
Rauf leads Pakistan’s rout of Bangladesh
Haris Rauf led Pakistan’s pace trio with four wickets to thump Bangladesh by seven wickets in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup in Lahore.
Haris Rauf led Pakistan’s pace trio with four wickets to thump Bangladesh by seven wickets in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup in Lahore.
Rain forced a no result in the blockbuster Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan after just one innings of play on Saturday.
India captain Rohit Sharma says his team’s experienced batsmen are unfazed by the threat of Pakistan’s fast bowlers, ahead of the arch-rivals’ blockbuster Asia Cup clash.
Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scored punishing hundreds as Pakistan thrashed Nepal by 238 runs in the opening game of the Asia Cup in Multan on Wednesday.
Pakistan rose to the top of the ODI rankings with a 59-run win against Afghanistan in the third match in Colombo on Saturday, claiming a 3-0 series whitewash.
No 10 batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery to give Pakistan a dramatic one-wicket win over a luckless Afghanistan in the second ODI in Hambantota on Thursday.
Fast bowler Haris Rauf led a pace assault on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory in the first ODI in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota.
Pakistan face Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday, with captain Babar Azam seeing it as good preparation for the Asia Cup and World Cup.
All-rounder Faheem Ashraf has been recalled to a strong Pakistan squad for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan and subsequent Asia Cup.
Pakistan’s government says the country’s cricket team will be allowed to play in the World Cup in neighbouring India later this year, but expressed “deep concerns” over security.
Former cricket star Imran Khan had vowed to captain the country a second time after being ousted as prime minister last year, but his conviction for graft Saturday has seen his chances stumped.
Noman Ali took seven wickets to lead Pakistan’s rout of Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs to clinch the second Test inside four days.
Opener Abdullah Shafique’s maiden double century and an unbeaten 132 by Agha Salman put Pakistan in the box seat on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Abdullah Shafique and captain Babar Azam steered Pakistan to a 12-run lead before rain halted their charge early on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq hit an unbeaten 50 to steer Pakistan home in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.