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LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain Inzamamul Haq, Monday named an unchanged squad for the upcoming three-match Australia Test series starting with a day-night Test in Brisbane on December 15. The second Test will be played from December 26-30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the third Test from January 3-7, 2017, at […]

Hats off to dazzling performance of Kraigg Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich who guided West Indies to their first Test victory in 14 matches as the Caribbean side downed Pakistan by five wickets on the final day of the third and final Test in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Opener Brathwaite, who carried his bat […]

As expected, keeping in view the strength of the visiting team, Pakistan overwhelmed West Indies by 133 runs on the fifth and final day of the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The defeat was West Indies’ 19th in their last 29 Tests since November 2013, having won only […]

October 17, 2016 (Monday) will be remembered in Pakistan cricket history for a long time. Pakistan, led by Misbahul Haq, became the first Asian team to win their first day-night Test played with a pink ball against the West Indies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A heroic and historic century from Darren Bravo put the […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain Inzamamul Haq, Saturday announced a 14-member line-up for the first of three-Test series against the West Indies with Babar Azam’s inclusion being the highlight announcement. Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz has also earned maiden Test call-up. Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez and Shan Masood have been […]

Babar Azam was the only highlight in the otherwise lackluster West Indies one-day international series that ended with a 3-0 victory for skipper Azhar Ali and his charges at Abu Dhabi’s Shiekh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday night. Babar hit his third successive hundred to anchor Pakistan’s clean-sweep of pathetic West Indies with a comfortable 136-run […]

No one was expecting that Pakistan would be able to whitewash West Indies in a three-match Twenty20 international series. But Pakistan, led by Sarfraz Ahmad, kept their unpredictability tag intact when they eased to an eight-wicket victory against their rivals in the third and final contest on Tuesday night in Abu Dhabi, completing a clean […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain Inzamamul Haq, Sunday recalled dashing batsmen Umar Akmal and Asad Shafiq to Pakistan’s 16-member one-day squad named for the upcoming series against West Indies in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan will play three ODIs against the West Indies on Sept 30 and Oct 2 in Sharjah, […]

LAHORE: Test skipper Misbahul Haq on Wednesday received the prestigious International Cricket Council Test Championship mace for inspiring Pakistan to the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings for the first time since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003, by virtue of their 2-2 draw in England this summer. ICC chief executive David […]

LAHORE: Pakistan will play a full series against the West Indies in September and October starting with a three-match Twenty20 international series from September 23 for which the selectors have already announced a 15-member squad. Pakistan will also play three one-day internationals and as many Tests against the West Indies in the United Arab Emirates, […]