CHRISTCHURCH, Oct 14(ABC): Star Pakistani batter Mohammad Rizwan added another feather to his cap Friday when he became the highest T20I scorer in 2022, surpassing India’s Suryakumar Yadav. The Indian batter has scored 801 runs in 23 innings while Rizwan overtook him when he scored the 15th run against New Zealand in the tri-series final today. Rizwan achieved the feat in …

CHRISTCHURCH, Oct 14(ABC): In a major boost to the Pakistan cricket team ahead of the T20 World Cup, the Babar Azam-led squad won the tri-series, beating New Zealand by five wickets on Friday. Deciding to bowl first after winning the toss, the Pakistani bowlers restricted the Kiwis to 163-7 despite skipper Kane Williamson’s 59. Chasing the 164-run target, Pakistan lost …

LONDON, Oct 15(ABC):Azeem Rafiq, whose allegations of racism plunged English cricket into crisis, is leaving Britain to protect his family from further abuse and intimidation, a report said on Friday. The ex-Yorkshire spinner is due to move overseas in the near future with his wife, children and parents, the Cricketer magazine reported. The Pakistan-born former player first raised allegations of …

Oct 13(ABC): Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood is optimistic about pace ace Shaheen Shah Afridi’s return to the national side ahead of the T20 World Cup and said that the 22-year-old would not have “any problems” when he joins the team after his recovering from his knee injury. Shaheen sustained a knee injury during Pakistan’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka …

WELLINGTON, Oct 13(ABC): Pakistan will face New Zealand in the T20I tri-series final after Bangladesh was defeated by the home team. The final will take place on October 14 (Friday) in Christchurch days before the start of this month’s T20 World Cup in Australia. In today’s math, Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway struck half-centuries as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 48 runs …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13(ABC): Former champions Pakistan are counting on fit-again pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi to be back to his destructive best at the T20 World Cup in Australia. The 22-year-old was on Tuesday given the green light to join the squad after recovering from a right knee injury sustained in the first Test against Sri Lanka in July. He …

Oct 13(ABC):Australia’s former pacer Brett Lee is unhappy with India’s T20 World Cup squad as he thinks that uncapped pacer Umran Malik should be added to the 15-man team. There have been debates on India’s 15-member squad as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, pacer Jasprit Bumrah, and reserve player Deepak Chahar have been ruled out with an injury. As a result, the …

LONDON, Oct 13(ABC):  White-ball specialist Liam Livingstone has been given the chance to shine with the red ball for England’s Test tour to Pakistan as opener Alex Lees was dropped from the 15-man squad announced on Wednesday. Livingstone has never played an international at Test level and has not even featured in first-class cricket for over a year, increasingly focusing …

Oct 13(ABC): Former fast bowler Wasim Akram has said that Babar Azam-led Pakistan have a chance of winning the upcoming T20 World Cup if they control their fragile middle order. Pakistan’s middle order has recently been under fire after the team failed to perform in the T20 Asia Cup 2022 and the recently concluded home series against England. The middle-order …

DUBAI, Oct 11(ABC): Flight bookings to Qatar are booming for the soccer World Cup being held in November and December, with particularly strong demand from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as fans work round a shortage of accommodation in Doha, a study showed on Tuesday. Flight bookings to Qatar from the UAE and nine other countries have risen ten-fold compared …