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On Tuesday, New Zealand's openers blasted sixes to gip Pakistan by 5 wickets and take 2-0 lead in their Twenty20 series. In the second match of the rain-abbreviated series, Pakistan scored 135-9 off 15 overs while the home team was able to 137-5 with 11 balls to spare in Dunedin to go 2-0 up in the five-match series. But New Zealand's standout was a brutal opening partnership featuring Tim Seifert and Finn Allen — seven of the first eight scoring shots in the innings were sixes.

The Pakistani cricket fans were engulfed by gloom and calls for complete reform after their team failed to advance past the group stage of the Champions Trophy just one week after rejoicing at the tournament's return. Pakistan's team suffered a loss to New Zealand by 60 runs in their first match in Karachi last week followed by a six-wicket defeat to India which nearly forced them out of the tournament early. Pakistan depended on Bangladesh winning against New Zealand on Monday to maintain

New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 60 runs in their Champions Trophy match opening thereby marking Pakistan's first international tournament appearance in thirty years. Will Young and Tom Latham scored brilliant centuries that led New Zealand to a total of 320-5. Tom Latham scored an unbeaten 118 runs off 104 balls while opener Young made 107 runs from 113 balls as New Zealand capitalized on Pakistan's decision to bowl first on a flat National Stadium pitch. The Air Force made a ceremonial flight over

Champions Trophy LIVE Score, PAK vs NZ: Facing significant pressure during the match at Karachi's National Stadium, skipper Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to send New Zealand in to bat first. Champions Trophy LIVE Score, PAK vs NZ: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will start with Pakistan facing New Zealand in Karachi on Wednesday. The Pakistan-New Zealand match promises to benefit both sides because they played each other recently in a tri-series tournament in Pakistan. The Champions Trophy returns to the

During the Champions Trophy's first match in Karachi Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and elected to make New Zealand bat first on Wednesday. Pakistan will host its first global cricket tournament since 1996 through the eight-nation ODI competition. Pacer Haris Rauf joins the home team after recovering from his lower chest muscular sprain sustained during last week's tri-series. Abrar Ahmed is Pakistan's only frontline spinner.  New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra is unable to play following his severe head injury from the tri-series opening match.

The cricket chief of Pakistan hopes that next week's Champions Trophy will become the first major multi-country cricket event in nearly three decades to pave the way for more similar tournaments. The 2009 Lahore attack on a Sri Lankan cricket team bus resulted in top cricket teams avoiding Pakistan which led them to shift their home games predominantly to the UAE. The Pakistan Cricket Board spent several years persuading international cricket organizations about the security of visiting the country. The cricket board managed

The ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 matches in Pakistan including group stage fixtures and the second semi-final will be available for general purchase from January 28 at 1 pm UAE time.  Fans interested in attending matches in the UAE now have the opportunity to register their interest through the official website before ticket announcements commence. India will compete in three matches in Dubai on February 20, February 23 and March 2.  General seating tickets for the 10 Pakistan matches will be available at

After defeating Pakistan by 120 runs in Multan on Monday West Indies won their first Pakistan test match since 1990 which resulted in a 1-1 series draw.  Pakistan required 178 runs to win and sweep the series after stumps on the second day marked their score at 76-4 but they suffered quick losses of two wickets as Saud Shakeel (13) and Kashif Ali (1) were dismissed cheaply by Kevin Sinclair and Jomel Warrican.  Mohammad Rizwan provided the hosts with a chance to compete

After returning to winning form at ILT20 Season 3 the Desert Vipers dominated the Sharjah Warriorz match to win by ten wickets at Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday.  Through Fakhar Zaman's 71 runs without loss and Mohammad Amir's four wickets the Desert Vipers secured their top league position with a dominant 10-wicket victory.  With 91 runs all out on the board Desert Vipers raced through their chase when Alex Hales (23 not out from 21 balls) smashed boundaries at the start of their

Pakistan's top order superstar Fakhar Zaman is bracing for the DP World ILT20 (January 11-February 9) with the Desert Vipers – and he feels he still has plenty to give Pakistan.  It was Fakhar that Desert Vipers Director of Cricket Tom Moody targeted most during this year’s tournament in the UAE, and the Australian ICC Cricket World Cup champion describes the left-hander as "a real match-winner".  Fakhar’s account: The chance to join the Desert Vipers was not one he had to give much

South Africa trounced a lowly 58 to beat Pakistan by 10 wickets at a sun-kissed Newlands on Monday and tied the series 2-0 after four days of the second and final Test.  Pakistan had thwarted the home visitors’ chase for victory, their second innings total of 478 had been tasked to follow up, their innings dominated by captain Shan Masood’s splendid 145 on a supple pitch.  But the Pakistan wickets kept falling, thanks to some fucked up shot choice from the seamer Kagiso

South Africa (AP) — South Africa opted to bat first against Pakistan in the first test on Thursday to book its place in the World Test Championship final.  The teams loaded their XIs with four fast bowlers each and didn’t send in a spin specialist for the Boxing Day test match on a SuperSport Park surface where pace has ruled the past six years.  South Africa test debutant Corbin Bosch who will be joined by veteran fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen

Zimbabwe ended Pakistan on two wickets consolation in an exhilarating last T20I on Thursday.  Zimbabwe bowled Pakistan out for two in a consolation two-wicket win in a nail-biting final T20I on Thursday after tailender Richard Ngarava sent them home with one ball to spare. Pakistan - who were looking for a series win after taking the first two matches by 57 runs and 10 wickets respectively - rested a few key figures and reached 132-7 in 20 overs in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe batted well

Pakistan closed the ODI series against Zimbabwe in style at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo thanks to Kamran Ghulam’s maiden One Day International (ODI) century which helped Pakistan chase a target of 204 undefeated with a margin of 99 runs. It now finish the ODIs in the three-match series with a conclusive win of 2-1. Batting first, the total made by Pakistan was quite respectable as they scored 303. However, with Ghulam’s performance, who made 103 runs, impressed fans and for him, it was

Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 61 runs off merely 27 balls as Australia easily overpowered Pakistan by 7 wickets in the third T20 International and completed the series with a score of 3-0 on Monday. As Stoinis reached the run cut off of 118 runs required with five overs remaining at 8.4 overs to spare Bellerive Oval, five sixes and an equal number of fours marked the explosive performance by Stoinis in the background of Australia chasing the target.  In reply, Pakistan started

The South Asian team’s first leg in the Australian tour consisted of three ODIs played in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Pakistan Sunday made Mohammad Rizwan captain of the white-ball tours of Australia and Zimbabwe replacing Babar Azam who rated opaque earlier this month. Rizwan, 34, previously captained Pakistan in two Test matches during the 2020 New Zealand tour while Babar Azam was recovering from an injury. This appointment marks Rizwan's first time leading the team in limited-overs formats, as he has yet to

Pakistan wrapped up the last Test match by nine wickets in under three days, ensuring a series victory of 2-1 over England during the pre season tours held in Rawalpindi. Although Noman, the 38-year-old left-arm spinner and off-spinner Sahajid, 31, managed to get all 20 wickets on an equally weathered pitch during the second test of the series last week, they managed to get 19 more wickets today as England were bowled out on 112 runs on a self designed hard pitch. This

Pakistan on Friday achieved an emphatic 152-run victory in the second Test against England at Multan Cricket Stadium, thus bringing the three-match series back on level terms. Pakistan won the match on the fourth morning, inspired by another great spell of spin from its bowlers, with Noman Ali taking an impressive 8 wickets in the match. England was bowled out for 144, with Ali needing just eight runs on a spin assisted pitch that targeted 297. There was no stopping Noman Ali. The

Pakistan A captain Mohammad Haris has disclosed that it has been directed to his team not to say a word about India in the changing room on the match day, October 19, during their Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup against India. A comprehensive qualifying stage will conclude in December with the group featuring the UAE and Oman as well. Haris, 23, who has played 6 ODIs and 9 T20Is for Pakistan, said that too much talk regarding cricket with respect to India

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2024, Women T20 World Cup, As in other World Cups, even this time nearly all criticism will be directed against South Africa's inability to get past the semifinals thanks to a comprehensive defeat in their last Super 6 match. Pakistan vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2024 Live Streaming:  Watching this encounter is of the most importance to India as they do not want Pakistan to win the match as winning it would mean and increase the chances of