Pakistan

Innings Pakistan 334 for 6 (Babar 107, Salman 58, Henry 3-65) vs New Zealand Babar Azam‘s 18th ODI hundred saw helped Pakistan post 334 in the fourth ODI. Across an innings where the Pakistan captain also became the quickest player to 5000 ODI runs, Pakistan’s batters – especially Babar and Agha Salman – were in

With only a few ODIs left to play ahead of the 50-over World Cup, Imam-ul-Haq has advised against experimenting with Pakistan’s underperforming middle order, even though the team has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match series against New Zealand. Imam, the player of the match in the third ODI, was especially not convinced

Pakistan have a one-two at the top of the ICC ODI batting rankings, with opener Fakhar Zaman moving eight places up to achieve a career-best second spot, only behind his captain Babar Azam. Fakhar has scored back-to-back centuries in Rawalpindi in the ongoing five-match series against New Zealand, while Babar has hit 49 and 65

Pakistan allrounder Iftikhar Ahmed will replace batter Haris Sohail for the final three ODIs of the ongoing series against New Zealand. Sohail suffered a shoulder injury on the eve of the first ODI, and while the PCB announced initial scans were satisfactory, he did not take part in the second game on Sunday. Sohail, 34,

New Zealand 336 for 5 (Mitchell 129, Latham 98, Rauf 4-78) vs Pakistan Daryl Mitchell‘s second successive hundred helped New Zealand to an imposing total of 336 in the second ODI against Pakistan. A 183-run stand between him and stand-in captain Tom Latham was the foundation of New Zealand’s biggest ODI total in Pakistan, with

The PCB has played down concerns of conflict of interest in the ongoing regional electoral process, at the end of which the board’s directors will be appointed. The concerns are about officials from the interim setup, who are currently tasked with overseeing the PCB’s restructuring but are also taking part in the elections. A 12-member

The interim management committee currently running the PCB has been granted an extension of two months by the prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, who is also the patron of the cricket board. The length of the extension is more than had been expected. Over the weekend, ESPNcricinfo had reported that the Inter-provincial coordination (IPC)

Despite developing interest in new franchises in the PSL, a signed agreement in 2021 between the PCB and franchises means no new teams can be added to the current six before the completion of the tenth season in 2025. Interest among potential new owners and within the current PCB for new franchises has been growing,

The PCB has proposed a “hybrid model” for the upcoming Asia Cup to the Asian Cricket Council, where “Pakistan plays its Asia Cup matches at home and India their matches at a neutral venue,” board chairman Najam Sethi said on Friday. The BCCI has refused to allow the India team to travel to Pakistan for

The PCB’s interim management committee headed by Najam Sethi has been given an additional two to four weeks to reimplement the board’s 2014 constitution. The committee was initially given a term of 120 days, which will expire on Saturday. Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, the Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that a request for

Arthur is only one year into his four-year contract with Derbyshire and his reluctance to leave that role meant that it took months for him and the PCB to arrive at an arrangement to work part-time with the Pakistan team. Arthur will be available to Pakistan for only one game in this year’s Asia Cup

PCB chairman Najam Sethi has attempted to calm speculation around the role of Babar Azam, backing him as Pakistan’s all-format captain for now. In his first public comments offering further detail on what has become a lingering locus of instability for the Pakistan side since Sethi took over, he tweeted that everyone “should support Babar

Yorkshire have signed Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel for an initial four-game spell as overseas player. With Shan Masood currently on international duty with Pakistan’s white-ball sides and Neil Wagner unable to join the club as planned due to injury, Yorkshire have moved to sign Shakeel, who will be available for next week’s LV= Insurance Championship

Dar, 36, is the leading wicket-taker in women’s T20Is with 126 wickets from 130 games. She has also scored 1687 runs in the format at a strike rate of 100.95. In ODIs, she has 91 wickets and 1535 runs from 99 games. “It is a huge responsibility, and I am excited to lead the team

Shaheen Shah Afridi is set to return to international cricket after four months, having been named in Pakistan’s T20I and ODI squads for the home series against New Zealand. Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who were rested for the T20Is against Afghanistan, are also back in the side for the series which will be

Mickey Arthur is excited by the prospect of rekindling his relationship with the PCB ahead of taking up a position as a consultant for the Pakistan men’s national team. ESPNcricinfo reported that Arthur, who coached Pakistan between 2016 and 2019, has struck a deal as team director, with the important caveat he can fulfil the

Nottinghamshire have signed Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi for their 2023 Vitality Blast campaign. Afridi will join Colin Munro as one of the club’s two T20 overseas players. Last season, Nottinghamshire missed out on qualification for the knockout stages of the Blast for the first time since 2015, and head coach, Peter Moores, hailed

Bradburn, the former New Zealand allrounder, had been in the Pakistan system for over three years before resigning in 2021. He first worked as the national men’s side’s fielding coach, since September 2018, before taking over the new role at the HPC. In May 2020 when the National Academy was revamped, he quit the job

Mike Hussey, Welsh Fire’s new men’s coach, has admitted that signing Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf in last week’s Hundred draft was a “gamble” due to uncertainty over their availability, but one he believes could have “a huge pay-off”. The limited availability of overseas players has been a constant issue across the Hundred’s first

Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs Pakistan Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bowl first in the final T20I in Sharjah against Pakistan. In a series that the hosts have already wrapped up with victories on Friday and Sunday, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss for the first time and opted to stick

For the second game in succession, Shadab Khan opted to set a target after calling correctly at the toss as Pakistan look to stay alive in the three-match series against Afghanistan. They made one change to the side that lost the first game by six wickets, replacing a fast-bowling allrounder in Faheem Ashraf with a

Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Afghanistan Pakistan chose to bat in the first of three T20Is between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Shadab Khan, who stands in as captain for the rested Babar Azam, opted to set a target for the hosts. Pakistan feature a relatively new-look side featuring four debutants. Opener Saim Ayub, batter Tayyab

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian honour in Pakistan. It was conferred onto him at a ceremony in Lahore on Pakistan Day, which is a national holiday in the country. Babar, 28, becomes the youngest person to ever receive the honour, beating out another cricketer, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Sarfaraz

Mohammad Yousuf, who had been appointed the interim batting coach of the Pakistan men’s team, has withdrawn from the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan in Sharjah citing personal reasons. As a result, Abdur Rehman, the interim head coach, has taken over the batting coach’s responsibilities too. Yousuf had been announced as the interim head coach

Imran Butt will captain the Pakistan A side, known as the Pakistan Shaheens, for an upcoming tour of Zimbabwe to play Zimbabwe A. Shahnawaz Dahani, who missed the PSL with a finger injury, has also been included in the 16-man squad. Hussain Talat will serve as the vice-captain, while wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir also returns to

Lahore Qalandars 200 for 6 (Shafique 65, Shaheen 44*, Mir 3-24) beat Multan Sultans 199 for 8 (Rossouw 52, Shaheen 4-51, Rashid 2-26) by one run The PSL ends as it begun. A clinical Lahore Qalandars produced a stone-cold death-bowling performance to pip Multan Sultans by one run, just as they did to kick off

Multan Sultans 160 for 5 (Pollard 57, Rizwan 33, Haris 3-34) beat Lahore Qalandars 76 all out (Billings 19, Rauf 15, Cottrell 3-20) by 84 runs Earlier this week, Lahore Qalandars coach Aqib Javed told ESPNcricinfo about how other teams in the PSL prioritised power hitters, while Qalandars wanted to go for the best bowlers.

Pakistan have named Abdur Rehman as interim head coach and Umar Gul as bowling coach for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Majeed will continue as batting coach and fielding coach, respectively. Rehman is a seasoned coach in the domestic set-up with more than a decade’s experience and is among renowned

The new PCB selection committee for the national senior men’s team, headed by Haroon Rasheed, has formed a new policy on managing workloads and player rotation. With the series against Afghanistan not a part of the ICC’s Future Tours Programme, it gave the selectors a chance to try out their new plan. “Afghanistan series is

Karachi Kings 196 for 7 (Akhlaq 51, Imad 45, T Tahir 40, Talat 2-24) beat Lahore Qalandars (Talat 25, Javed 2-8) by 86 runs Having already qualified for the play-offs, Lahore Qalandars rested their captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and lost their final league game to Karachi Kings but that won’t worry them so much as