Babar Azam

125 articles tagged with "Babar Azam"

Sep 4, 2026

Pakistan sent seven players home for a dead rubber, and five of the replacements have never played a Test

England won the series at Lord’s on 30 August. Pakistan’s answer was to change half the squad and both coaches before a third Test that decides nothin...

Aug 31, 2026

Abbas took nine, Shakeel made 97, and Pakistan still lost at Lord’s by 194 with ten batters

England won the second Test inside four days to take the series 2-0, with Ollie Robinson claiming eight wickets for the second Test running and Pakist...

Aug 29, 2026

Robinson bowled 13 overs for 11 runs, and Pakistan were 180 behind before tea

Ollie Robinson took 4 for 11 from 13 overs as Pakistan were bowled out for 110 at Lord’s on Friday, and England closed day two of the second Test 261...

Aug 28, 2026

The PCB told Sky its players would not come out after lunch, and the interview aired anyway

Mike Atherton’s interview with Imran Khan’s two sons went out during the lunch break on day one at Lord’s. The Pakistan Cricket Board had warned Sky i...

Aug 28, 2026

Abbas reached 900 first-class wickets at Lord’s, and England were 248 for 9 when the light went

Rain held the start up until 12.20pm, Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Ali shared seven wickets, and England lost nine of them in 56 overs on the opening d...

Aug 25, 2026

Babar batted a full session at Lord’s, and returns for a Test Pakistan cannot afford to lose

Pakistan’s captain came through a full net session at Lord’s two days out from the second Test, facing pace, spin and throwdowns. His return costs Aza...

Aug 19, 2026

Pakistan lose Babar the day before Headingley, and Salman Agha has never captained a Test

Babar Azam’s right hand has not healed, so Pakistan begin a three-Test tour of England without their captain and the leading run-scorer from their las...

Aug 17, 2026

Babar was cleared for Headingley, then ruled out of the first Test

A rising ball from Manny Lumsden hit Babar Azam on the right middle finger at Beckenham. He was cleared to play on Monday, then ruled out of the first...

Aug 17, 2026

England lost the Ashes, the coach and the captain, and have handed the Test side back to Joe Root

Joe Root captains England again at Headingley on Wednesday, four years after giving the job up, with Ben Stokes retired, Brendon McCullum out of the r...

Aug 10, 2026

England name Root’s first squad in four years, and Pakistan land for their first Tests here since 2020

Joe Root is England’s Test captain again, four years after he gave the job up, and his first squad brings Dan Lawrence back at six. Pakistan arrived f...

Aug 6, 2026

Pakistan win in Port of Spain to level the series, three years after their last away Test win

West Indies needed a draw in Port of Spain for their first series win over Pakistan since 2000. They were bowled out for 117 instead.

Aug 5, 2026

Pakistan hired a batting coach 15 days before Headingley, and the fortnight before it explains why

Michael Smith arrives on a two-year deal with 71 for 9 at Tarouba and Abdullah Shafique’s unbeaten 160 both sitting in the same fortnight of evidence.

Aug 5, 2026

Shafique’s unbeaten 160 puts Pakistan four wickets from a first away Test win since 2023

Abdullah Shafique faced 323 balls for an unbeaten 160 in Port of Spain, and by the close Sajid Khan’s 4 for 32 had left West Indies 103 for 6 with a l...

Aug 4, 2026

Sydney Sixers want Ben Stokes, and the reported fee would break a BBL record they set themselves

A reported 600,000 Australian dollars would make Stokes the best-paid player in Big Bash history. The record he would break belongs to Babar Azam, and...

Aug 4, 2026

Babar is 14 short of his first Test hundred since 2022, and Pakistan trail by 78

Abdullah Shafique’s unbeaten 107 and an unbroken stand of 168 have Pakistan 78 behind West Indies at Port of Spain, with Babar Azam 14 runs from endin...

Aug 3, 2026

Greaves holds West Indies together again as rain cuts day one in Port of Spain

West Indies reached 239 for 5 in 74 overs at Queen’s Park Oval, with Justin Greaves 64 not out after Babar Azam had dropped him at leg slip.

Aug 2, 2026

West Indies are one result from their first series win over Pakistan since 2000

Pakistan arrive at the Queen’s Park Oval 1-0 down, without Shan Masood, and carrying the longest run of away Test defeats in their history. The second...

Jul 31, 2026

Shan Masood’s broken finger costs him the second Test and clouds the England tour

Pakistan’s opener fractured his left index finger while making 109 in Tarouba, then batted at No. 8 with it. The PCB will not yet say whether he makes...

Jul 29, 2026

Seales’ five for 20 seals a 90-run win as Pakistan lose an eighth away Test in a row

West Indies bowled Pakistan out for 120 chasing 211 at Tarouba to take the first Test by 90 runs, with Jayden Seales taking five wickets and Justin Gr...

Jul 28, 2026

Greaves’ first Test five-for and a 14-wicket day leave West Indies 155 ahead in Tarouba

Justin Greaves took the first five-wicket haul of his Test career and Mohammad Abbas replied with 3 for 14, on a third day in Trinidad that produced 1...

Jul 27, 2026

Masood’s unbeaten 88 leaves Pakistan 112 behind in Tarouba

Mohammad Ali’s four wickets ended West Indies on 311, and Shan Masood then batted through the rest of the second day to leave Pakistan 199 for 3 in Tr...

Jul 26, 2026

Hodge’s unbeaten 83 holds West Indies together on a rain-hit first day in Tarouba

Kavem Hodge faced 181 balls and hit only nine boundaries, none of them after his fifty, as West Indies ground their way to 194 for 3 on an opening day...

Jul 20, 2026

Pakistan begin a Caribbean reset as the Brian Lara Academy stages its first Test

The Brian Lara Cricket Academy finally hosts a Test, and a rebuilt Pakistan under a returning Babar Azam begin their two-match tour of West Indies the...

Jul 19, 2026

T20 cricket records: the biggest numbers in the shortest format

From Zimbabwe’s 344 to a nine-ball fifty, the shortest format keeps rewriting the record book. Here are the biggest T20 cricket records, and the playe...