Pakistan cricket team reaches Lahore

Author: Staff Report

LAHORE: Pakistan’s cricket team flew back to their homeland after Zimbabwe tour as they landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on Tuesday night. The players who returned late last night included Muhammad Hafeez, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Asif Ali, and Faheem Ashraf, as well as head and bowling coaches Mickey Arthur and Azhar Mehmood, respectively. Pakistan on Sunday clean-swept Zimbabwe by 131 runs when they won their fifth one-day international (ODI) match in Bulawayo, bring the series to 5-0. On another record-setting day for the visitors, Fakhar Zaman became the fastest player in history to reach 1,000 career runs in one-day international cricket as Pakistan amassed 364 for 4. Pakistan have emerged the victor in the friendly series against Australia and Zimbabwe.

Published in Daily Times, July 26th 2018.

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