LAHORE — Phil Salt smashed an unbeaten 88, at a strike rate of 214.63, as England cruised to an eight-wicket victory with 33 balls to spare in the sixth game of the seven-match T20I series against Pakistan here on Friday. The win helped the team, led by stand-in skipper Moeen Ali, level the series 3-3 […]
LAHORE — Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday equalled Virat Kohli’s record of the fastest man to reach 3,000 runs in cricket’s shortest format during his team’s sixth T20I of the seven-match series against England, here. The 27-year-old became the fifth men’s player and eighth overall to achieve the milestone in the format. He also […]
DUBAI — The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the title winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be taking home a whopping cheque of USD 1.6 million. The total prize pot of USD 5.6m will see the runners-up assured of USD 800,000 and the losing semifinalists will receive USD 400,000 […]
LAHORE — Pakistan produced a spirited bowling display to beat England by six runs in the fifth Twenty20 in Lahore on Wednesday and take a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series. Chasing a modest 146, England needed 15 off the final over but debutant Aamer Jamal (1-13) held his nerve against the experienced Moeen (51 […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Vice-captain K.L Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav slammed unbeaten fifties to give India an eight-wicket win over South Africa in the T20I series opener at the Greenfield International Stadium on Wednesday. On a pitch which was made for fast bowlers to make merry, as seen from the five-wicket burst provided by Arshdeep Singh and […]
KARACHI — Mohammad Rizwan scored a fluent 88 and Haris Rauf and Mohammed Nawaz took three wickets each as Pakistan edged England by three runs in a rollercoaster finish to the fourth Twenty20 in Karachi on Sunday to square the seven-match series at 2-2. In a topsy-turvy contest, Liam Dawson threatened to snatch victory from […]
HYDERABAD — Virat Kohli’s scintillating strokeplay found its match in maverick Suryakumar Yadav’s batting pyrotechnics as the duo fashioned India’s series- clinching six-wicket win over Australia in the third and final T20 International here on Sunday. Kohli (63 off 48 balls) and Suryakumar (69 off 36 balls) shared a 104-run partnership to lay the platform […]
ISLAMABAD — The England cricket team beat Pakistan by 63 runs on Friday night in the third Twenty20 International cricket match of the ongoing series in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. England took a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series being played between the two sides. Pakistan’s captain Babad Azam won the toss and […]
NAGPUR — Skipper Rohit Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 46 as India registered a series-levelling six-wicket win over Australia in the second T20I here on Friday. Chasing 91, Rohit scored 46 off 20 balls which included four boundaries and as many sixes to take India over the line with four balls to spare in […]
KARACHI — A stunning century from Babar Azam (110 not out) along with a brilliant knock (88 not out) from Mohammad Rizwan powered Pakistan to a thumping 10-wicket win in the second T20I over England and level the series 1-1 at the National Stadium, here on Thursday. After winning the toss and opting to bat […]