Pakistan

Sri Lanka are currently hosting Australia, with the second Test beginning on Friday. The hosts, on the eve of the Test, were hit by Covid-19 with Dhananjaya de Silva, Asitha Fernando, and Jeffrey Vandersay ruled out of the game. Also joining the Covid list are Angelo Mathews and left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama.

Pakistan fast-bowling coach Shaun Tait feels Sri Lanka might not prepare spin-friendly pitches for their upcoming tour considering the Pakistanis have quality spinners in their attack and batters who play spin well. He said that the series loss to Australia at home has made Pakistan “very hungry” to win and that they’re looking to put

Somerset have furthered their links with the PCB by signing Imam-ul-Haq as a replacement for Matt Renshaw for the final four games of the County Championship season. Babar Azam and Azhar Ali have been popular overseas signings at Taunton in recent years and Andy Hurry, Somerset’s director of cricket, said the club had used their

Lahore and Karachi are likely to host England for seven T20Is, scheduled between September 15 and October 2, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has confirmed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB’s three-member security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess the security arrangements. Though Pakistan have Multan and Rawalpindi as other venues to

Tuba Hassan, the 21-year-old legspinner, has been awarded her maiden central contract by the PCB for the upcoming 2022-23 season while former Pakistan captain Javeria Khan has been demoted from category A to C following an ordinary season. Tuba recently claimed the best figures for a Pakistan debutant in T20Is, when she returned three wickets

In other major updates, Hasan Ali, who has had a poor year in the shorter formats, has been demoted to Category C in white-ball cricket but has earned a Category B deal for Test cricket. Imam-ul-Haq had an overall [white and red ball] Category C contract last year, but has moved to Category B in

The PJL is the brainchild of PCB chairman Ramiz Raja, who is looking to exploit the commercial market interest in spending on cricket. The six franchises will be sold through a bidding process, and the team names will be based on major hubs in the country, albeit different from ones already established in the Pakistan

Pakistan’s men’s cricketers will have red and white-ball contracts separated in a revamp of the way the PCB central contracts are handed out. PCB chairman Ramiz Raja announced the move was necessary to incentivise and reward the efforts of players in each format. The number of centrally-contracted men’s cricketers will also rise from 20 to

Worcestershire hope that Mohammad Hasnain will help them “blast teams out” after securing his services for the final six games of the County Championship season as their second overseas player. Hasnain, 22, has only played six first-class games in his career but has won 26 Pakistan caps in limited-overs internationals and was cleared to resume

Hasan Ali retains his place in the side after an indifferent recent spell of form, though most of that dip has come in the white-ball format; he was named Pakistan’s Test player of the year in 2021. In the recent series against Australia, he played two matches, taking two wickets at 96 apiece. Shan Masood,

Former Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas is in an intensive care unit at a private hospital in London. It is understood that the 74-year-old is on dialysis after being diagnosed with pneumonia following his arrival in London from Dubai. Abbas has been in London since June 16, and was taken to the hospital after feeling

Nadeem Iqbal, a former fast bowler, has been suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board pending an investigation into alleged misconduct. Iqbal has been a coach in the Southern Punjab region and ESPNcricinfo understands that the charge, which came to the PCB’s notice last week, is related to a claim of sexual harassment. It is also

It wasn’t a particularly easy series for Pakistan to play. Not just because of how hot it was, which everyone including captain Babar Azam, acknowledged, but also because there were limited gains to be made across the three games against the West Indies this week. It was a series that was put off last December,

Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs West Indies Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first in the final ODI. With the series already secure, the hosts make a couple of changes, including resting Shaheen Afridi and handing Shahnawaz Dahani an ODI debut. Hasan Ali returns to the side after sitting out the previous

Toss Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat against West Indies Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first in the second ODI against West Indies in Multan. On a surface that looks similar to the one where 305 was chased down two days ago, Babar Azam opted to set a target as

Mohammad Hasnain has been cleared to bowl internationally again. The verdict was based on an assessment of his action, where he bowled three overs under supervision, and it was revealed that his elbow extension has dropped within the permissible limit – it has come down from the earlier flex of 17-24 degrees to 12-13 degrees.

Toss West Indies won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan On a blazing day in Multan, it was unsurprising to see West Indies opt to keep their bowlers in the shade in the afternoon heat. West Indies are coming in fresh off a 3-0 series victory over Netherlands, though the last away ODI

Naseem Shah, the Pakistan fast bowler, has returned home from his stint in county cricket with Gloucestershire after his father was taken ill. Shah, 19, signed for the first half of the summer but saw his involvement in the Championship curtailed by a shoulder problem, which led to Gloucestershire bringing in Mohammad Amir as cover.

Sri Lanka 260 for 7 (Athapaththu 101, Madavi 75, Amin 2-43) beat Pakistan 167 (Riaz 56, Athapaththu 2-20, Ranasinghe 2-29) by 93 runs An all-round performance from Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu helped her team to a convincing consolation win on the final day of their tour of Pakistan. After electing to bat, she scored

Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, understands that weather conditions during the ODI series against West Indies will be challenging but he is confident of his side acclimating to the heat. The temperature in Multan, the venue for the three ODIs, is expected to touch 45 degrees centigrade during the day, and despite the matches starting

Pakistan women 170 for 2 (Ameen 76, Maroof 62*) beat Sri Lanka women 169 all out (Dilhari 49, Fatima 4-21) by eight wickets Half-centuries from Sidra Ameen and Bismah Maroof helped Pakistan seal a crushing eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first of three ODIs at Karachi. After Sri Lanka were bowled out for

Pakistan have relocated their home series against West Indies from Rawalpindi to Multan. The decision has been taken in light of political uncertainty in Islamabad – the country’s capital, adjacent to Rawalpindi. The fixtures and schedule, however, remain unchanged, with the three ODIs, which are a part of the Cricket World Cup Super League to

Pakistan women 107 for 4 (Dar 36*, Maroof 28, Ranasinghe 2-20) beat Sri Lanka women 106 for 8 (Tuba 3-8, Amin 3-21, Anwer 2-32) by six wickets Legspinner Tuba Hassan enjoyed a fairtytale debut as she spearheaded Pakistan to a straightforward six-wicket win in the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Karachi. Brought on in

Shadab Khan has returned to the Pakistan ODI squad, and taken back the vice-captaincy, after recovering from injury, while there are call-ups for top-order batter Abdullah Shafique and legspinner Zahid Mahmood for the three-match series at home against West Indies, to be played in June. Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Saud Shakeel and Usman

After three months of remedial work on his bowling action, Mohammad Hasnain has undergone an official test in a bid to revive his international career. Hasnain was suspended from bowling in international cricket in February, after he failed a biomechanics test in which the majority of the deliveries he bowled exceeded the 15-degree tolerance limit

He was handed two games by Lahore Qalandars in 2019, but that failed to materialise into anything further despite strong showings on the domestic T20 circuit in the seasons preceding it. He was understood to be on the cusp of reselection to the Test side for Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies in 2017, but

Pakistan have named two uncapped players – wicketkeeper-batter Gull Feroza and legspinner Tuba Hassan – in their T20I squad for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka. Feroza is also part of the squad for the ODI series, which also includes uncapped batter Sadaf Shamas. Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal, meanwhile, has been recalled to both

Mohammad Amir is back playing first-class cricket again. Two-and-a-half years after announcing the end of his Test career, the left-arm fast bowler is back in whites. Amir signed up with Gloucestershire county cricket club in England as a replacement for Naseem Shah and picked up his first wickets of the season on Thursday. Still only

The inaugural Pakistan Junior League will be played from October 1 to 15, featuring six teams and 19 games, at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. It is also understood that, after the PCB invited corporate entities to be a part of the tournament, there were as many as 24 companies that came forward with a desire to

The third round of the 2022 County Championship concluded on Sunday, with another strong showing from the Pakistan representatives. Here we take a look at how they got on. A joyous introduction to Old Trafford for Hasan Ali, who is already well on his way to feeling as at home in his northern surroundings as