Pakistan

One more season? Shahid Afridi suggested he may finally call it a day © AFP/Getty Images Shahid Afridi looks set to finally call time on his playing career, strongly suggesting next year’s season at the Pakistan Super League will be his last. Afridi, who is currently with Multan Sultans and spent two seasons at Peshawar

News Only spectators who have been fully vaccinated will be allowed to attend the games in Rawalpindi and Lahore Pakistan has decided to allow spectators up to 25% capacity for the home series against New Zealand in Rawalpindi and Lahore next month. Only spectators who have been fully vaccinated, however, will be permitted to attend.

News Pakistan seamer back to boost for first Championship title since 1973 Mohammad Abbas, the Pakistan seamer, has agreed a deal to return to Hampshire and strengthen their bid for the LV= Insurance County Championship title. Abbas claimed 27 wickets at 15.96 in seven Group Two games during the conference stage of the Championship earlier

News Former Pakistan batter, and PCB CEO, has been nominated to the PCB Board of Governors by prime minister Imran Khan Ramiz Raja has been informed by the Prime Minister’s office he is being nominated to the PCB’s Board of Governors, a move that is eventually likely to see him becoming the next chairman of

News PCB patron and Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has nominated Ramiz Raja and Asad Ali Khan to the PCB’s board of governors PCB election commissioner, retired justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, has set September 13 as the date for the election of the next PCB chairman. With Ehsan Mani set to leave the post after

News The rest of the Pakistan contingent will leave for Lahore on August 25 Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan head coach, has tested positive for Covid-19 in Kingston, where Pakistan completed their series of four T20Is and two Tests against West Indies. Misbah will now stay on and complete his 10-day quarantine before travelling home, even as

News West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite bemoans team’s lack of ‘consistency’ as series ends 1-1 Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam has said that he was always confident of taking “bold decisions” as he trusted his bowlers to take all 10 West Indies wickets in the second innings. Pakistan set the hosts 329 in the second Test

News The home season will kick off on September 9 in Karachi with the Pakistan Cup one-day tournament England Women are set to tour Pakistan for the first time, to play two T20Is and three ODIs in Rawalpindi in October. In all, Pakistan Women will compete in 33 matches – both domestic and international –

Report Jermaine Blackwood’s wicket at the stroke of lunch meant Pakistan are five wickets away from levelling the series Lunch West Indies 150 and 113 for 5 (Brathwaite 39*, Mayers 3*) need another 216 runs to beat Pakistan 302 for 9 dec & 176 for 6 dec (Butt 37, Babar 33, Joseph 2-24) Hasan Ali‘s

News Possibilities include Ehsan Mani getting a year’s extension and Ramiz Raja taking charge full-time Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan – and the PCB’s patron-in-chief – is set to make the decision that will lead to either Ramiz Raja taking over as the next board chairman or Ehsan Mani continuing for second, shorter

Report A 60-run stand between Blackwood and Bonner had kept Pakistan at bay for much of the extended session Lunch West Indies 123 for 8 (Holder 8*, Roach 0*, Afridi 4-40, Abbas 3-29) trail Pakistan 302 for 9 dec (Alam 124*, Babar 75, Seales 3-38, Roach 3-68) by 179 runs Three wickets in seven balls

The the two boards are yet to announce the new venues for the series © Getty Images Afghanistan’s three-match ODI series against Pakistan has been moved from Hambantota to Pakistan because of logistical challenges in the Afghanistan team’s travel. No commercial flights are taking off from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of the country and

Report Only eight balls were bowled after a delayed start, with the bowler’s run-up the affected area Lunch: Pakistan 212 for 4 (Ashraf 23*, Rizwan 22*) v West Indies Despite bright sunshine on a day where 98 overs were originally scheduled to be bowled, only eight balls were possible before lunch had to be taken

News With the PCB chairman’s term due to end on August 25, Ramiz Raja’s name has cropped up as a potential successor Amid growing speculation around his future as PCB chairman, Ehsan Mani is set to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday. The meeting has, it is understood, been convened on Imran’s wishes, and

Report Play will start half an hour early on day three with 98 overs scheduled to be bowled Pakistan 212 for 4 (Azam 75, Alam 76*, Roach 3-49) v West Indies The second day of the second Test between West Indies and Pakistan was washed out completely, with no action possible due to intermittent rain

News Afghanistan board draws up contingency plan for travel, as no commercial flights have taken off from Kabul since the Taliban’s takeover of the country The Afghanistan contingent might have to take a circuitous route to get to Sri Lanka for their scheduled three-match ODI series against Pakistan, to be played in Hambantota, because of

Report Pakistan also had one change, replacing Yasir Shah with Nauman Ali West Indies have won the toss and will bowl first in the second Test against Pakistan. As was the case in the first Test, Kraigg Brathwaite had little hesitation putting Pakistan’s openers in. “The pitch has a bit of moisture and it’s key

Under Abdul Razzaq, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won three trophies last season © PCB In a major shake-up in Pakistan’s domestic cricket, the PCB has juggled four head coaches ahead of the 2021-22 season. Abdul Razzaq, whose Khyber Pakhtunkhwa side won trophies in all three formats last season, will now coach Central Punjab. In turn, Shahid Anwar

News ESPNcricinfo has learnt that it will be done to manage their workloads before the T20 World Cup Pakistan are set to rest four key all-format players – Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali – for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka next month. The series is set to

News Top three secure qualification for 2022 WC in New Zealand, while fourth and fifth make it to next edition of ICC Women’s Championship The Women’s ODI World Cup qualifier tournament, that will decide the final three spots for the 2022 World Cup, will be held in Zimbabwe later this year. The ICC has announced

News Bowling coach rues dropped catches but felt the team ‘put in all the hard work and responded well’ in the match Pakistan might have ended up losing at Sabina Park on Sunday but bowling coach Waqar Younis said he is “proud” of the bowling unit that kept creating opportunities in a low-scoring Test. The

West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Holder 58, Afridi 4-59) and 168 for 9 (Blackwood 55, Roach 30*, Afridi 4-50) beat Pakistan 217 (Fawad 56, Holder 3-26, Seales 3-70) and 203 (Azam 55, Seales 5-55, Roach 3-30) by one wicket Antigua 2000, Dominica 2017 and now Jamaica 2021. West Indies and Pakistan added another chapter to

Report Pakistan end day three with a lead of 124 after West Indies had nudged ahead by 36 in the first innings Stumps Pakistan 217 and 160 for 5 (Babar 54*, Abid 34, Roach 2-15) lead West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Afridi 4-59) by 124 runs The weather was as variable as the momentum swings,

News Pakistan created two chances to dismiss Kemar Roach, who eventually went on to hit the winning runs, but they shelled both Having played one of the protagonists in an epic Test match, that really could have gone either way, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam was left to wonder what if. What if they hadn’t lost

Report Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood in the middle with Pakistan still 136 in front Lunch West Indies 81 for 3 (Brathwaite 35*, Blackwood 14*, Abbas 2-27) vs Pakistan 217 After the frenetic finish of the first night, West Indies steadied their first innings with a 50-run stand between Kraigg Brathwaite and Roston Chase before

Report Yasir Shah is the sole specialist spinner in the Pakistan XI Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs Pakistan West Indies elected to field in the first Test at Sabina Park on a day that promises a passing shower or two in the afternoon session, against Pakistan, whose openers’ fragility has been a point

Preview Teams seek progress as they begin new WTC campaigns Big picture A dustbowl at Sabina Park, devoid of spectators owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, with rain forecast on all five days of the Test match, doesn’t sound like the first step of any great journey. But it is at this venue that West Indies

News The tour starts with three ODIs in Rawalpindi on September 17 and culminates with five T20Is in Lahore. Pakistan’s efforts to bring cricket back home continues in full swing as they prepare to host New Zealand for a limited-overs series in September. It will be the first time they will tour the country since

News Pakistan’s focus now on the Tests, says the pacer, with the series being a key one for his side in the new World Test Championship cycle An early 1-0 lead that’s consolidated by not much happening for the rest of the contest sounds like something out of Jose Mourinho’s playbook, but if ever a

Preview Shaheen Shah Afridi was rested again by the visitors Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs West Indies Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl in the fourth – and final – T20I against West Indies in Guyana. With a win in the second T20I, Pakistan have an unassailable 1-0 lead