Pakistanis Babar Azam (left) and Shan Masood (right) talk back and forth during the third day of the second international cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on January 5, 2025. — AFP Under the captaincy of Craig Brathwaite, the West Indies cricket team is currently visiting Pakistan for … Read more
Listen to the material Last week in Test cricket was an action-packed one, as three important series concluded: India versus Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, South Africa versus Pakistan, and Zimbabwe’s clash with Afghanistan. This series not only produced exciting cricket but also led to fundamental changes in the ICC player rankings. In the second … Read more
Listen to the material Saud Shakeel rose to sixth in the ICC Test rankings after a strong performance, while Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi dropped due to a dip in form. The southpaw batsman has moved up three places to sixth with 764 PIR after his impressive knock of 84 runs in the first Test … Read more
(From left to right) Australian Travis Head, Pakistani Babar Azam, and Indian Arshdeep Singh. – Reuters/AFP/File LAHORE: Pakistan star Babar Azam has been named among the nominees for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award. Babar, who is currently the highest-ranked one-day international (ODI) player and sits sixth in the … Read more
Pakistani white-ball captain Shan Masood (left) and Babar Azam pictured during a Test match. – AFP/File The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday revealed the playing squad for the first Test against South Africa with ace batsman Babar Azam returning for the match scheduled to begin on December 26 at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The … Read more
Pakistani Babar Azam returns to the pavilion after being dismissed during a Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on September 2, 2024. – AFP The management and selection committee of the Pakistan red-ball team has sought former skipper Babar Azam to be part of the squad for the … Read more
(From left to right) Pakistani cricketers Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. – AFP/File Pakistani cricket stars Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi have moved higher in the latest ICC T20I rankings, while Babar Azam has fallen down the pecking order. Wicket-keeper Rizwan has moved up two places to sixth with 713 ranking points, … Read more
The Pakistani national team during a training session. —X/@therealpcb Selectors remove Shaheen Afridi from the Test squad. Babar Azam has been included in the squads for all three formats. Focus on building momentum for Champions Trophy: Javed. LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced the green shirt squads for all three formats for … Read more
Babar Azam pictured during a training session in Australia. – AFP/File LAHORE: Newly appointed head coach of Pakistan white-ball cricket team Aaqib Javed has touched on the inclusion of star player Babar Azam and his position in the T20I squad. The former captain, who has been going through a tough phase in all formats of … Read more
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam plays a shot during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between Australia and Pakistan at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on November 18, 2024. – AFP Hobart: Pakistani batsman Babar Azam took second place in the list of all-time top run-scorers in men’s T20 Internationals, surpassing India’s Virat Kohli on Monday. The … Read more