Pakistan cricket

59 articles tagged with "Pakistan cricket"

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 30, 2026

Only 24.5 overs were possible at Lord’s, and England still went 357 ahead

Rain and bad light held day three at Lord’s to 24.5 overs. Dan Lawrence made an unbeaten 50 in them, and Pakistan now need a ground-record chase to ke...

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

Saim Ayub went from 50 to 100 in 21 balls, and then took the wicket that decided the chase

The Jamaica Kingsmen beat the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 11 runs at Warner Park. Saim Ayub made 102 from 58 balls, his first hundred in 161 T20s,...

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 22, 2026

Robinson and Tongue took eight each, and England were finished with Pakistan inside three days

Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and 135 at Headingley, and Joe Root’s return as England captain has started with an innings win and 12 World Test Cha...

Aug 20, 2026

Pakistan lost a wicket to the first ball at Headingley, and were all out for 171

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets apiece as England bowled Pakistan out inside 49 overs on a rain-hit opening day in Leeds. England clo...

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

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 7, 2026

Bethell hurt his knee against India, and it has cost him England’s whole Pakistan series

Jordan Cox goes in at three, Dan Lawrence is back after two years, and Joe Root has the first squad of his second spell as captain.

Aug 6, 2026

Pakistan left Noman Ali out of the England Tests, and Lancashire have signed him for six games

Pakistan dropped their most productive Test spinner of the last two years for the tour of England. He will be in the country for it anyway, bowling Di...

Aug 6, 2026

West Indies picked one spinner for a turning pitch, and the fix their captain ruled out was the obvious one

Spinners took 20 of the 30 bowler wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval. West Indies went in with one frontline spinner, and Roston Chase’s honest post-mor...

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

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

Pakistan’s National Champions Cup hands four captains fixed elevens and eight days in Multan

The PCB has named four squads, four captains and a locked playing XI for each side ahead of the National Champions Cup, a seven-match 50-over block in...