News For the first time ever the final of any domestic first-class tournament ended in a tie The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final, between Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ended in a tie, not only for the first time ever in its 63-edition history but the first time ever in any domestic first-class tournament. Here’s a bite-sized
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Henry Nicholls soaks in the applause for his 7th Test century © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 400 for 3 (Williamson 153*, Nicholls 138*) lead Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) by 103 runs Hello, it’s lunch on day three. New Zealand are in a position from where they can win by batting just once
Report Defending champions CP need another 216 runs to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final Central Punjab 140 for 2 (Salahuddin 51*, Saad 27*, Iqbal 1-33) and 257 for 9 dec need another 216 runs to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 312 and 300 Central Punjab made a decent start to the target of 356 as they need
News Mir was in the PTC commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final in Karachi Sana Mir, the former Pakistan women’s captain, has tested positive for Covid-19. Mir, who was in the PTV commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam trophy final in Karachi, had showed symptoms of fever on day three, and subsequently underwent
Report During the process, he broke the record for most runs in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 300 and 243 for 5 (Ghulam 104*, Israrullah 63, Maqsood 2-52) lead Central Punjab 257 (Akram 60, Salahuddin 60, Shah 4-73, Usman 3-32) by 286 runs After securing a first-innings lead of 43, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa extended it
Report In response to KP’s 300, Central Punjab ended day two on 212 for 8 Central Punjab 212 for 8 (Salauddin 60, Nasim 55, Shah 4-45) trail Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 300 (Ghulam 76, Amin 75, Ali 4-62) by 88 runs Usman Salahuddin and Saad Nasim struck half-centuries for Central Punjab in their response to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s
News Pakistan are hopeful he will be available for the home series against South Africa Pakistan’s regular Test captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the second Test in Christchurch starting Sunday. Mohammad Rizwan will lead Pakistan again, like he did in the first Test. Azam had a “full-fledged” training session in Christchurch on
Report Late strikes from Central Punjab keep KP to 285 for 7 on opening day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 285 for 7 (Ghulam 76, Amin 75, Israrullah 61, Ali 2-57, Maqsood 2-49 v Central Punjab Half-centuries from Israrullah, Kamran Ghulam, and Adil Amin helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sail through the early exchanges on the opening day against defending
News Allrounder Kainat Imtiaz was recalled in the touring party of 17 for the three ODIs and T20Is each Pakistan have named Javeria Khan as the stand-in captain for the South Africa tour next month after regular captain Bismah Maroof pulled out for “family reasons”. A 17-women squad was announced for the three ODIs and
News The selectors will name a new captain for the tour on Thursday Pakistan Women captain Bismah Maroof has withdrawn from next month’s tour of South Africa due to family reasons. Maroof was part of the training camp that started on December 20 in Karachi before she returned to Lahore to join her family on
News Stand-in captain points to lack of runs at the top as an area of improvement for the second game Mohammad Rizwan, who led Pakistan in the absence of Babar Azam in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand, was happy with his team for “fighting well” on the final day, when they batted 85.3
News Faheem Ashraf “the potential to become the allrounder we need,” says Pakistan batting coach On a poor day for the Pakistan batsmen across in Mount Maunganui, the two bright spots were Mohammad Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf, who hit 71 and 91 respectively, and added 107 for the seventh wicket, to help their team just
Abid Ali looks back after being bowled by Kyle Jamieson © Getty Images Lunch Pakistan 62 for 5 (Rizwan 6*, Alam 5*, Jamieson 2-7, Southee 2-22) trail New Zealand 431 by 369 runs Twenty-six overs, 32 runs, four wickets. New Zealand are right on top at Mount Maunganui after a session in which their relentless
News Fast bowler will play for Southern Punjab in the 2021 One-Day Cup, which begins on January 8 Fast bowler Aaron Summers is set to make history by becoming the first Australian to take part in domestic cricket in Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo understands the 24-year old will play for Southern Punjab in the 2021 One-Day Cup,
Shaheen Afridi was relentless on the first day but Kane Williamson held New Zealand together © Getty Images A “mature” Shaheen Afridi was left “disappointed” with Pakistan’s fielding on day one of the Mount Maunganui Test, as the team dropped three catches against New Zealand, failing to take full advantage of their decision to bowl
News Shadab Khan will also miss the upcoming home series against South Africa in January-February Shadab Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of the New Zealand tour and from the upcoming home series against South Africa after being diagnosed with a high-grade injury to his left thigh. Batsman Imam-ul-Haq has also been ruled