Steve Smith struck eight boundaries and a six during his unbeaten knock of 77
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Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne scored 77 not out and 63 respectively to give Australia the upper hand over New Zealand on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
Ehsan Mani: ““I have no grudges with Sarfaraz and he knows this, he was inconsistent and was dropped from the side on the basis of his performances”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has made it clear that there is no rift between him and former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Babar Azam: “Nothing like the Test series win at home. Just speechless. Look forward to play against many more cricket [nations] on our beautiful Pakistan soil”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam admitted that he was left “speechless” by the feeling of winning a Test series on hme soil.
Azhar Ali: “I think we should back him, he’s our world record holder and has been a match-winner”
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Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has insisted that the national team should support and back spinner Yasir Shah to regain his form with the ball.
Pakistan players past and present expressed their happiness after the national team won their first Test series on home soil after 10 years
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Past and present Pakistan players rejoiced and expressed their delight after the national team’s historic Test series win over Sri Lanka on Monday.
Shan Masood: “We’ll enjoy this win, but it’s Test cricket, we can’t take anything for granted”
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Pakistan opener Shan Masood has warned the national team not to “take anything for granted” after their 1-0 win over Sri Lanka in the recently concluded two-Test series.
Azhar Ali: “The stand between Abid Ali and Shan Masood took the game away from Sri Lanka, can’t emphasize that enough”
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Pakistan captain Azhar Ali believes that openers Abid Ali and Shan Masood “took the game away from Sri Lanka” in the second Test in Karachi.
Naseem Shah finished with career-best figures of 5-31 off 12.5 overs
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Naseem Shah became the youngest pace bowler to take a five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Pakistan needed just 16 balls to bowl Sri Lanka out and demolish them by 263 runs in Karachi.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “As regards to Fawad, the idea is to make sure we don’t play him just for the sake of it, hopefully he will get a chance [later]”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has made it clear that veteran batsman Fawad Alam won’t be picked “just for the sake of it”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Biryani is not allowed in our dressing room but if someone likes it that much, they will eat it when they go home”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has confirmed that the national players are not allowed to eat biryani.
