Warner’s century blitz flattens Pakistan
January 3rd, 2017 | by
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Lunch Australia 0 for 126 (Warner 100*, Renshaw 25*) v Pakistan David Warner surged to a century before lunch for the first time in the history of Test matches in Australia, thoroughly bedraggling Pakistan in the process. Having...
Misbah to captain Pakistan in Sydney Test
January 2nd, 2017 | by
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Misbah-ul-Haq will play the third and final Test against Australia and will do so as captain. After the final-day loss in Melbourne, in which a second-ball duck prolonged a run of low scores for him, Misbah had spoken of the...
Misbah ‘thinking about’ retirement; undecided about Sydney Test
December 31st, 2016 | by
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Misbah-ul-Haq has raised the possibility that he may leave international cricket, even as soon as before the third and final Test of Pakistan’s series against Australia. Pakistan’s most successful Test captain was...
‘Phenomenal the way we turned things around’ – Smith
December 31st, 2016 | by
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Nobody turns up to day five of a Test anymore. Well, hardly anybody. At the Gabba: 2593 showed up, with free entry all day. At the MCG: 6189 – though more flooded in after tea when Cricket Australia threw open the gates....
Azhar Ali century steers Pakistan
December 27th, 2016 | by
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Pakistan 4 for 232 (Azhar 112*, Shafiq 48*) v Australia A century from Azhar Ali and staunch support by Asad Shafiq frustrated Australia’s bowlers in a rain-interrupted first session on day two at the MCG. Resuming on an...
Australia claw ahead with regular blows
December 26th, 2016 | by
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Tea Pakistan 4 for 142 (Azhar 66*, Shafiq 4*) v Australia Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details A fine delivery from Jackson Bird and an even better catch by Nic Maddinson at short leg put Australia in control of...
Warner confident poor Test form will turn
December 26th, 2016 | by
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It’s been a big year for David Warner. In January, he won the Allan Border Medal for the first time. Also in January he became a father for the second time, with the birth of his daughter Indi Rae. In August, he captained...
Self-assured Aslam absorbs Brisbane lessons
December 24th, 2016 | by
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While others collapsed around him in the first innings in Brisbane, Sami Aslam held his own, relying on discipline and clarity over his role in the side For a long, long while in Pakistan’s first innings in Brisbane, Sami...
Shafiq, unsung but not an underachiever
December 23rd, 2016 | by
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Asad Shafiq’s prominence in Pakistan’s rise would have perhaps been a bigger deal, had he been a player from cricket’s Big Three The most Asad Shafiq thing that happened to Asad Shafiq on the day that the most...
Cartwright bolts into Boxing Day Test squad
December 21st, 2016 | by
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Australia’s selectors have pushed still further towards youth, ignoring Mitchell Marsh in order to draft his Western Australia team-mate Hilton Cartwright into the Boxing Day Test squad as all-round cover for a bowling...
