CENTURION: High on their 2-1 triumph over England at home back in October, Pakistan will don their Test whites again when they take on South Africa at the SuperSport Park in the first fixture of the two-match Test series on Thursday. Pakistan’s exploits against England — their only victories in the ongoing World Test Championship […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday confirmed details of the West Indies men’s cricket team’s tour of Pakistan for the two ICC World Test Championship matches. The West Indies cricket team will arrive in Islamabad on January 6. After playing a three-day match against Pakistan Shaheens from Jan 10-12 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, […]
India skipper Rohit Sharma’s woeful batting form is affecting his captaincy in Australia, according to former teammates Harbhajan Singh and Cheteshwar Pujara. Rohit has only one half-century in his last 12 test innings, which include eight single-digit scores, and batting in the middle order in the second test brought no relief for the opener, who […]
South Africa clawed back into the Test match in Gqeberha with a productive opening session on the third day that saw them pick five wickets. By lunch, Sri Lanka still trail by 40 runs with only two wickets in hand. After a couple of maiden overs to begin with, Kamindu Mendis got Sri Lanka going […]
Pakistan recalled former skipper Babar Azam on Wednesday for the away Test series and white-ball matches against South Africa starting next week, but there was no place for spinner Sajid Khan. The 30-year-old star batsman was dropped following defeat in the first Test against England in October and rested for the ongoing limited-over series against […]
Travis Head was the only batter who had some answers to the Indian bowling attack, as evidenced by his fighting 89 in the second innings, last week in Perth that eventually delayed the inevitable victory for the visitors. As the series moves to Adelaide for the second Test, local hero Head will look to carry […]
India ran riot to win the opening Test in Perth by a crushing 295 runs on Monday and leave Australia shellshocked and searching for answers. Set a mountainous 534 for victory, the world’s top-ranked Test team crumbled to 238 all out in the final session on day four. A counter-punching Travis Head made a gritty 89 while […]
Andre Russell will miss the remainder of the T20I series against England due to a left ankle sprain and has been replaced by Shamar Springer. Meanwhile, Alzarri Joseph returns from suspension and will re-join the squad, replacing Shamar Joseph. Alzarri received a two-match suspension after expressing frustration with the field placements set by captain Shai […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will send a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday to seek reasons behind India’s refusal to send its team across the border for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy, sources told Dawn on Monday. It is understood that the PCB has sought guidelines from the federal government […]
Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan combined to destroy England and bowl Pakistan to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the deciding third test and secure a memorable 2-1 series victory on Saturday. Pakistan had been on the ascendancy since claiming a handy first-innings lead of 77 on a track where spinners from both sides dominated. […]