Raja axed as PCB chairman
Pakistan cricket chief Ramiz Raja has been sacked just days after the national team suffered a humiliating Test series defeat at the hands of England.
Pakistan cricket chief Ramiz Raja has been sacked just days after the national team suffered a humiliating Test series defeat at the hands of England.
The completion of England’s 3-0 series success over Pakistan on Tuesday was the latest chapter in a remarkable revival.
Babar Azam has no intention of giving up the Pakistan captaincy despite overseeing a first-ever 3-0 Test series whitewash at home.
Captain Ben Stokes says England’s 3-0 Test series whitewash over Pakistan is “pretty special” and will take a while to sink in.
England beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third Test in Karachi to sweep the series 3-0 and hand the Pakistanis their first home whitewash.
Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed became the youngest debutant to take five wickets in an innings and set England on course for a victory in Karachi.
Harry Brook continued his remarkable series to rebuild England’s innings with his third century in as many Tests after Pakistan had the visitors pinned down.
Jack Leach and teenager Rehan Ahmed shared six wickets between them as England dismissed Pakistan for 304 on the opening day of the third and final Test in Karachi.
Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed will become England’s youngest Test cricketer when the third and final match against Pakistan begins in Karachi on Saturday.
Star England fast bowler Mark Wood has revealed that he seriously considered retiring from Test cricket when he was sitting on the sidelines with an injury last year.
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium’s pitch has received a second successive demerit point.
Captain Ben Stokes hailed England’s Test series win in Pakistan on Monday as “massive”.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam believes the ‘soft-signal’ part of the third umpire system needs to be looked at after he felt Saud Shakeel was given out incorrectly.
Mark Wood grabbed four Pakistan wickets to give England a hard-fought 26-run win in the second Test in Multan.
Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel and Imam-ul-Haq hit half-centuries on Sunday to foil England’s seam and pace attack and set up an exciting finish to the second Test in Multan.