding the camp at this critical time to discuss various issues. “Everyone agrees there’s an urgent need to enhance our performance,” he said, adding that the camp provided an opportunity to brainstorm solutions to the challenges faced by both the team and management.

Gary Kirsten praised the camp as a “brilliant” initiative, stating, “We discussed supporting each other, and I believe we’ve largely achieved the goal of this gathering. There’s a strong commitment from everyone to restore the pride of Pakistan cricket.”

Jason Gillespie echoed Kirsten’s sentiments, stressing the need to strengthen team unity moving forward.

Lahore: The Pakistan cricket team under the leadership of captain Fatima Sana left for Dubai from Lahore Airport to participate in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

Before the World Cup, the Pakistani team will play two warm-up matches. The first warm-up match will be played against Scotland on September 28 and the second match against Bangladesh on September 30.

Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team will play their opening match of the World Cup on Thursday, October 3 against Sri Lanka, while on Sunday, October 6, the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team will face traditional rivals India in the second match.

The national team will play the third match against Australia on Friday, October 11 and the fourth match against New Zealand on Monday, October 14.

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi expressed good wishes for the women cricket team and said that the team is capable and talented, hoping that they will perform well in the ICC Women T20 World Cup.

Before leaving, national captain Fatima Sana said that they will play good cricket. The morale of the players is high and they will show full potential in the ICC T20 World Cup.

Loveland suffered an apparent shoulder injury in last weekend’s win over Arkansas State. Michigan coach Sherrone Moore hasn’t specified the nature of the injury.

A preseason All-American, Loveland leads the Wolverines with 19 catches for 187 yards; no other Michigan pass catcher has more than nine receptions.

The No. 18 Wolverines also changed starting quarterbacks this week, moving from Davis Warren to Alex Orji. Warren had thrown six interceptions in three games, including three last weekend. He threw two picks in a 31-12 loss to Texas on Sept. 7.

Orji has only seven career passing attempts but has rushed for 58 yards in a relief role this season.

Moore said this week that he wants to see Orji “take the reins” of the Michigan offense with his opportunity.

“Excited for him,” Moore said. “I know he’s chomping at the bit.”

Pakistan’s Asjad Iqbal and Awais Muneer have reached the knockout rounds of the IBSF World 6 Red Snooker Championship 2024 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Asjad achieved a direct spot in the pre-quarterfinals, while Awais will compete in the last-20 round.

Asjad dominated the group stage, winning all three of his matches. In his first game of the day, he defeated India’s Pandurangaiah 4-1 in a strong showing. The frame scores were 41-32, 35-36, 75-08, 50-09 (with a break of 50), and 35-22.

In another thrilling match, Asjad faced Iraq’s Alijalil Ali, clinching a 4-3 victory. Despite trailing at one point, Asjad bounced back and sealed the win with frame scores of 39-23, 30-34, 66-0, 0-41, 1-54, 39-29, and 63-0 (with a break of 58 in the final frame).

Meanwhile, Awais secured a 4-1 win against Singapore’s Jia Jun Ong. He delivered an impressive performance, winning two frames without allowing his opponent to pot a single ball. The scores were 63-0, 65-0, 0-56, 36-02, and 35-26.

In his second match of the day, Awais was involved in a nail-biting contest against Israel’s Shachar Ruberg. Despite a strong start, Awais fell short, losing 4-3. The scores for this match were 16-43 (with a 43 break by Awais), 53-12, 43-13 (with a 43 break by Shachar), 8-64 (with a 64 break by Awais), 33-21, 12-40, and 40-10.