The Australian cricket team suffered a huge blow ahead of the first ODI against Pakistan as all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis were ruled out of the squad. Marsh will not be available for the first ODI amid a hip flexor injury, Cricket Australia stated. He sustained the injury during a training session yesterday. … Read more
Despite losing the historic Test against Australia at home by 1-0, national players performed exceptionally great, giving hard times to the Kangaroos. Despite criticism from fans and cricket analysts regarding team selection and the “lack of a winning recipe,” some players stood out. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on its official Twitter account, shared a … Read more
Australian batsman Steve Smith has been rested for the white-ball series against Pakistan amid discomfort in his left elbow. Aussies selectors believe that they have enough batting power to cover up for Smith’s batting expertise. Recently Smith became the fastest batsman to reach 8,000 Test runs. However, the selectors have decided to add legspinner Mitchell … Read more
Australia grabbed the historic Test series win against Pakistan on Friday. The Aussies won the last match of the three-match series by 115 runs on the final day. The Kangaroos are touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years. Throughout the series, jubilant throngs of Pakistani cricket fans have packed to stadiums in Rawalpindi, … Read more
Australia has given the target of 351 runs to Pakistan in the deciding third Test match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore where the Aussies declared their inning on the fourth day at 227-3 ahead of the tea break. Opener Usman Khawaja remained unbeaten on 104 and Travis Head at 11 before the skipper Pat Cummins … Read more
Australian opener Usman Khawaja scored a century while Steve Smith became the fastest man to reach the 8,000 Test runs milestone as the Kangaroos scented a series-clinching victory against Pakistan in Lahore. Australia is 202-2 ahead of tea break during the fourth day of the third and final Test match. Khawaja is unbeatean at 100 … Read more
LAHORE: Australia reached 97-1 at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test in Lahore, after David Warner was bowled after a quickfire half-century and became entangled in a pitch argument. At the break Usman Khawaja was on 44 and Marnus Labuschagne yet to score as visitors added 86 runs in the … Read more
The Australian national ODI and T20I team landed in Pakistan Thursday to play three ODIs and the Only T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore against Pakistan. The team arrived at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore today. The white-ball team skipper Aaron Finch, Sean Abbott, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Ellis, Ben McDermott, Ben Dwarshuis, Marcus Stoinis … Read more
Pakistan restricted Australia to 391 runs in the deciding third Test match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Resuming at 232-5, Australia added 159 runs with Cameron Green scoring 79 and Alex Carey 67. For Pakistan, the pace duo of Naseem Shah (4-58) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (4-79) were the main wicket-takers. The series is tied … Read more
LAHORE: Alex Carey and Cameron Green each hit solid half centuries Tuesday to take Australia to 320-5 at lunch on the second day of the third and deciding Test against Pakistan in Lahore. Carey was unbeaten on 60 and Green 56 as the pair frustrated Pakistan during an unbroken 114-run partnership for the sixth wicket. … Read more
Australian skipper Pat Cummins decided to bat first in the third and final Test match of the series against Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The visitors kept the same team that drew the second Test in Karachi last week, while Pakistan brought in fast bowler Naseem Shah in place of all-rounder Faheem Ashraf. The … Read more
Pakistan cricket team displayed a spectacular performance in the last inning against Australia to draw the second Test match at the National Stadium, Karachi. One of the main highlights of the inning was skipper Babar Azam’s astounding century. Pakistan made history by playing the most number of overs to draw a five-day Test match. The … Read more
Former English skipper and commentator Michael Vaughan lauded Pakistan captain Babar Azam for his blistering 196-run marathon off 425 balls during the last day of the second Test against Australia. Vaughan believes Babar is ”brilliant across all formats.” Babar has been displaying world-class batting ever since rising to the top ranks as a batsman, especially … Read more
On the fifth and final day of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi, captain Pat Cummins bowled opener Abdullah Shafique four runs short of a century, giving Australia a long-awaited breakthrough. With the score on 249, Cummins struck eight minutes before noon, ending an amazing third-wicket stand of 228 between Shafique and Pakistan skipper … Read more
Pakistan faces a big task in preserving the second Test against Australia, but opener Abdullah Shafiq believes the hosts will prevail, according to The News. Abdullah, who hit 71 not out in a stunning 171-run third-wicket stand with skipper Babar Azam, predicted that Pakistan would fight back on the last day of their 506-run chase. … Read more
KARACHI: After Pakistan batted their seamers into the ground in the draw at Rawalpindi, Australia is expected to field two spinners in Saturday’s second Test in Karachi. The momentous event — Australia’s first Test in Pakistan since 1998 — was overshadowed by a pitch that vice-captain Steve Smith termed as “dead,” as Pakistan scored 728 runs … Read more
RAWALPINDI: As Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in nearly a quarter-century ended in a draw in Rawalpindi on Monday, Steve Smith expressed his displeasure at missing out on a century. As Australia reached 449-7 in response to Pakistan’s declared first-inning total of 476-4, Mitchell Starc was on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins was on four. … Read more
Nick Hockley, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket Australia (CA), said he is enjoying his time in Pakistan as the three-match Test series against Pakistan began on Friday. According to the CA official, Pakistan is a welcoming country, and the current visit will help repair the relationship between the two cricket boards. “Today is … Read more
The historic tour of Australia to Pakistan started with its first Test match at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi. Aussies are touring the country after 24 years where they will play three Tests, three ODIs and the only T20I. Some of the government officials including the Federal Minister for Information Technology and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary also … Read more
Star Australian batsman Steve Smith said Tuesday he was “feeling good” after recovering from concussion and hopes to replicate his big scoring from the Ashes during Australia’s tour of Pakistan, their first in 24 years. The 32-year-old fell heavily and banged his head attempting a boundary catch in the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in … Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Pakistan later in March. However, some big names were not included in the squad. According to the statement by CA Aaron Finch will lead the white-ball squad while on the other hand David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchel Starc … Read more
AUS VS SL: After suffering concussion while fielding in the second T20I, Steve Smith has been ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka T20I series. Smith received concussion after landing on his head in an attempt to save six runs in the second innings’ penultimate over, according to Cricket Australia (CA). Over the … Read more
Australia will be touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years. The team will arrive by the end of this month to play three Tests, three ODIs, and only T20I. Cricket Australia (CA) recently revealed their full-strength squad for the Test series against Pakistan. Among the players, skipper Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and David … Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday announced the 18-man Test squad for the historic tour to Pakistan which is scheduled to start from March 4 in Rawalpindi. Our 18-player Test squad for the Qantas tour of Pakistan! 🔒 The Test playing contingent and staff are due to depart for Pakistan later this month while white ball … Read more
Australia’s 4-0 Ashes victory was a big morale booster, but thrashing a desperately poor England also covered up flaws that must be rectified before they can be the world’s top Test team. Australia steamrolled England to win the fifth and final Test by 146 runs in Hobart on Sunday, adding to their big wins in … Read more
LONDON: Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has replaced England captain Joe Root at the top of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test batting rankings. The 27-year-old’s maiden Ashes century at Adelaide helped Australia go 2-0 up in the five-match series against England ahead of the third Test in Melbourne starting on Sunday, December 26. Read More: Marnus Labuschagne overtakes … Read more
ADELAIDE: Joe Root became just the fourth player in history to chalk up 1,600 Test runs in a calendar year Saturday — and the first since 2008 — but a maiden century in Australia again eluded him. The England captain has been in brilliant form in 2021, arriving for the Ashes with 1,455 runs from 12 Tests, … Read more
ADELAIDE: Steve Smith says he always felt that he had the support of the Australian public after slipping back into the captaincy of the Test team this week, capping a remarkable career revival. In March 2018, Smith was enemy number one in the wake of a ball-tampering scandal that shook cricket. It was a long road … Read more
