Pakistan turned the screws on New Zealand on the first day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi, bowling the visitors out for 153 before ending the day 94 runs behind with eight first-innings wickets in hand.
Pakistan were well set to claim a 2-1 series win over New Zealand in Dubai before rain forced the players from the field, with the match abandoned and the series drawn 1-1.
The year’s not yet done, but already Indian batters have struck 15 ODI centuries, with England hot on their heels on 13, while the Proteas have only cobbled together two, writes SIMON LEWIS.
Pakistan took a comfortable 6-wicket win over New Zealand at Abu Dhabi to level the series 1-1 after New Zealand’s batters managed to hit just 12 boundaries in their innings.
Trent Boult took a hat-trick at the top of the order to send Pakistan reeling after a solid batting performance from the New Zealand batters had laid the groundwork for a 47-run win in the first ODI at Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam became the fastest player to score 1,000 T20I runs, securing the record in the second T20I against New Zealand in Dubai.
Watch Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets in the second T20I.
Following their clean sweep in the T20I series against Australia, Pakistan remains top of the ICC T20I rankings, but it’s the player rankings that make for interesting reading.
Pakistan made it a 3-0 series whitewash with another emphatic victory over Australia to retain their mantle of the top T20I team in the world.
Highlights of Pakistan’s 66-run win over Australia in the first T20I in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan won the first T20I of the series against Australia, in so doing ensuring that they will retain their status as No 1 T20I nation in world cricket, even if they go on to lose the series.
The esteem with which T20 cricket is held in the world game was highlighted with the unveiling of the biscuit-shaped trophy that is up for grabs in Australia’s upcoming T20 contest with Pakistan.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Abbas has taken only 10 Tests to reach third place in the bowlers’ rankings chart.
‘Azhar made a mistake, but see, sometimes you can make a 300 and not be as famous as you are after a run-out.’
Pakistan secure a 1-0 series win against Australia after to an emphatic 373-run victory in the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
