Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Champions Trophy 2025: Aqib Javed defends selection of Faheem Ashraf & Khushdil Shah

Aqib Javed

LAHORE: Pakistan’s interim head coach, Aqib Javed, addressed the backlash surrounding the selection of all-rounders Faheem Ashraf and Khushdil Shah for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, set to take place from February 19 to March 9. Faheem and Khushdil were among the four players rejoining the national ODI team for the eight-team tournament. … Read more

AUS PM XI vs PAK: Pakistan bowlers struggle as Australia piles on runs in practice match

AUS PM XI vs PAK: Pakistan bowlers struggle as Australia piles on runs in practice match

Pakistan took two wickets on day 3. Australia reached 367/4. Matt Renshaw was the top scorer. On Friday, on the third day of the practice match against the Australian Prime Minister XI, Pakistan’s bowlers were only able to claim two wickets. In response to Pakistan’s declared 391-9, the Prime Minister’s XI of Australia had resumed … Read more

Imam and Faheem Confirmed for Australia Series Training Camp

Imam and Faheem Confirmed for Australia Series Training Camp

Imam-ul-Haq and Faheem Ashraf skip Australia series camp for weddings. Imam’s events: Nov 23-26; Faheem’s Valima on Nov 26. Shan Masood leads Pakistan in the Dec 14 Perth Test. Pakistani cricketers Imam-ul-Haq and Faheem Ashraf have been granted permission to skip the upcoming training camp for the three-match Australia series due to their impending weddings. … Read more

Three matches in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy end in draws; Abid Ali impresses

Abid Ali Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Abid Ali scored an unbeaten century (27th in first-class cricket). Lahore Region Whites replied with 304/6, led by Abid Ali’s 164 not out. Faisalabad scored 188/7 in their second innings. Three matches ended without a result on the fourth and final day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket tournament. The day’s best performance came from Abid … Read more

Bradburn reveals Pakistan’s strategy for Afghanistan series

Bradburn

Pakistan will take on an aggressive strategy in ODI series against Afghanistan. The team is working on improving their middle-overs batting. Head coach Grant Bradburn is pleased with the recent work of the players. Ahead of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, Grant Bradburn, the head coach of Pakistan, revealed that the team is … Read more

AFG vs. PAK: What did Shadab Khan say about Imad & Faheem?

Shadab Khan

Shadab Khan praised the all-rounders Imad Wasim and Faheem Ashraf’s return. Good all-rounders are always a good thing for a T20 team. Shadab is pleased to have Ihsanullah and Zaman Khan as pacers in the team. Shadab Khan, Pakistan’s captain for the T20I series against Afghanistan, praised the all-rounders Imad Wasim and Faheem Ashraf’s return … Read more

PSL 8: “PSL is the biggest tournament in Pakistan” says Faheem Ashraf

PSL 8: "PSL is the biggest tournament in Pakistan" says Faheem Ashraf

Faheem Ashraf stated that he wants to perform well for his team. He is focused on improving his batting and bowling performances. He is excited to join Islamabad United, two-time champions. Faheem Ashraf, an all-rounder for Islamabad United, has stated that he wants to play well for his team during the eighth Pakistan Super League … Read more

Pak vs SL: Fawad Alam joins squad for Test series

Fawad Alam

Two-match Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be held in Sri Lanka. Fawad Alam has joined the national team ahead of the series. The 36-year-old scored 571 runs in 9 matches at an average of 57.10 in Test matches last year. Fawad Alam, a cricketer from Pakistan who is most known for playing … Read more

Pak vs SL: PCB announces Test squad

PCB

The two-match Test series against Sri Lanka will take place in Sri Lanka. Yasir Shah & Muhammad Nawaz called back. Yasir was crucial to Pakistan’s 2-1 win over Sri Lanka in 2015. The team for the forthcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, which is scheduled to take place next month, has been released by … Read more

Pak vs Aus: Faheem Ashraf return to Test squad after testing negative

Faheem Ashraf

KARACHI: According to a press release from the Pakistan Cricket Board, all-rounder Faheem Ashraf has tested negative in a repeat Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and has rejoined the squad ahead of the second Test against Australia. Just a day after being tested positive on his arrival at the team hotel in Karachi, the all-rounder returned … Read more

Pak vs Aus: Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf contracts COVID-19

Faheem Ashraf

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Wednesday that all-rounder Faheem Ashraf will miss the second Test against Australia after testing positive for Covid-19. Due to a hamstring injury, the 28-year-old all-rounder missed the drew first Test in Rawalpindi. “Ashraf has tested positive for Covid-19 in his on-arrival test at the Karachi team hotel,” the … Read more

Pak vs Aus: Mohammad Wasim Jr. to join KPK squad for Pakistan Cup

mohammad wasim jr

Pakistani emerging star Mohammad Wasim Jr. has been released from the Test squad. He will now join the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team in the ongoing Pakistan Cup. The 20-year-old was called to the squad after Hasan Ali and Faheem Ashraf were ruled out of the first Test amid injuries. Faheem and Hasan have now recovered … Read more

Karachi Kings: Story of poor planning and execution

karachi kings

Karachi Kings, the team belonging to the biggest city of the country in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), have been quite ordinary throughout seven editions of the league. However, this time, they were awful during the whole tournament. The PSL 2020 champions looked toothless in the campaign, losing nine of the 10 games they played. … Read more

Will give tough time to Australia: Babar Azam

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani skipper Babar Azam believes the absence of Hassan Ali and Faheem Ashraf might have disturbed the team’s combination a bit, but hoped that the top order was in good form to give tough time to Australia. “The absence of Hassan and Faheem has disturbed our combination a bit as Faheem contributed both in … Read more

United’s Shadab Khan ready to play tonight’s playoff match

shadab khan

Islamabad United’s skipper Shadab Khan has been declared fit for the match against Peshawar Zalmi in the first eliminator of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Shadab missed the last three games due to a groin injury. Fast bowler Hasan Ali has passed all of his tests, but his participation in the … Read more

PSL 7: Whahab Raiz tops the wicket-taker list

psl

Every season, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draws widespread acclaim for producing world-class bowlers. Many bowlers have wowed the crowd with their world-class abilities. Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi, on the other hand, has taken the most wickets and is far ahead of the others. Wahab, the lead-bowler for Peshawar Zalmi, has been with the … Read more

Islamabad United – contenders for third PSL title

islamabad united

Islamabad United is owned by Leonine Global Investments’ sports entity, Leonine Global Sports. They bought the franchise for a whopping amount of $15 Million for the 10-year period. United went on to become the champions in the inaugural edition of the tournament by defeating Quetta Gladiators in the final under Misbah-ul-Haq’s captaincy. Meanwhile, the franchise … Read more

PSL 7: Who’s the leading wicket-taker in PSL?

leading wicket-taker in PSL

Every season, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draws widespread acclaim for producing world-class bowlers. Many bowlers have wowed the crowd with their world-class abilities. Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi, on the other hand, has taken the most wickets and is well ahead of the others. Wahab, the lead-bowler for Peshawar Zalmi, has been with the … Read more

Ramiz Raja wants to replace Babar Azam as Test captain

Ramiz Raja wants to replace Babar Azam as Test captain

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman-to-be Ramiz Raja has said that he wants to appoint a new captain for the Test cricket format in place of Babar Azam. Ramiz also said a similar thing during the meeting with the players at the High Performance Centre. The former captain believes that Pakistan can climb to higher ranks … Read more

Babar Azam unhappy with squad announced for T20 WC

Babar Azam uphappy with squad announced for T20 WC

Pakistani skipper Babar Azam is reportedly not happy with the squad announced for the upcoming series with New Zealand and England, and ICC T20 World Cup, sources said. The sources further said that the board did not consult Babar during the selection process. Babar is not happy with the inclusion of Azam Khan and Shoaib … Read more

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Sarfaraz Ahmed not to be the part of squad against NZ

Sarfaraz shoud be selected for T20 WC: Dr Nauman

Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed could not make it to the national squad after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the 20-man squad for the upcoming One day International (ODI) series against New Zealand that will be played in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium later this month. Several batsmen including Haris Sohail, Salman Ali Agha and Shoaib Maqsood … Read more

Pakistan vs West Indies: Faheem, Shaheen strikes early to keep up hope of victory alive

Pakistan vs West Indies: Faheem, Shaheen strikes early to keep up hope of victroy alive

Pakistan will enter the fourth day of the second Test against West Indies with high hopes, as the national team put the hosts on the edge after outstanding bowling by Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday. Fawad Alam brought up yet another century with 124 unbeaten. This helped Pakistan rise up to a … Read more

Pakistan vs West Indies: Rain stops the play on second day of 2nd test

Pakistan vs West Indies: Rain stops the play on second day of 2nd test

The second day of the second test between Pakistan and the West Indies was abandoned due to heavy rain at the Sabina Park on Saturday without a single ball bowled. The national team will continue on the third day with 212 runs on the scoreboard. The national team has lost four wickets. After the loss … Read more

Pakistan vs WI: Babar Azam showered praise on Fawad Alam

Pakistan vs WI: Babar Azam showered praise on Fawad Alam

Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam expressed optimism on Saturday that his team will avoid trouble and meet the targets set for the second day of the Test match. The 26-year-old right-hand batsman, Babar Azam said, “We will achieve the targets as Muhammed Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf are still present on the crease.” “We aim … Read more

West Indies win the toss & opt to bowl first against Pakistan in the 2nd Test

West Indies win the toss & opt to bowl first against Pakistan in the 2nd Test

West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and this time also chose to bowl first on the first day of the 2nd Test against Pakistan at Sabina Park on Friday.

After scrambling to an exciting one-wicket win in the 1st Test at the same venue 5 days earlier, the West Indies have made one change by including a fast bowler Alzarri Joseph further boosting their pace attack over left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican.

Pakistan has also made a change and removed an experienced wrist-spinner Yasir Shah, who went wicketless in the 1st Test and added a left-arm orthodox slow bowler Nauman Ali.

West Indies are looking for a first Test series victory over Pakistan for 21 years.

The visitors are expecting to repeat the efforts of the 2005 and 2011 tours of the Caribbean when they lost the 1st encounters.

Squad:

West Indies:

Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Kieran Powell, Nkrumah Bonner, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder, Joshua da Silva (wicketkeeper), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales.

Pakistan:

Babar Azam (captain), Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Abbas.

 

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ICC Test Ranking: Joe Root rises to the second spot

ICC Test ranking: Joe Root rises to the second spot

Joe Root has showcased outstanding performance in the ongoing Test series between England and India.  The series has helped Joe to climb to the second spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Test batting rankings. Joe Root scored a magician 180 unbeaten in the first innings of the second test against India at Lord’s. He was … Read more