Pakistan Cricket
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Pakistan announce new head coach for T20Is and ODIs, Jason Gillespie to stay in charge of Tests
Cricket | Nov 18, 2024, 04:10 PM ISTThere were reports of Jason Gillespie being removed as the Test coach to appoint an all-format head coach. However, the PCB refuted the rumours on Sunday (November 18) and has now appointed an interim head coach for white-ball formats.
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AUS vs PAK Pitch Report: How will surface at Bellerive Oval in Hobart play for 3rd T20I?
Cricket | Nov 17, 2024, 11:21 PM ISTAUS vs PAK 3rd T20I Pitch Report: After securing a series win with a dominant performance in Sydney, the Australian cricket team is set to host the struggling Pakistani side in the third and final match of the series at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Monday.
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Jason Gillespie to remain as Pakistan's Test head coach as PCB refutes sacking rumours
Cricket | Nov 17, 2024, 11:58 PM IST"PCB strongly refutes the story. As announced previously, Jason Gillespie will continue to coach the Pakistan side for the two red-ball matches against South Africa," the Pakistan Cricket Board wrote in X post after the rumours of Aaqib Javed replacing Gillespie surfaced online on Sunday.
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Spencer Johnson's career-best figures lead Australia to T20I series win against Pakistan at SCG
Cricket | Nov 16, 2024, 07:52 PM ISTAUS vs PAK 2nd T20I: Openers Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short gave Australia a quickfire start in powerplay but the hosts were restricted to just 147 while batting first at Sydney Cricket Ground after an impressive spell from Haris Rauf.
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PCB announces new central contracts for senior women's cricket team, drops legendary captain
Cricket | Nov 18, 2024, 12:08 AM ISTThe former captain and legendary spin all-rounder Nida Dar has been excluded from the PCB's new annual contract list for the senior women's cricket team. The current captain Fatima Sana has been promoted to the top category.
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AUS vs PAK Pitch Report: How will surface at Sydney Cricket Ground play for 2nd T20I?
Cricket | Nov 15, 2024, 07:04 PM ISTAUS vs PAK Pitch Report: Sydney Cricket Ground will be hosting the second T20I game between Australia and Pakistan on Saturday. The venue offers a balanced surface in white-ball cricket with an average first innings score of 160 in T20I cricket.
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Champions Trophy: ICC asks BCCI to provide reasons to not tour Pakistan, Indian board to respond
Cricket | Nov 15, 2024, 05:53 PM ISTThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is under tremendous pressure to accept a hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after the Board of Control for Cricket India informed the ICC their decision to not travel to Pakistan.
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Poor batting leads Pakistan to embarrassing T20I record in series opener against Australia
Cricket | Nov 14, 2024, 05:39 PM ISTRain forced the opening T20I game between Australia and Pakistan to a seven-over affair at Brisbane Cricket Ground. Australia posted a big total of 93 for 4 while batting first but Pakistan's batting collapsed to set an embarrassing record.
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Babar Azam breaks multiple T20I records for Pakistan in series opener against Australia
Cricket | Nov 14, 2024, 06:19 PM ISTPakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening T20I game against Australia in Brisbane. The former captain Babar Azam created a massive T20I record without facing a ball at Brisbane Cricket Ground on Thursday.
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PCB to send national selectors on white-ball tours to Australia and Zimbabwe: Report
Cricket | Oct 28, 2024, 10:52 PM ISTPakistan are set to tour Australia and Zimbabwe for two white-ball series next month. The PCB has decided to send two selectors - Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali to the two tours. The selectors will be responsible for selecting the Playing XIs of the team for the two series.
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Babar Azam retained in top category in new PCB central contracts; England Test heroes ignored
Cricket | Oct 27, 2024, 04:12 PM IST"The contracts have been offered under the structure that was agreed last year between the players and the PCB for a three-year period. As part of the PCB’s strategy to incentivise, five players have been offered central contracts first time," the PCB statement said.
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Babar Azam returns as PCB announces new-look Pakistan's squads for Australia and Zimbabwe tours
Cricket | Oct 27, 2024, 02:14 PM IST"Uncapped players in the ODI squad include Aamir Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah, Muhammad Irfan Khan, and Saim Ayub. Jahandad Khan and Salman Ali Agha join the T20I squad for the first time," the PCB statement said.
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WTC points table update after Pakistan's historic Test series win over England
Cricket | Oct 26, 2024, 01:40 PM ISTWTC points table: England suffered a heavy 9-wicket defeat in the third Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Saturday. Pakistan registered their first Test series win under Shan Masood's captaincy and witnessed a big jump in the WTC standings.
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Sajid-Noman humble England to end Pakistan's wait for first Test series win at home after 1357 days
Cricket | Oct 26, 2024, 12:29 PM ISTAfter taking three wickets in the first innings, Noman Ali picked a five-wicket haul in the second innings of the third Test match to lead Pakistan to a historic Test series win over England at home. Pakistan also registered their first Test series win over England since 2015.
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PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test: Saud Shakeel, Sajid Khan give Pakistan decisive edge with 77 lead on Day 2
Cricket | Oct 25, 2024, 08:21 PM ISTPAK vs ENG, 3rd Test: In-form Saud Shakeel registered his fourth Test century and tailenders Sajid Khan and Noman Ali scored 40s each to help Pakistan post a first innings total of 344 and take a defining 77-run lead on Day 2 of Rawalpindi Test.
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PAK vs ENG: England bowlers fight back after Pakistan spinners dominate Day 1 of Rawalpindi Test
Cricket | Oct 24, 2024, 07:02 PM ISTAfter a memorable win in the second match, Pakistan fielded the same playing eleven and managed to dominate the first two sessions on Day 1 of the third Test against England at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Sajid Khan picked six wickets as England were bowled out to 267 in just 68.2 overs.
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India A crush Pakistan Shaheens to begin their ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2024 campaign in style
Cricket | Oct 20, 2024, 06:07 AM ISTIND vs PAK: Captain Tilak Varma top-scored with 44 runs off 35 balls and openers Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh added quick runs to help India A post a big total of 183 for 8 while batting first against Pakistan Shaheens.
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PCB set to appoint THIS player as Pakistan's next white-ball captain ahead of Australia tour
Cricket | Oct 18, 2024, 09:52 PM IST"Mohammad Rizwan because of his seniority, his reliability as a player and because of his experience of leading teams well in domestic cricket and PSL is a front runner to become white-ball captain,” the PCB source told PTI on Friday.
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PCB issues show cause notice to Fakhar Zaman over his remarks on Babar Azam's exclusion from squad
Cricket | Oct 14, 2024, 09:42 PM ISTFakhar Zaman had called out the national selectors for dropping Babar Azam from the 2nd and 3rd Tests against England. The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to Zaman for his comments. Zaman has a week to explain his position to the board.
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Babar Azam, Shaheen, Naseem dropped as Pakistan name squad for 2nd and 3rd Tests against England
Cricket | Oct 13, 2024, 04:53 PM ISTThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named a 16-member squad for the second and third Test matches against England. The Board has excluded some big names, including Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah from the team that faced England for the first Test in Multan.