PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi all but ruled out young opener Saim Ayub of the ICC Champions Trophy tournament due to an ankle injury for which he is taking treatment in London. Saim had fractured his ankle on the first day of the second Test against South Africa earlier this month in Cape Town. Naqvi told … Read more
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy kicks off on February 19, with host Pakistan facing New Zealand in Karachi. As the tournament approaches, teams have announced their squads. Here are the squads for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy: Group A India: TBA Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to fly injured opening batsman Saim Ayub to London in hopes of getting him fit in time for next month’s Champions Trophy. Ayub fractured his right ankle during the first day of the second test against South Africa at Cape Town on Friday and has been ruled out of … Read more
Makeshift opener Ryan Rickelton posted the joint seventh highest score by a South African in test cricket with 259 to help his side to a massive 566 for seven at tea on day two of the second and final test against Pakistan at Newlands on Saturday. The left-hander was dismissed 10 minutes before the interval … Read more
Pakistan’s young opener Saim Ayub could miss next month’s ICC Champions Trophy after being ruled out of competitive cricket for six weeks because of an ankle injury that he sustained during the ongoing second Test against South Africa. He will take no further part in the Test against the Proteas at Cape Town. The Pakistan … Read more
Centuries by Ryan Rickelton and captain Temba Bavuma anchored World Test Championship (WTC) finalist South Africa to an imposing 316 for four against Pakistan in the second Test on Friday. Rickelton batted the entire first day for an unbeaten 176 off 232 balls and Bavuma made 106 on a batting-friendly pitch. Their 235-run fourth-wicket stand … Read more
Pakistan’s exciting opener Saim Ayub gave a vivid display of his prodigious talent with a classy century on Tuesday to lead his team to a closely fought three-wicket win over South Africa in the first of their three One-Day Internationals. The 22-year-old Ayub hit his second ton in his seventh ODI with an elegant 109 … Read more
Pakistan thoroughly punished Australia for resting its top players in the one-day international series decider at Perth Stadium on Sunday, cruising to an eight-wicket win in the third and final game after a sublime display of seam bowling. Securing its first ODI series victory in Australia since 2002, an unchanged Pakistan restricted the hosts to … Read more