When everyone had to work a little ‘extra’
December 19th, 2016 | by
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Australia took the extra extra half hour, much after the scheduled close, in anticipation of a win. But at the end of an everlasting gobsmacker of a day, Pakistan dared to dream When this day began, stumps was meant to be 8pm....
Smith century puts Australia ahead on first day
December 16th, 2016 | by
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Australia 3 for 288 (Smith 110*, Renshaw 71, Handscomb 64*) v Pakistan Scorecard and ball-by-ball details It is hard enough for touring teams at the Gabba without providing instances of charity to the hosts. On a night when...
‘Very Australian’ Khawaja set to take on country of birth
December 14th, 2016 | by
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Twenty-five years ago, Usman Khawaja left Pakistan as a little boy with his family, set for a new life in Australia. He has played 20 Test matches in the baggy green, and is about to play his first against the country of his...
‘I am going to bowl aggressively’ – Wahab
December 14th, 2016 | by
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Wahab Riaz has warned Australia to be prepared for the same hostile fast bowling he produced the last time he played against them on Australian soil. Wahab’s heated battle with Shane Watson at the Adelaide Oval during the...
Shouldn’t ‘overkill’ day-night Tests – Lyon
December 14th, 2016 | by
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Nathan Lyon has urged cricket to avoid “overkill” in its scheduling of day-night Tests, as Australia prepare for their second of back-to-back pink-ball Tests this summer. The Australia-Pakistan game at the Gabba will...
Pakistan quicks thrive, but batsmen stumble
December 10th, 2016 | by
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Pakistanis 208 (Younis 54, Sarfraz 39, Valente 4-36) and 5 for 124 (Azhar 44*) lead Cricket Australia XI 114 (Amir 3-16, Rahat 3-26, Wahab 3-28) by 218 runs The Pakistan fast bowlers completed the demolition job they had begun on...
Marsh doubts leave Australia unchanged
December 9th, 2016 | by
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Uncertainty over Shaun Marsh’s badly broken finger has ensured that Australia’s revamped Test squad was retained for the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba. The selectors had made sweeping changes after...
Amir and Rahat strike after Younis fifty
December 9th, 2016 | by
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Cricket Australia XI 4 for 3 (Amir 3-3) trail Pakistanis 208 (Younis 54, Sarfraz 39, Valente 4-36) by 205 runs Mohammad Amir took three wickets with the pink ball, including two off his first two balls, in Pakistanis’...
Yasir Shah to miss warm-up game with back trouble
December 6th, 2016 | by
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Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah hurt his back during a training session at the Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns on Tuesday, and will miss his team’s warm-up game at the same venue later this week as a result. He is being...
Don’t need to pre-announce retirement – Misbah
November 30th, 2016 | by
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Pakistan’s Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said he is still undecided about his retirement plan and it is a decision he will take on his own, not with the PCB, after deciding his utility as a captain and as a player for the...
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