PAK vs ENG: Pakistan has not won any test match at home for more than three years, there is an uproar in the cricket fraternity.
England has defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the Multan Test match. PAK vs ENG (Photo Source: Getty Images) Pakistan cricket team is going through very bad times. So when it comes to Test cricket, the condition of the Pakistani team is very bad. Recently, England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the Multan test match. By winning the first match of the three-match Test series, England have taken a 1-0 lead over the hosts. On the other hand, with this defeat, it has been more than three years since Pakistan won a Test match at home, but they have not been able to win any match. When was the last time Pakistan won the match? Let us tell you that Pakistan has not won a single test match at home for 1341 days. Pakistan last won at home in the year 2021 against South Africa. When Pakistan won the second Test match of that tour in Rawalpindi by 95 runs. More than three years have passed since then, but they have not been able to win any test match at home. The last Test match won by Pakistan was in February 2021 against South Africa. Where do you think it’s going wrong for them? pic.twitter.com/qtQPeYmyu9 — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 11, 2024 Pakistan’s shameful defeat in Multan test match On the other hand, if we give you information about this match played between Pakistan and England at Multan Cricket Stadium, then Pakistan won the toss in the match and decided to bat first. Batting first, Pakistan scored 556 runs on the basis of century innings by Abdullah Shafiq (102), Shan Masood (151) and Agha Salman (104). After this, England declared its first innings at 823 runs at the loss of 7 wickets on the basis of excellent batting by Joe Root (262) and Harry Brook (317). But when Pakistan came out to bat in the second innings, it was all out for just 220 runs. He had to face defeat in the match by an innings and 47 runs.
Rameez Raja raised questions on Multan Test pitch, said “Why should we play on home ground and play…”
Speaking on TV coverage of the match, Rameez Raja expressed his sympathy for Pakistan’s bowling attack. Ramiz Raja. (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images) The first Test match between Pakistan and England proved to be a great run-scoring affair, where runs were seen pouring from every direction. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and scored a huge score of 556 runs on the flat pitch of Multan. But England took a step forward and made the Pakistani bowlers work hard on the basis of brilliant innings by Joe Root and Harry Brook. Root scored 262 runs, while Brook played a mammoth inning of 317 runs. England declared their innings at 823 runs on the fourth day, taking the total to more than 1500 runs in the first 10 sessions of the match. Amidst this thrilling game, former Pakistani cricketer Rameez Raja looked extremely unhappy with the quality of the pitch. He said that the bowlers did not get any help on this pitch and raised questions on the preparation of the pitch. Rameez Raja again angry about the pitch Speaking on TV coverage of the match, Rameez Raja expressed his sympathy for Pakistan’s bowling attack- “I am sure the bowlers will question the quality of this pitch because they bowled with full force, but nothing happened. You start questioning why such pitches were prepared and why we are playing on such pitches at home.” We had demanded a good cricket pitch: Shan Masood It is worth noting that, when Pakistan had earlier lost the series against Bangladesh 2–0, the criticism was at its peak. There was pressure on the team to perform well against England. During the toss in Multan, Pakistan captain Shan Masood admitted that he had asked for a flat pitch against England. Masood said during the toss, “We had asked for a good cricket wicket. There are good batsmen in both the teams. We were in a position to win but could not win the match from there, which has created some resentment among the team and the cricket fraternity. We want to get back to winning ways and hopefully these players can do that.”
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Big blow to Pakistan amid ongoing T20 World Cup, captain Fatima Sana returned home, know the big reason
Fatima returned home due to personal reasons Fatima Sana (Image Credit- Twitter X) Currently the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 tournament is being played in UAE. In the middle of this tournament, Pakistan women’s team captain Fatima Sana has returned home. Let us tell you that the father of Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Fatima has passed away. If Geo News Pakistan is to be believed, Fatima will soon leave for Karachi. Let us tell you that Fatima Sana is one of the important players of Pakistan women’s cricket team. His performance in international cricket has always been very good. However, Pakistan now has to play an important match against Australia on October 11 and they have suffered a big blow due to Fatima Sana not being in the team. In his absence, Muniba Ali will take command of the team. In their first match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 31 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah. In this match, Fatima Sana batted brilliantly and played a brilliant inning of 30 runs for her team. He also took two important wickets against Sri Lanka. Apart from this, Fatima Sana also performed better against Team India and took 2 wickets. Pakistan team is at third position with two points in Group A of the points table of this important tournament. Update: Pakistan Women captain Fatima Sana’s father has passed away in Karachi. She will fly to Karachi on the first available flight 💔 Devastating news. Pakistan Women play against Australia Women tomorrow. Such a hard time for her 🇵🇰😞 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/eYQpXYGNZT — Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) October 10, 2024 Pakistan has to play matches against Australia and New Zealand in T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that Pakistan team now has to play its next match against Australia, while it will play the last group stage match against New Zealand on 14 October. If Pakistan has to secure its place in the semi-finals, then it is very important for it to win both these matches. So, in the unavailability of Fatima Sana, the rest of the players of Pakistan will have to play an important role in the victory of their team by performing well against Australia. It will be worth watching how Pakistan is going to perform in the upcoming T20 World Cup match?
Touring India is the toughest these days, it is very difficult to beat them on their home ground: Shakib Al Hasan
India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test match. Shakib Al Hasan (Photo Source: Getty Images) IND vs BAN: Bangladesh cricket team is currently on an Indian tour. A two-match Test series is currently being played between the two teams. In the first Test match played in Chennai, the host team India defeated Bangladesh by a huge margin of 280 runs. So now the second Test match will be played between India and Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from 27th September, Thursday. However, before the start of this match, former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has given a big statement. Shakib says that these days the tour of India is the most difficult tour. Also, it is very difficult to defeat Team India at home. Shakib Al Hasan gave a big statement Before the start of the second Test match against India, Shakib Al Hasan was quoted by Cricbuzz as saying- I think Pakistan is a young and inexperienced team compared to India. If you look at the matches they have played and compare it with our team, we have more experience, and in Test cricket, this is a big reason. Shakib further said- If I talk about India, they are the number one team at the moment and are probably unbeatable at home. They are performing well outside as well, but they are unbeatable at home. Any country finds India tough and we are no different. Having said that, we have to play really well to show the fight we think we can put up. I think touring India is the toughest these days. Other teams may lose one or two matches, but we will hardly see India losing a Test at home.
Bangladesh team returned home from Pakistan without Shakib Al Hasan, why did the all-rounder leave for UK?
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in a two-Test series at their home ground and is now set for the upcoming tour of India. Shakib Al Hasan has left for the UK to play County Championship for Surrey. Shakib Al Hasan (Photo Source: X/Twitter) After defeating Pakistan 2-0 in the two-Test series at their home ground, the Bangladesh cricket team returned home on 4 September. The team departed from Pakistan on 3 September in two groups, with the first group arriving in Bangladesh at 11:30 pm from the UAE and the second group arriving at 2:00 am from Qatar. All 16 members of the team except Shakib Al Hasan and some members of the coaching staff have returned to the country. Shakib is not with the team as he has left for the UK. The star all-rounder will play for ‘Surrey’ in the County Championship on September 9. According to the Daily Star, the team will start preparing for the next events. Let us tell you that the Bangladesh team will leave for India tour on 15 September, where they have to play two Tests and three T20 matches. The first Test of this series will be played in Chennai on 19 September and veteran Shakib Al Hasan will leave for India from UK on the 15th itself. Bangladesh is still far from the final of the World Test Championship With several Test series remaining, it would take a miracle for Bangladesh to reach the final in the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. After their two-Test win against Pakistan, Bangladesh have moved to fourth place in the points table. They have played six Test matches, winning three and losing three, and have 33 points to their credit. With a tough tour upcoming against India, the Bangladesh team will hope to put their best foot forward and give India a tough challenge. The hosts of the upcoming series, India, are currently at the top of the World Test Championship points table with six wins, two losses and a draw in nine matches. The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma is in great form and will hope for an easy win against Bangladesh.
PCB will use Kookaburra balls for home Test matches, while Duke balls will be used for the domestic season
The Pakistan Cricket Board has taken this decision only after choosing the brand of cricket balls of its choice as per the ICC rules. PCB (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recently decided that it is going to use Kookaburra balls for domestic Test matches. After this decision of the PCB, in the ongoing World Test Championship cycle 2023-25, the Pakistan cricket team will be seen playing a total of 7 Test matches on home soil with the Kookaburra ball. In these seven matches, Pakistan has proposed 2 Test matches against Bangladesh, 3 against England and 2 against West Indies. The Pak team will be seen playing all these Test matches in August, October and early next year. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board will continue to use Duke balls for the senior team for domestic cricket seasons and tournaments. Also, let us tell you that the PCB has taken this decision after a well-analyzed research based on the condition of the home ground and pitch. Apart from this, when it comes to grassroot level and junior cricket, PCB will be seen using Aceline and Greys balls. These balls will cover all types of matches of Pakistan’s Under-13, Under-17 and Under-19 teams. PCB took this decision after the appointment of Tony Hemming It is worth noting that recently the Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Australia’s renowned pitch curator Tony Hemming as the head curator of PCB. So the pitches will be prepared under the supervision of Hemming for Pakistan’s domestic as well as international cricket schedule of 2024-25. However, before the construction of the pitches, the head curator advised the board to insist on changing the ball according to the format, so that along with the experience of the fans, quality cricket can also develop. Also, there is a possibility that the kind of pitch Hamming is going to make in the coming time, there will be an equal balance between ball and bat.
Shaheen Afridi reached Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, posed a lot wearing the number-10 jersey
Shaheen Afridi went to visit Old Trafford, the UK’s biggest club stadium and the home of Manchester United. Shaheen Afridi (Photo Source: Manchester United/Instagram) Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi is currently enjoying his holidays in the UK before returning to high-cricketing action. Recently, Shaheen went to visit Old Trafford, the UK’s biggest club stadium and Manchester United’s home. Let us tell you, Manchester United club itself planned this special visit of Shaheen Afridi. Special pictures of which have been shared by football club Manchester United on social media. Shaheen Afridi posed in Manchester United jersey Manchester United shared pictures of Shaheen Afridi on social media and wrote, The Eagle has landed, great to see you at the Theatre of Dreams, Shaheen Afridi…. you are always welcome here any time. In the pictures, Shaheen Afridi is posing in a special style with a jersey in the dugout of “The Theatre of Dreams”. The jersey has his name “Afridi” and the iconic number-10. Let us tell you, the special jersey of number-10 was worn by legendary players like David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney. Shaheen Afridi removed from the post of vice-captain by Pakistan Cricket Board Pakistan Cricket is going to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh soon. The first match will be played in Rawalpindi from August 21. At the same time, the second match will be played in Karachi from August 30. The board has announced the squad for the upcoming series. Shan Masood will be seen leading the team, while Babar Azam is also a part of the squad. PCB has removed Shaheen Afridi from the post of vice-captaincy, and handed over this responsibility to Saud Shakeel. Pakistan team for Test series against Bangladesh- Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi
The 27 year long wait ended for Sri Lanka, India was defeated in the ODI series played at home
Today i.e. on 7th August, Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Srilanka Team (Pic Source-X) Today, on 7th August, Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With this victory, Sri Lanka won the three-match ODI series 2-0. The performance of India’s batsmen was quite disappointing in this entire series. If we talk about Sri Lanka’s spinners, they left their mark in the ODI series. In the third ODI, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, they scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Avishka Fernando batted very well for the team and played a valuable innings of 96 runs with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes in 102 balls. Avishka Fernando played aggressive cricket on behalf of Sri Lanka. For the hosts, wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis played an innings of 59 runs while Pathum Nissanka scored 45 runs. Kamindu Mendis contributed 23* runs. For India, Riyan Parag performed very well in bowling and took three wickets for 54 runs in 9 overs. Apart from Riyan Parag, Mohammad Siraj, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took 1-1 wickets each. Sri Lanka won the ODI series The Indian team, which came out to chase the target, was all out for 138 runs. For the Indian team, captain Rohit Sharma played an aggressive innings of 35 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six in 20 balls. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Washington Sundar contributed 30 runs. Virat Kohli scored 20 runs while Riyan Parag returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. Apart from these four batsmen, no other player could cross the 10-run mark. For Sri Lanka, Dunith Wellalage took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 5.1 overs while Jeffrey Vandersay and Mahesh Theekshana took 2 wickets each. Asitha Fernando took one wicket. Sri Lanka defeated India in a bilateral series for the first time since 1997. Getting dismissed for 138 in 26.1 overs..first loss in the series v SL in 27 years. against a side which didn’t qualify for the CT25. against a side which finished at 9,barely ahead of the last one Netherlands in the WC 23. #IndvsSL #IndvsL #SLvInd #SlvsInd #cricket — movieman (@movieman777) August 7, 2024 Sri Lanka Wins 🇱🇰🏏Sri Lanka won the 3rd ODI cricket match by 110 runs and WON the series 2:0 against India.#LKA #Sri Lanka #SLvIND #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/PDIr5ipT3n — Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) August 7, 2024 Sanath Jayasuriya Era 🔥✨ #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/0WJRpZu4Ki — Taurus (@itz_chillax) August 7, 2024 SRI LANKA DEFEATED INDIA IN A BILATERAL SERIES AFTER 27 LONG YEARS.#SLvIND #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/83q5HslAOR — 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐍🇵🇰🤍 (@Faizanali_152) August 7, 2024 All the hype around the new head coach and revamped team selections across formats, and yet we still managed to lose the series after 27 years. It’s a tough pill to swallow.#SLVsInd — City of Stars (@IamFatima5) August 7, 2024 Series loss for India…