Glenn Maxwell took a four-wicket haul as Australia restricted New Zealand to a below par 232 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs in the opening ODI of the three-match Chappell-Hadlee series in Cairns. Devon Conway, Kane Williamson and Tom Latham got starts for the visitors but couldn’t convert them into big scores. New Zealand, […]
Mohammad Nawaz wants to be a “proper all-rounder” after his batting blitz set up a thrilling win for Pakistan against arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup Super Four. Chasing 182 for victory, Pakistan achieved the target with one ball and five wickets to spare in Dubai after Mohammad Rizwan hit 71 and Nawaz made 42. Nawaz, a […]
SHARJAH: It is going to be do-or-die for Pakistan when they take on minnows Hong Kong for the first time in the shortest format in their second and final Asia Cup T20 group stage fixture here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday. Winning the match will take Pakistan to the Super 4 stage, […]
DUBAI: Star batsman Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries to help India move into the T20 Asia Cup Super Four stage with a 40-run win over Hong Kong here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Kohli made 59 while Suryakumar smashed 68 off 26 balls as the pair put on an unbeaten […]
SHARJAH: Najibullah Zadran tore into the opposition attack with six sixes to lead Afghanistan into the Asia Cup Super 4 stage with a crushing seven-wicket win over Bangladesh here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a modest-looking 128 for victory, Afghanistan were in trouble at 62-3 when Najibullah (43) joined Ibrahim Zadran (42) […]
Pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi has travelled to London to continue his recovery from a knee injury but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic of his participation in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Left-arm fast bowler Afridi suffered the injury in Sri Lanka last month and was ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup in […]
India defeated Pakistan in a nail-biter of an Asia Cup 2022 match in Dubai on Sunday. Here are our five takeaways from the match: 1- Pak-India T20 cricket has become too toss dependent Cricket, perhaps, remains one of the few sports where toss matters so much. The eventual outcome of the game can be hugely influenced by […]
Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jr has been ruled out of the T20 Asia Cup due to injury and will be replaced by pacer Hasan Ali, who was earlier dropped from a 15-member squad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday. The tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates from Aug 27 to […]
DUBAI: Matches between India and Pakistan tend to be high-voltage contests, where emotions come out in their purest form, but for Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq games between the arch-rivals are about spreading the message of love and kindness. The images that came out of the ICC Academy in Dubai on Wednesday — one of […]
DUBAI: Pakistan had just finished their first training session for the Asia Cup at the ICC Academy here on Wednesday, when players from India arrived to being their practice. The arch-rivals are due to lock horns in a blockbuster Group ‘A’ opener on Sunday and while all talk ahead of the six-team Twenty20 tournament has […]