Pakistan

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

News A PhD from the University of Sydney, he is an expert injury epidemiologist and sports scientist The PCB has appointed Dr Najeebullah Soomro, a Perth-based doctor, to head its revamped sports medicine department. He will take over as the chief medical officer, and is expected to relocate to Lahore in October, and be based

Big picture The series was of significant importance for both teams in their preparations ahead of the T20 World Cup but so far rain has ruled the headlines, ditching all the promises for the series. With two of three games washed out and one game slashed before the series began, Pakistan come into the final

Report Pakistan decide to bring in Haris Rauf for the rested Shaheen Afridi West Indies opt to bat vs Pakistan West Indies decided to bat first in the third T20I, a must win game for the hosts to keep the series alive. The toss was delayed by rain, but eventually took place 30 minutes later

Report Andre Russell was left out for the second T20I against Pakistan in Guyana Toss West Indies opt to bowl vs Pakistan After a washed-out first T20I in Bridgetown, the second T20I began at the Providence Stadium in more promising fashion, with the sun peeking through the clouds and West Indies captain Kieron Pollard opting

News ESPNcricinfo has learnt he was struck by a fast bowler, and will undergo a CT scan as a precautionary measure Pakistan batter Azam Khan was taken to hospital after suffering a blow to the head during training on Friday in Guyana. The 22-year old, who made his debut earlier this month against England, is

Preview Hasan Ali and co. made the hosts dig deep in the washed-out first T20I Big picture A Covid-19 case got one T20I between West Indies and Pakistan cancelled, while Bajan weather took care of the other. That means what was set to be a luxuriant, slow-burn five-match series has instead turned into a snappy

Report Hasan Ali and debutant Mohammad Wasim impress for Pakistan with the ball No result West Indies 85 for 5 (Pollard 22*, Hasan 2-11, Qadir 1-6) vs Pakistan Incessant rain first reduced the first West Indies-Pakistan T20I to a nine-over shootout before eventually washing away the match. Pakistan had chosen to bowl first under cloudy

News Will play alongside local star Sandeep Lamichhane for Kathmandu Kings XI Shahid Afridi and local superstar Sandeep Lamichhane will reunite as team-mates in the Everest Premier League, Nepal’s domestic T20 tournament. Legspinner Lamichhane made his international T20 debut alongside the legendary Afridi when they were part of an ICC World XI team that took

News Postponement of second WI vs Aus ODI has domino effect on Pakistan series Complications due to Covid-19 has cut an entire T20I out of Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies. Set to begin a day later than originally scheduled (July 28), also due to the pandemic, the series will now feature only four T20Is,

News Matches to be played in Karachi and Lahore, and finish before Australia’s tour of Pakistan The seventh edition of the PSL will be played in Pakistan in a window in January-February next year, the PCB has confirmed after consulting the six franchises. The tournament is expected to start in early January and continue till

News ESPNcricinfo understands that the venues in the UAE were rendered unavailable because of the IPL The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka instead of in the UAE, as originally planned. The series, which is the first bilateral contest between the two

News “We have to view every game as important and improve. Losses shatter your confidence, and we just have to try and build it back” Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq admitted Pakistan were no closer to resolving their middle-order woes, days after they were beaten 2-1 by Englandin their recent T20I series. Speaking from Barbados, where

Report Series locked at 1-1 after high-scoring contests at Trent Bridge and Headingley Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs England Pakistan will bat first after winning the toss in the series-deciding third T20I at Old Trafford. Babar Azam called correctly, as he did at Headingley, but this time, opted to set England a target instead

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Report She scored an unbeaten 19-ball 28 before claiming her maiden five-wicket haul 34-over match: Pakistan Women 190 for 8 (Ali 39, Sohail 34, Sana 28*) beat West Indies 171 (Cooper 40, Dottin 37, Sana 5-39) by 22 runs (DLS method) A sparkling all-round display from Fatima Sana helped Pakistan Women finish their tour of

Report England bring in Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan, asked to bat first at Headingley Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs England Jos Buttler has been named as England’s captain for the second T20I of the series against Pakistan in Leeds. Buttler, who has not played since sustaining a calf injury in the victory over

News The pair speak about trust, communication, and their telepathic understanding between the wickets Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have now put on 429 runs as a T20I first-wicket partnership, at an average of 53.62 and a run rate of 9.36 per over. That’s the highest average of all 46 pairs that have opened for

Preview Buttler is expected to return to the side for the hosts, and Bairstow is fit despite bruising his finger Big picture Phew, wasn’t that fun? After a three-hour bonanza of six-hitting that felt like a blur later, Pakistan justified their reputation of being predictably unpredictable, seeing off a near full-strength England side with a