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...
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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...
Jul 25, 2026
Sammy says Alzarri Joseph declined selection for the Pakistan Tests
Daren Sammy confirmed that Alzarri Joseph turned down his place in the West Indies squad, leaving the hosts without their in-form quick as the Brian L...
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...
Jun 4, 2026
Pakistan clinch the ODI series 2-1 as Shaheen and Shadab down Australia in Lahore
Shaheen Afridi’s new-ball burst left Australia 157 all out before Shadab Khan and Abdul Samad steered Pakistan home by four wickets in the Lahore deci...
Jun 2, 2026
Australia hit back in Lahore to level the ODI series against Pakistan
A depleted Australia struck back at the Gaddafi Stadium, bowling Pakistan out for 190 to square the three-match series and force a decider.
Jun 1, 2026
Pakistan look to seal the ODI series against Australia in Lahore
Arafat Minhas marked his ODI debut with a five-wicket haul to put Pakistan ahead. Now the hosts can close out the series when they meet a depleted Aus...
May 29, 2026
West Indies confirm a packed 2026 home season as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan line up tours
Cricket West Indies has confirmed a 2026 home season spanning June to August, with the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in line for its first ever Test.
May 20, 2026
Taijul six-fer seals 78-run win as Bangladesh complete a first home sweep of Pakistan
Taijul Islam took six wickets in Pakistan’s second innings as Bangladesh closed out a 78-run win in Sylhet, completing their first-ever home Test seri...
May 19, 2026
Pakistan still alive in Sylhet but Bangladesh start day five three wickets from the sweep
Mohammad Rizwan is unbeaten on 75 with three wickets remaining and Pakistan still need 121 to win the second Test in Sylhet, where Bangladesh are one...
May 18, 2026
Mushfiqur’s 14th Test ton hands Pakistan a 437 chase as Bangladesh take charge in Sylhet
Mushfiqur Rahim’s 137, his 14th Test century and the most by any Bangladesh batter, set up a 390 second innings and a 437 target for Pakistan with two...