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DUBAI: India took the wind out of Pakistan sails when they defeated their traditional rivals by nine wickets in the Super-Four match of the Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium here on Sunday night. Chasing a modest target of 238, India raced home for the loss of nine wickets. Rohit Sharma and Shikar Dahwan sparkled with fine centuries to achieve the winning target in 39.3 overs. This was the … [Read more...] about India take the wind out of Pakistan sails in Asia Cup

KARACHI: Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali and Babar Azam were among the big winners at the Pakistan Cricket Board’s annual awards here on Wednesday night. Abbas was named the Test Cricketer of the Year, while Hasan and Babar walked away with the corresponding honour in ODIs and T20Is. Abbas had a phenomenal introduction to Test cricket in April 2017, and in the five Tests that Pakistan played over the … [Read more...] about Abbas, Hasan and Babar big winners at PCB annual awards

KARACHI: Pakistan outclassed woeful West Indies by eight wickets in the third and last contest to clinch the three-match T20I series 3-0 at National Stadium here on Tuesday. This clean sweep of the visitors also helped Pakistan maintain their number one ICC T20I Ranking. Pakistan won the first match by 143 runs and the second by 82 runs. Chasing 154-run target, in-form opener Babar Azam (51) … [Read more...] about Pakistan outclass woeful West Indies to clinch T20I series 3-0

KARACHI: Pakistan crushed West Indies by 82 runs in the second Twenty20 International to take an unassailable lead in a three-match series at National Stadium here on Monday. Chasing a formidable target of 206, the woeful visitors could muster only 123 runs, rendering Tuesday’s (today) final match a dead rubber. The hosts had handed their Caribbean guests a welcome to forget in the opening T20I on … [Read more...] about Pakistan crush hapless West Indies by 82 runs, clinch T20I series

KARACHI: The Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Friday named a 13-member squad for the three-match Twenty20 International series starting against Pakistan in Karachi from Sunday (tomorrow). The Calypsos roster, led by Jason Mohammed, will feature batsmen Marlon Samuels and Andre Fletcher, who contributed to the success of Peshawar Zalmi with hard-hitting knocks in the recently concluded Pakistan Super … [Read more...] about West Indies names 13-member squad for Pakistan series

KARACHI: Islamabad United outplayed defending champions Peshawar Zalmi in the final by three wickets to lift the Pakistan Super League (PSL) title for second time at National Stadium Karachi here on Sunday evening. Chasing target of 149, Islamabad, the winners of inaugural PSL in Dubai in 2016, raced home for the loss of seven scalps. The highlight of the match was Islamabad’s opener Luke Ronchi’s … [Read more...] about Islamabad outplay Peshawar by three wickets to clinch Pakistan Super League title for second time

KARACHI: Islamabad United will take on Peshawar Zalmi in a high-octane Pakistan Super League (PSL) III final at National Stadium Karachi here on Sunday (today). The NSK will host its first high-profile game since the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test in February 2009. The game is billed as a homecoming, what with Pakistan’s biggest city having been deprived of major cricket for almost a decade. The closing … [Read more...] about Islamabad take on Peshawar in high-octane PSL III final today

DUBAI: Luke Ronchi’s sublime innings helped Islamabad United thrash Karachi Kings by eight wickets in the first playoff of the Pakistan Super League III (PSL) at Dubai Stadium here on Sunday night. With the victory, Islamabad qualified for the PSL 2018 final. The kiwi batsman scored the fastest half-century of the PSL on his way to an unbeaten 39-ball 94 to move his team to within one victory of … [Read more...] about Sublime Ronchi strikes as Islamabad storm into PSL final

SHARJAH: Usman Khan Shinwari’s brilliant bowling helped Karachi Kings down Islamabad United by seven wickets in the final match of the group stage of the Pakistan Super League III at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Friday. With this victory, Karachi qualified for the PSL 2018 play-offs and ended expansion franchise Multan Sultans hopes of going through. The game was of little importance to … [Read more...] about Karachi down Islamabad to qualify for play-offs

SHARJAH: A brilliant hundred by Kamran Akmal steered Peshawar Zalmi into the playoffs of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Sharjah Stadium here Friday, leaving the fate of Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans hanging in the air. In the must-win game against Lahore Qalandars yesterday, player-of-the-match Kamran brought up the first century of this season off 59 balls to help his team … [Read more...] about Dazzling Kamran Akmal leads Peshawar Zalmi into playoffs