Pakistan

Report Both sides have packed their playing XIs with four fast bowlers each Pakistan chose to bowl vs South Africa Temba Bavuma lost his first toss as South Africa’s white-ball captain as Pakistan chose to field in the first ODI in Centurion and make use of early moisture. Babar Azam went with four quicks at

News ‘We have a settled top order and with any one of them going till the end with finishers in late middle order we can easily touch 350’ Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, wants his side to be done with the traditional style of playing one-day cricket. He wants his batsmen to eradicate any sense

Babar Azam has so far had precious little opportunity to build an ODI team for the 2023 World Cup © AFP via Getty Images Despite not making it to the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup, Pakistan had their moments. They won four games in a row to sign off the tournament and they beat

News In white-ball cricket, Pakistan have held their own and could enjoy the conditions on offer In the shadow of their Test record – 0-6 since 2010 and 1-10 since the turn of the century – Pakistan’s competitive white-ball performances in South Africa can often go by unnoticed. Under Misbah-ul-Haq‘s captaincy, they were the first

News The two teams will play three T20Is and two Tests from April 21 Pakistan will play three T20Is and two Tests in Zimbabwe immediately after their white-ball tour of South Africa, and it has now been confirmed that all the fixtures will take place in a bio-secure bubble in Harare behind closed doors. The

News No other Full Member has sent an age-group team on tour since the start of the pandemic last year Pakistan will become the first country to resume age-group level tours since the start of the pandemic. The Under-19 team will tour Bangladesh next month for a series of five one-day matches and a four-day

News Despite the Pakistan T20I side being in flux in recent times, the head coach has backed them to come good in SA Head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has dismissed concerns Pakistan are heading into the T20 World Cup later this year unsure of their best side, pointing to a “nucleus of seven-eight players that were almost

News Asif Ali, who was already in the T20I squad, replaces the 25-year old in the ODI squad A leg injury has ruled Saud Shakeel out of Pakistan’s tour of South Africa, with middle-order batsman Asif Ali taking his place. Shakeel, who is yet to play an international for Pakistan, was included in the squad

News The left-handed opener has been picked for the T20I leg of the South Africa and Zimbabwe tours e Misbah-ul-Haq dons the hat of chief selector while announcing the Pakistan ODI squad  AFP Pressure is mounting on the Pakistan management, with head coach Misbah-ul-Haq in the firing line this time. He has maintained that fitness

News Facing the media for the first time since his recent selection, Sharjeel spent a lot of time defending himself against insinuations For most players, a meteoric comeback to the national side four years after a player’s last involvement would be cause for unbridled joy and celebration. But in the case of Sharjeel Khan, things

News The case hadn’t been registered by the FIA yet as Babar’s legal team had obtained a stay order The Lahore High Court has suspended last week’s order by a sessions court that had directed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a case against Babar Azam on charges of blackmail and harassment. This, after

News He will have to reach a level close to his 2017 standard, which was just before his two-year ban Sharjeel Khan‘s return into Pakistan’s playing XI on the tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe will be subject to clear improvements in his fitness. Khan has been given a three-week target to enhance his endurance

News T20I and ODI vice-captain acknowledges his role is that of a bowling allrounder After recovering from his groin injury, Shadab Khan – the Pakistan limited-overs vice-captain – has set his focus on reviving his bowling form as his primary objective. As for his batting, he wants to mould that part of his game as

News The 68-year old is said to be experiencing mild symptoms Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricket captain Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19. The news was confirmed by Dr Faisal Sultan, an infectious diseases expert and a prominent figure in Pakistan’s response to the pandemic. Khan, 68, is understood to be experiencing mild

Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan bat together on the tour of Ireland in 2016 © Getty Images Babar Azam has backed returning opening batsman Sharjeel Khan to deliver despite concerns over his fitness, which the Pakistan captain agreed is “not great”. He insisted, however, that Khan remains a match-winner, which is why he is a

News The whole tournament will take place in Karachi, with bio-security outsourced to a UK-based company The window for the unfinished 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League is likely to begin on May 23, with at least seven days of quarantine to start. The PCB had chalked out two options, with one involving double-headers

News Azam was summoned to appear before the FIA but didn’t, family understood to argue they did not receive the summons A Lahore court has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a case against Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, on charges of blackmail and harassment. The charges include two others alongside Azam and

News The rest of the players and support staffers will assemble in Lahore on March 18 One of the players selected in Pakistan’s large travelling party to Africa for the games in South Africa and Zimbabwe has tested positive for Covid-19 and has not traveled to Lahore, where the rest of the players and support

News Pakistan name squads for the three formats for twin tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe Sharjeel Khan has made a comeback to the Pakistan T20I squad, for the team’s all-format tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe, after a gap of over four years, a period during which he was out of the game altogether

There has been progress in getting PSL 2021 back on track © PCB/PSL The 2021 season of the Pakistan Super League, which was suspended in the wake of a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staff, will resume once again in June. The PCB and the various franchises got together for a (virtual)

News Three potential windows for tournament’s resumption after Covid breaches force postponement The PCB has declared the abrupt postponement of this year’s Pakistan Super League as force majeure, to ensure that the board won’t be held liable for the losses incurred after the sixth season of the tournament had to be curtailed after just 12

News Infectious disease specialists will try to get to the bottom of why a spate of Covid-19 cases broke out in the PSL The investigation into the doomed handling of bio-secure procedures at the postponed Pakistan Super League will be headed by infectious disease experts Dr Syed Faisal Mahmood and Dr Salma Mohammad Abbas. The

The blame game has begun in the aftermath of the abrupt postponement of the PSL, as franchises and league management begin to sift through the wreckage of a sixth season curtailed only 14 games in after a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staff. An investigation into what went wrong will take place,

The National Stadium in Karachi wears a forlorn, empty look after PSL 2021 was indefinitely postponed © Getty Images It’s difficult to overestimate the impact of Thursday’s dramatic developments for Pakistan cricket. The decision to indefinitely postpone the Pakistan Super League strikes at the heart of one of the most salient buds of optimism that

News Given a packed international calendar, that could be the only time to stage the tournament without having to void it What remains of the 2021 Pakistan Super League might end up being played as soon as May this year, setting up a potential direct clash with the latter stages of the Indian Premier League.

News Tournament’s organising committee to hold emergency virtual meeting with franchises on Thursday The Pakistan Super League has reported three more cases of players testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday morning, bringing the tally of total positives in the tournament bubble to seven, of which six are players. Following this development, the tournament’s “organising committee

Quetta Gladiators 176 for 7 (Usman Khan 81, Dhani 3-44) beat Multan Sultans 154 (Rizwan 66, Qais Ahmad 3-21) by 22 runs At the 14th attempt, the unthinkable happened: the team that lost the toss and were asked to bat first managed to win a match in the 2021 Pakistan Super League. Winless in their

News A total of 244 test results are out, and results for 40-45 tests, all from one franchise, are awaited One support staffer and two overseas cricketers currently involved with the Pakistan Super League have tested positive for Covid-19 a day after the game between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators had to be postponed following

News Fast bowler prioritised “good vibes” at the teams and leagues he chose this year Dale Steyn said he turned his back on the world’s most lucrative T20 league, the Indian Premier League, because he found the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Sri Lankan Premier League (LPL) were “slightly more rewarding”. The South African

© AFP Monday night’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators has been delayed after legspinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive for Covid-19. Ahmed had showed symptoms two days ago and had been immediately isolated. Members of his side have tested negative while the players of the other side are being tested.