LONDON: Joe Root should step down as England Test captain following his side’s series loss to the West Indies, former skipper Michael Vaughan told the BBC. Root’s position is under the spotlight after a 1-0 series defeat which came on the back of a woeful 4-0 Ashes thrashing by Australia. That extended England’s poor run to […]
Australian cricketers Josh Inglis and Ashton Agar have tested positive for Covid-19 in Pakistan ahead of four white-ball internationals in Lahore over the next week, leaving the tourists facing a potential player shortage. Wicketkeeper Inglis tested positive on Monday, while spinner Ashton Agar and team physio Brendan Wilson failed tests on Tuesday. All other players […]
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa admitted a depleted Australia face a “difficult challenge” in the one-day international (ODI) series against Pakistan starting on Tuesday. Australia won the three-match Test series 1-0 after securing a well earned 115-run victory in the third match in Lahore on Friday. But they will miss regulars like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell […]
Australia batsman Steve Smith will miss the one-day and T20 matches against Pakistan to manage a left elbow injury, the team said on Saturday. Smith experienced some discomfort during the latter stages of Australia’s 1-0 win in the three-match Test series against Pakistan, team physiotherapist Alex Kontouris said. “Given he had an injury with the same elbow […]
Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon put Australia on course for a series-clinching victory against Pakistan on Friday, with the touring side needing five wickets to wrap up the win in the final session of the deciding third Test in Lahore. Fast bowler Cummins and off-spinner Lyon picked up two wickets apiece as Pakistan reached 190-5 […]
Australia declared their second innings closed on 227-3 on Thursday to set Pakistan a target of 351 to win the deciding third and final Test in Lahore. Usman Khawaja hit his second successive century and Steve Smith became the fastest batter to 8,000 Test runs before skipper Pat Cummins recalled players to the pavilion. Khawaja […]
Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets in three balls to rattle Australia at the start of third and deciding Test in Lahore before they recovered to 70-2 at lunch on Monday. Shaheen had Australia in trouble at 8-2 in the third over of the innings when he trapped David Warner lbw and […]
LAHORE: Pakistan’s marathon batting defence in the drawn second Test against Australia has raised the hopes of head coach Saqlain Mushtaq ahead of the series decider which starts on Monday in Lahore. “Defending over 1,000 balls was something very special,” Saqlain said on Friday. “Lots of people were thinking it was impossible, but all the […]
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said that the limited over matches between Pakistan and Australia have been shifted to Lahore from Rawalpindi. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he said, “The decision has been made that all four matches scheduled in Rawalpindi will now take place in Lahore.” The first Test match between […]
Pakistan and Australia head into the third and final Test in Lahore with the series locked and all to play for but the home side will feel they have the momentum after pulling off a brilliant save in Karachi. Inspired by a majestic 196 by captain Babar Azam and 104 by Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s 171.4-over stonewall was […]