My friends were playing cricket.
My friends were playing cricket.
Explanation
My friends were playing cricket is a sentence of Present Continuous Tense.
My friends were playing cricket means میرے دوست کرکٹ کھیل رئے تھے
Present Continuous Tense
Active Voice: Subject + is/am/are + First of verb + ing + object.
Passive Voice: Object + is being/am being/ are being + third form of verb + by + subject.