LAHORE: Head coach of Pakistan Misbah-ul-Haq while welcoming the criticism over his team in the backdrop of losing all two Test matches to New Zealand by big margins, terms it is because the nation has the expectations from the team due to its potential. In a podcast released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) here […]
Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith on Thursday said he was looking to put Ravichandran Ashwin under pressure after being at the receiving end of the India off-spinner’s guile in the first two Tests. Breaking his run of poor scores, Smith played some attacking shots and marched to an unbeaten 31 by the close of play […]
Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was admitted to hospital in Kolkata on Saturday after he suffered a blackout at his home and complained of chest pain. The 48-year-old former India captain complained of dizziness and then suffered the blackout just after he had returned from gym. […]
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s first-Test hero Neil Wagner will miss the second and final match of the series against Pakistan and is expected to be out for more than five weeks as he recovers from breaking two toes during this week’s dramatic victory, head coach Gary Stead said on Thursday. The world’s third-ranked Test bowler suffered […]
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson enters the New Year as the top-ranked Test batsman after leapfrogging Australia’s Steve Smith and India skipper Virat Kohli in the latest official rankings issued on Thursday. Williamson, who returned from paternity leave this month, hit a match-winning century in the opening Test against Pakistan to help New Zealand win […]
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the first cricket Test which ended very late on the fifth day on Wednesday, achieving their third straight win in three home Tests this summer and taking a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. At the same time New Zealand overtook Australia to claim the No 1 […]
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for throwing the ball towards Pakistan batsman Faheem Ashraf “in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old had breached Article 2.9 of its code of conduct on Monday, the third day […]
Not even a broken toe could stop New Zealand’s pace attack from dominating day three of the first Test against Pakistan on Monday, but their efforts to quickly wrap up the innings were stalled by a late century stand from Mohammad Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf at Mount Maunganui. On a day disrupted by intermittent showers […]
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has been ruled out of next month’s home series against South Africa due to an injured left thigh. Doctors have advised Khan to take a six-week rest following MRI scans in New Zealand which revealed the all-rounder has a torn muscle. Khan sustained the injury during the third Twenty20 international at […]
MELBOURNE: Australia opener David Warner will miss the second Test against India this week because he left a bio-secure bubble to receive treatment for a groin injury that would have ruled him out of the match in any case, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday. Warner missed Australia’s eight-wicket victory over the tourists in the […]