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.