News Rizwan was recently named Player of the Series in the T20Is against South Africa The Multan Sultans have named wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as their captain for the upcoming Pakistan Super League season. He will replace Shan Masood, who led the franchise to the playoffs last year. Rizwan was previously part of the Karachi Kings, the defending PSL champions, but …
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News Mohammad Rizwan, the leading run-scorer, jumped 116 places to 42nd in the batting list South Africa’s left-arm wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi has risen to a career-best second position in the ICC T20I rankings for bowlers, following his four-wicket haul against Pakistan in Lahore. Shamsi was the joint leading wicket-taker in the three-match series, picking up six scalps at an average …
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News Lessons learnt in unfamiliar conditions please coach despite return to South Africa without trophy There was an air of apology to the naming of South Africa’s T20I squad last month, with head coach Mark Boucher almost forced to justify the inexperience of the men named. He explained that the visitors were prioritising the upcoming visit of Australia to their …
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Pakistan 169 for 6 (Babar 44, Shamsi 4-25) beat South Africa 164 for 8 (Miller 85*, Mahmood 3-40) by four wickets Pakistan subjected South Africa to their first T20I series defeat in the subcontinent and fourth successive T20I series loss, leaving them empty-handed from their first tour to the country since 2007. In an entertaining finale at the Gaddafi Stadium, …
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Dwaine Pretorius trapped Babar Azam lbw in his first over © AFP South Africa 145 for 4 (Hendricks 42, van Biljon 42, Afridi 2-18) beat Pakistan 144 for 7 (Rizwan 51, Pretorius 5-17) by six wickets South Africa broke a losing streak that stretched back five T20Is to last February and stayed alive in the ongoing series in Pakistan by …
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Pakistan and South Africa were mostly evenly matched in the first ODI in Lahore © AFP / Getty Images Big picture The South African side might be second-string, but there was nothing second-rate about the cricket on show at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday. In a pulsating encounter that took until the 240th ball of the match to finally reveal the …
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News All matches to be played on the Highveld, games will be split between the Wanderers and SuperSport Park Cricket South Africa has confirmed it will host Pakistan for three ODIs and four T20Is between April 2 and 16, with all matches to be played on the Highveld. The games will be split between the Wanderers in Johannesburg and SuperSport …
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Pakistan 169 for 6 beat (Rizwan 104*, Phehlukwayo 2-33) beat South Africa 166 for 6 (Hendricks 54, Qadir 2-21) by three runs Mohammad Rizwan became only the second Pakistan batsmen to score a T20I hundred and contributed more than 60% of his team’s total as they edged out South Africa by three runs in a thrilling first T20I. No one …
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News Pakistan’s carrier, Emirates Airlines, announced it had suspended its flight operations on the Harare-Dubai route from February 13 to 28 Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) mutually agreed to call off the remainder of the Pakistan women’s ongoing tour of Zimbabwe, following the announcement of the visiting side’s carrier, Emirates Airlines, that it had suspended its …
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Big Picture After an entertaining Test series where the 2-0 scoreline belied the competitiveness of the cricket, Pakistan and South Africa move on to the shortest format. This is a series both sides will cherish for very different reasons. For Pakistan, it serves as an appetiser to a five-week-long bonanza of T20 cricket in the shape of the PSL which …
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