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
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
MEXICO CITY – As dawn breaks over Mexico City’s floating gardens, Omar Menchaca paddles his kayak through a maze of canals collecting garbage left by visitors to one of the last vestiges of the ancient Aztec capital. In the silence of the early morning, before the hordes of tourists arrive, the 66-year-old retiree fishes plastic … Read more
After defeating England 4-0 in the Ashes series, Pat Cummins-led Australia will now prepare themselves for the Pakistan tour. The Kangaroos will be visiting Pakistan for the first time since 1998. Australia is looking forward to strengthening their pace attack. Security clearance has already been concluded which included officials from CA‘s security council visiting Pakistan … Read more
South Africa’s Test captain Dean Elgar has said that he could not be prouder of his players after the hosts produced an outstanding comeback and defeated India in the three-match Test series with the score of 2-1. Proteas’ Keegan Petersen hit 82 on the fourth day of the final Test to set up a memorable … Read more
Australia are all set to tour Pakistan after 24 long years in March 2022 and their captain Pat Cummins believes that the top players will visit the country. The Kangaroos are scheduled to tour Pakistan for the first time since 1998. It has been a tradition since international cricket returned to Pakistan that key players … Read more
HOBART: Fast bowler Mark Wood said Thursday he was enjoying his enforcer role for the under-siege England team heading into the final Ashes Test at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval. The day-night match begins Friday and is England’s last chance to salvage something from the five-Test series. They are 3-0 down with the Ashes gone after being … Read more
HOBART: Double Sydney centurion Usman Khawaja will move up to open the batting for Australia in the final Test beginning in Hobart on Friday, captain Pat Cummins confirmed Thursday. Cummins announced Khawaja would replace Marcus Harris as David Warner’s opening partner with Travis Head slotting back in at number five for the day-night pink-ball match … Read more
HOBART: England captain Joe Root Wednesday called on his team to harness the “fight and pride” they showed in salvaging a draw in Sydney and use it from day one at the fifth and final Test in Hobart. The tourists staved off Australia’s victory push on Sunday with Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad batting out two tense … Read more
HOBART: A patched-up England head to an Ashes finale against Australia under lights in Hobart on Friday buoyed by a fighting draw in Sydney, but consumed by injury worries and selection dilemmas. The tourists finally stopped the rot on a gruelling tour last week with their nail-biting last-wicket hold-out at the Sydney Cricket Ground to prevent a … Read more
CHRISTCHURCH: Trent Boult bagged five wickets as Bangladesh were rolled for 126 at stumps in reply to New Zealand’s mammoth 521 for six declared in the second Test on Monday. The last wicket fell in the last over of the day in Christchurch as the Bangladesh innings ended inside a session and a half, and … Read more
SYDNEY: Wincing Ben Stokes produced a counter-punching half-century to help England recover from a collapse of early wickets against Australia in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney on Friday. The star all-rounder, in pain from a side strain picked up while bowling on Thursday, seized the initiative to post his highest score of the series … Read more
SYDNEY: Usman Khawaja scored a memorable century on his return to Test cricket to strengthen Australia’s position in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney after a double wicket breakthrough by Stuart Broad on Thursday. The Pakistan-born Khawaja, playing his first Test since the 2019 Ashes series in England in place of Covid-isolated Travis Head, was at his … Read more
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: An ecstatic Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque was lost for words at his side’s shock eight-wicket win over world champions New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. It is the first time Bangladesh have won in New Zealand, and Mominul could not contain his emotion when Mushfiqur Rahim clouted a boundary off Kyle Jamieson … Read more
