Category: Pakistan

Warner creates history in Test against Pakistan, but fails to beat…

David Warner of Australia looks dejected after being dismissed by Wahab Riaz of Pakistan during day one of the Third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 3, 2017 in Sydney, Australia Australia’s David Warner entered an elite club on Tuesday when he smashed a belligerent 95-ball 113 against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground to set up yet another Test for his country. The left-handed opener joined compatriots Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Don Bradman, as well as Pakistan’s Majid Khan, as the only men to have scored a century inside the opening session of a Test.

PCB to file legal case against BCCI for dishonouring MoU

PCB chairman Shahryar Khan insisted that they are not begging their Indian counterparts for a bilateral series and instead asking them to compensate for the losses that the Pakistan board had suffered. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan has revealed that the board has decided to take legal action against the Board of Control for Cricket in India for failing to honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two cricket boards in 2014.

Pakistan say to sue India over 2014 bilateral Test deal

Pakistan cricket chiefs have said they will sue India for failing to honour a 2014 deal to play a bilateral Test series. The Pakistan Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India signed an agreement under which the South Asian rivals were due to play six series between 2015 and 2023, subject to clearance from the Indian government.

Akmal recalled for ODI series against Australia

Pakistan has recalled middle-order batsman Umar Akmal for the five-match one-day series against Australia after almost two years out of the team. Akmal had been sidelined due to poor form and on disciplinary grounds since last playing in the World Cup quarterfinal against Australia in March 2015.

Allrounder Starc propels Australia to innings win at MCG

A brilliant all-round performance by Mitchell Starc propelled Australia to series-clinching victory over Pakistan by an innings and 18 runs in the second test as the visitors crumbled under pressure on the fifth day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The rain-interrupted test had long seemed destined for a draw, with only 18 wickets falling in total up until lunch on the last day, but Australia took Pakistan’s final nine wickets in a hurry, clinching the win with an hour to spare.

Smith lauds Starc, Lyon after Australia’s sensational Test win

Winning skipper Steve Smith paid tribute to Mitchell Starc’s match-turning impact to spur Australia to a sensational last-day series victory over Pakistan in Melbourne on Friday. Australia’s Mitchell Starc is congratulated by teammates after dismissing Pakistan batsman Sarfraz Ahmed as fellow bastman Sohail Khan looks on on the final day of the second Test in Melbourne on December 30, 2016 The Australians, leading by just 22 runs going into the fifth day, mustered a 181-run quickfire lead before declaring and bowling out Pakistan in just 53.2 overs to grab a famous victory.

Pakistan looks forward to red ball, hard MCG pitch

” Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower says his side is looking forward to a return of the red ball and a hard Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch for the second test against Australia beginning Monday. The visitors lost the day-night first test at the Gabba by 39 runs, having made a bold bid at a come-from-behind victory.

Rashid urges Pakistan to be fearless against Australia

Rashid believes that the conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will offer a big contrast to what Pakistan encountered at the Gabba where the hosts escaped a narrow 39-run victory. Chasing a world record target of 490 runs to win, Pakistan’s ninth-wicket partnership between Asad Shafiq and Yasir Shah delayed Australia’s victory and made their side’s impossible chase look easy.

‘You can’t do that. It’s untenable’

Cricket: It was a tense final day at the Gabba, with Pakistan needing a world record total for victory – they fell agonisingly short, with Australia claiming the two wickets they needed for victory. AUSTRALIA heads to the Boxing Day Test after their fifth straight win across all formats, but the winning streak is a false form guide.

Australia in the pink, in the dark, at home

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Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test: Shaun Marsh doubtful for Boxing Day Test

Australian top-order batsman Shaun Marsh is unlikely to fit for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan , thus paving way for another opportunity for Nic Maddinson . Marsh, who broke his finger during Australia’s loss to South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series at the WACA last month, has not played since then and Cricket Australia’s team performance chief, Pat Howard, said it was “highly unlikely” Marsh would be passed fit for the second game against Pakistan.

Keaton Jennings will lead England Lions in tour of Sri LankaKeaton…

The Durham opener scored a century on his Test debut against India in Mumbai last week and will get another chance to impress the national selectors when the Lions face Sri Lanka A in a four-day and 50-over series in February and March. Fellow batsmen Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett, who also made their Test debuts this winter, are included in the travelling party who will play two four-day games and five 50-over contests.