Pakistan cricket

Pakistan captain gets hero's welcome at home

Hundreds of fans give Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed a hero's welcome as he arrives home carrying the Champions Trophy.
20 June 2017

Pakistan's Rumman replaces Wahab at Champions Trophy

The International Cricket Council says Pakistan's Rumman Raes has been approved as a replacement for the injured Wahab Riaz at the ongoing Champions Trophy one-day tournament.
7 June 2017

Arthur hits back at critics after Pakistan surrender

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur concedes his team were woeful in Sunday's Champions Trophy defeat against India but says it is an "insult" to suggest that the squad has regressed under him.
5 June 2017

Afghanistan cancels Pakistan games after Kabul attack

Afghanistan cancels proposed home and away cricket fixtures with Pakistan after a deadly bomb attack blamed by the country's intelligence agency on militants allegedly backed by Islamabad.
1 June 2017

Yousuf defends Sharjeel's dot balls in PSL scandal

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf tells a tribunal hearing on spot-fixing charges against Sharjeel Khan that the batsman did not deliberately play two dot balls during a Pakistan Super League match.
29 May 2017

Pakistan's Nawaz suspended for not reporting suspect approach

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been suspended for two months for failing to report a suspect approach to indulge in corruption, the country's cricket board has said.
18 May 2017

Pakistan win thriller for first Windies series victory

Pakistan won a thrilling third and final Test with six balls to spare to clinch a first series victory in the West Indies and give a fitting farewell to the retiring captain Misbah ul Haq and veteran Younis Khan.
15 May 2017

Pakistan make steady start

Pakistan negotiated a potentially tricky first session, reaching 70 for one on the first day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica on Wednesday.
10 May 2017

End of Amir's Test career?

Pakistan's left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir is considering ending his Test career in order to focus on ODIs and Twenty20Is.
9 May 2017

Karachi mayor offers land to Shahid Afridi for cricket academy

After being denied land for his cricket academy by Sindh Government, the city mayor Waseem Akhtar made the same offer to cricket star Shahid Khan Afridi.
7 May 2017

Younis Khan usurped by Azhar Ali in ICC rankings

Pakistan legend Younis Khan has been usurped as his country's number one Test batsmen heading into his farewell Test, after Azhar Ali overtook him on the International Cricket Council's batting rankings.
5 May 2017

Advantage Pakistan as Yasir Shah snares six

Yasir Shah’s stranglehold of the West Indies continues on the fourth day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday as the leg-spinner snares six for 90 to re-open the prospect of a first-ever Test match victory at the venue for Pakistan going into the final day.
4 May 2017

Windies scrape ahead

West Indies lost two more wickets as they worked themselves into the lead at 112 for three at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday.
3 May 2017

PCB claims $60m from BCCI

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday sent a legal notice to its Indian counterpart for failing to honour an agreement to play a bilateral series, saying this had cost them $60 million.
3 May 2017

Windies claim late wickets as Pakistan close on 172-3

West Indies hit back with three wickets in the final hour after a 155-run opening stand as Pakistan reached stumps at 172 for three in reply to the home side’s first innings total of 312 on the second day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Monday.
2 May 2017

Pakistan won't tour Bangladesh this year, says PCB boss

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan informs that Pakistan's scheduled tour of Bangladesh in July-August this year, consisting of two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I, is not going to go ahead.
26 April 2017

Pakistan eye win after Yasir Shah strikes, Misbah left on 99

Yasir Shah ripped through the top order of the West Indies second innings in the final session of another long day to put Pakistan on course for victory at the end of the fourth day of the first Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Monday.
25 April 2017

'Waited for 3 years'

On Sunday, Younis Khan further cemented his place in Pakistan's batting pantheon by becoming the first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs during the third day of the first Test against West Indies in Kingston.
24 April 2017

Decision to retire from Test cricket is final: Younis Khan

Pakistan legend Younis Khan has moved to clarify comments that he would consider delaying his retirement from Test cricket at the conclusion of the current series against the West Indies.
23 April 2017

Pakistan's Amir gets five-wicket haul against West Indies

Pakistan left-arm paceman Mohammad Amir claimed his first five-wicket haul since returning from a five-year ban on a rain-shortened second day of the first Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday.
23 April 2017