Shoaib Malik: “[The] captain needs to utilise the options on [the] bench wisely. Moving forward, the captain should give time and enough overs to Azam and Iftikhar to settle first, expecting them to score 12-14 right away is unfair”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik believes Pakistan captain Babar Azam has excessively high expectations of big-hitters Azam Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed, saying requiring them to score 12 to 14 runs per over “right away is unfair”.
Zaman struck a career-best 114 to lead Pakistan to Champions Trophy glory
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Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman has revealed that he was concerned he would miss the Champions Trophy final against India on Sunday.
Persistent rain led to the decider being washed out
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The West Indies and Afghanistan were forced to settle for a 1-1 series draw after the third ODI in St Lucia was abandoned without a single ball bowled.
The rain had the final say in Dublin
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Ireland and Bangladesh were forced to settle for two points apiece after their showdown in Dublin was washed out due to heavy rain.
Bad light saw the match end as a draw
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England were forced to settle for a draw on the fifth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi as bad light left them 25 runs short of victory.
Australia celebrate after whitewashing the West Indies 2-0
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Australia’s bowling attack worked as a cohesive unit to slice through the West Indies’ batting line-up to ensure the Baggy Greens won the second Test in Jamaica by 277 runs and clinched the series 2-0.
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“We have a meeting with the ICC in late January, in Dubai, so we’ll have to wait and see what their response is”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has revealed that the board have asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) “for a loan of $8 million to settle our loans with Bank of Ceylon”.
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“If Australia play well and he continues to captain the way he does, I think England are going to lose the series”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has taken a jab at Alastair Cook just weeks before the start of the Ashes series, stating that the England captain “can be negative, boring, not very imaginative”.
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The final day was abandoned due to heavy rain
Bangladesh and New Zealand had to settle for a 0-0 draw in their two-Test series after the final day of the second Test in Mirpur was abandoned due to heavy rain.
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Iqbal missed out on scoring his fifth Test century
Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal came agonisingly close to scoring his fifth Test century before the heavens parted, leading to stumps being called early on day one of the second Test in Mirpur.
