RAWALPINDI – England Captain Ben Stokes admitted that Noman Ali and Sajid Khan were too good for his team after the spin duo propelled Pakistan to a series victory on Saturday. The hosts sealed a nine-wicket win in the third Test in Rawalpindi with Noman taking 6-42 and Sajid 4-69 in the second innings as […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood labelled his deputy Saud Shakeel’s century as one of the best he had ever witnessed and dedicated their 2-1 series win to the people of the country who suffered with them during their horror run in the format. The tides have turned in Pakistan’s favour after years of […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan is on the verge of a memorable series win over England after a dominant second day in the final and third Test at Rawalpindi. A superb century from Saud Shakeel and aggressive late-order batting from Sajid Khan propelled Pakistan to a 77-run first-innings lead, which Pakistan’s spinners capitalised on as they left […]
NEW DELHI — During the two ongoing Test matches between India and New Zealand at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) stadium and the third Pakistan-England Test at Rawalpindi, the domination of spin on the opening days has stood out, with the tweakers established new records, milestones and memories from “Pindi to Pune”. In the second […]
RAWALPINDI — England fought back to reduce Pakistan to 73-3 at close on the opening day of the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Thursday, with home spinner Sajid Khan grabbing six wickets. Sajid finished with 6-128 and Noman Ali grabbed 3-88 after a rearguard 89 by Jamie Smith enabled England to post 267, having […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s cricket selectors, Aaqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali, are camping here to oversee the preparation of a pitch that offers ample turn in the decisive third and final Test against England starting on Thursday. “The ground staff has been instructed to prepare a pitch that offers plenty of assistance […]
NEW DELHI — Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged Pakistan to reconsider their approach on pitch preparation following their second-Test victory over England on a reused surface in Multan. Pakistan’s 152-run win came on a turning track that favoured spin, allowing Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to claim all 20 English wickets and level […]
MULTAN – Spinner Noman Ali took eight wickets as Pakistan crushed England by 152 runs in the second Test to level the series on Friday in Multan. Noman grabbed 8-46 and Sajid Khan took 2-93 as the pair wrapped up England’s second innings for 144 after the visitors were set a daunting target of 297. […]
MULTAN — Harry Brook became the first England cricketer in 34 years (since 1990) and overall sixth English batter to score a triple century in Test cricket. He achieved the feat on day four of the first Test against Pakistan here at Multan Cricket Stadium. The right-hander joined the elite list of Leonard Hutton (364 […]
MULTAN — Pakistan were dismissed for a mammoth 556 in their first innings on the second day of the opening Test against England on Tuesday, after Salman Agha hit a century. Agha remained unbeaten on 104 — his third Test hundred — as last man Abrar Ahmed was caught by Ben Duckett off Joe Root […]