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.
Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets apiece as India bowled Bangladesh out for 227 on the first day of the second Test in Dhaka.
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.
ICC elite match referee Ritchie Richardson has determined that the pitch used for the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the Gabba was not good enough.
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.
Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says the Proteas will “need to have belief” if they are to get back into the Test series against Australia.
India will aim to steamroll a plucky but inconsistent Bangladesh in the second Test starting on Thursday in Dhaka.
Proteas interim head coach Malibongwe Maketa is happy with under-fire batsman Temba Bavuma’s frame of mind ahead of the first Test against Australia in Brisbane.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav shone with both bat and ball as India plunged Bangladesh into serious trouble on the second day of the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer pulled India out of a hole on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh.
SA-born Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne believes his success stems from his obsessive nature and that becoming a father helped him find a better work-life balance.