Pakistan chase off to disastrous start
Pakistan lost two wickets without scoring after New Zealand set them a bold target of 319 to win the second Test in Karachi.
Pakistan lost two wickets without scoring after New Zealand set them a bold target of 319 to win the second Test in Karachi.
Left-hander Saud Shakeel hit a maiden century before New Zealand hit back to keep Pakistan to 407-9 at the close of the third day of the second Test in Karachi.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq scored a pugnacious half-century as Pakistan reached 154-3 at the close on Tuesday after New Zealand piled up 449 in their first innings of the second Test in Karachi.
Pakistan derailed New Zealand to 309-6 after opener Devon Conway scored a brilliant hundred on the first day of the second Test in Karachi.
Pakistan claimed a hard-fought draw in the first Test in Karachi despite career-best bowling figures from New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.
Pakistan will need to bat out the last day to avoid defeat in the first Test in Karachi.
Kane Williamson and Tom Latham hit contrasting hundreds to propel New Zealand to 440-6 at the close on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in Karachi.
New Zealand openers Devon Conway and Tom Latham blunted Pakistan’s bowlers to guide their side to 165-0 at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Karachi.
Babar Azam hit a fighting hundred and Sarfaraz Ahmed a half-century to guide Pakistan to a healthy 317-5 on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand.
Pakistan and New Zealand will hope for a reversal of fortune in the two-match Test series starting in Karachi from Monday.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi will head the new interim selectors committee for the PCB.
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.
New Zealand returned to Pakistan on Thursday to play two Tests and three ODIs a year after initially abandoning the tour over a security threat.
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.