Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan opted to field first in the second ODI and fielded an unchanged Playing XI, meanwhile, Australia made one change as Josh Hazlewood replaced Sean Abbott. Jake Fraser-McGurk (13) and Matthew Short (19) both got off to a good start, hitting three boundaries each, however, Shaheen Afridi dismissed both batters inside seven […]
According to the details, the Pakistan squad engaged in a rigorous practice session for a crucial second match after losing the first match in Melbourne. The players partook in several batting, bowling, and fielding drills to boast their preparations for the upcoming clash at the Adelaide Oval ground. For the unversed, Pakistan lost the first […]
Regular ODI captain Pat Cummins as well as star players Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, and Steve Smith will not play the third ODI in Perth in order to prepare for the Border-Gavaskar Test series against India. Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, and Josh Philippe all come into the squad for the final ODI. Meanwhile, […]
Head to Head The Greenshirts do not have a good track record at the Australian soil, winning only one ODI series. Pakistan and Australia have contested in 104 ODIs and the Aussies have won overwhelming 70 matches. After the first game on Monday, the two sides will face in the second game at Adelaide on […]
Babar stepped down as skipper in all three formats last year after Pakistan failed to make the knockout stage of the 50-overs World Cup. He returned as white-ball captain in March for the T20 World Cup, where the team did not make the Super Eight. The out-of-form batsman, who once again gave up the captaincy […]
The wicket-keeper batter replaced Babar Azam as Pakistan’s white-ball captain after the latter stepped down from the role earlier this month, in a bid to focus more on his role as a player. Mohammad Rizwan will begin his tenure as captain with the three-match ODI series aginst Australia, starting on November 4. Rizwan, who debuted […]
The first group, which includes Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, and Faisal Akram, arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday and participated in the rigorous practice of batting, bowling, and fielding today. Meanwhile, the second group included white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan, and his deputy Salman Ali Agha, alongside […]
The decision to award the prize for the world’s best player to the midfielder came as a surprise, with Real Madrid’s Liga and Champions League double winner Vinicius Junior widely seen as the favorite. Hours before the ceremony in Paris, the Spanish club announced its delegation would not attend the ceremony at Chatelet Theatre because […]
The wicket keeper-batsman played 36 Tests and 189 limited-overs matches for his country, and was a pivotal figure in their T20 World Cup triumph in 2021. The 36-year-old is now set to be the wicketkeeping and fielding coach for the T20 series against Pakistan next month. “I’m officially retiring,” Wade said, according to Cricket Australia. […]
The 12-month inquiry singled out Australia’s initial lack of urgency in distributing Covid-19 vaccines, with then-prime minister Scott Morrison at one point declaring the rollout “not a race”. Australia imposed some of the world’s most stringent restrictions during the pandemic, effectively sealing international borders for two years and locking down major cities for months on […]
