Pakistan cricket team

Pakistan's chief selector Inzamam quits amidst World Cup fiasco

Pakistan's chief of selectors Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned from his post on Monday over allegations of a conflict of interest linked to the team's poor performance at the World Cup in India.

Hotel confinement affecting Pakistan players

Fast bowler Hasan Ali believes the fever which has spread through the Pakistan team at the World Cup has been caused by being largely confined to their hotel.

Watching IPL on TV helps Pakistan get into India groove

Of the 15-man Pakistan squad, only all-rounders Mohammad Nawaz and Agha Salman had ever visited the country before this World Cup.

The remarkable rise of Pakistan match-winner Shakeel

On Friday, he became the toast of Pakistan's batting with an innings-reviving 52-ball 68 studded with a six and nine boundaries, guiding Pakistan to a fighting 282 after a precarious 38-3

Will familiarity aid subcontinental powerhouses?

All participants in the 2023 World Cup in India are well aware that in big events, teams tackle the conditions just as much as they play their opponents and the pressure posed by the competition.

Captain's factfile: Babar Azam

Factfile on Pakistan captain Babar Azam ahead of the Cricket World Cup which gets underway in India on Thursday:

Up and down Pakistan seek consistency in World Cup

Arthur, Pakistan's head coach at the 2019 World Cup when they failed to make the semi-finals, is confident the team can bounce back from recent disappointments

Pakistan's top cricketers get huge pay rise with new contracts

The deal comes after four months of deadlock between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and players, and for the first time will see them get a share of the country's payout from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Babar Azam expects support from India fans in World Cup

Indian ministries have yet to approve visas for spectators hoping to attend the seven week mega-event starting October 5, according to Pakistan media reports

April 25, 2017
April 25, 2017

Pakistan drops Kamran from Champions Trophy squad

Pakistan' drops opener Kamran Akmal from the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy.

April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Younis Khan first Pakistani to reach 10,000 Test runs

Younis Khan becomes the first Pakistani player to score 10,000 Test runs.

March 14, 2017
March 14, 2017

Pakistan suspends Mohammad Irfan in spot-fixing case

Pakistan on Tuesday charged and suspended giant fast bowler Mohammad Irfan over allegations of spot-fixing during a recent Twenty20 league, in a case that has so far ensnared three other current or former national stars.

November 19, 2016
November 19, 2016

New Zealand in charge as Wagner, Boult shatter Pakistan

Neil Wagner and Trent Boult left Pakistan's second innings in tatters Saturday to put New Zealand in sight of a comprehensive first Test victory at the end of the third day in Christchurch.

October 31, 2016
October 31, 2016

Kraigg Brathwaite puts West Indies on strong footing

Opener Kraigg Brathwaite needed five runs for a fighting hundred as he foiled Pakistan on the second day of the third and final Test in Sharjah on Monday.

October 15, 2016
October 15, 2016

Azhar Ali 302*, Pakistan 579/3d

Pakistan declared their first innings at 579-3 after opener Azhar Ali knocked his maiden triple hundred on day two of the first day-night Test against West Indies in Dubai on Friday.

September 8, 2016
September 8, 2016

Sharjeel, Latif star as Pakistan thrash England

Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif smashed England's bowlers all round Old Trafford as Pakistan ended their tour in style with a crushing nine-wicket win in Wednesday's lone Twenty20 international.

September 2, 2016
September 2, 2016

Stokes, Bairstow help England win 4th ODI

Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow both made fifties as England beat Pakistan by four wickets in the fourth one-day international at Headingley on Thursday.

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

Afridi steps down as Pakistan T20 captain

Shahid Afridi announces to step down as Pakistan's T20 captain following his team's early exit from the World Twenty20 tournament in India.

March 29, 2016
March 29, 2016

Why Ramiz gets Bangladesh's goat

Bangladesh was once part of Pakistan. They fought a war in 1971. Blood was spilt, the countries were divided. So when a Pakistani commentator disses them, or is seen to diss them, or even speaks in a way that could be misinterpreted as dissing them, all that history, all that angst, all those wronged-little-brother feelings come out.

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