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  • Weather report for the final match between Pakistan and England

    Weather report for the final match between Pakistan and England

    The fourth and final T20 match of the four match series between Pakistan and England will be played today at London’s Kennington Oval. However, according to ‘The Weather Channel’ the match could be affected by rain as there is a 42% chance of rain in Kennington today.

    The third T20I between Pakistan and England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff was also called off on Tuesday due to rain.

    England took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 23-run victory in the second T20I on Saturday. The first match at Leeds on May 22 also ended without a ball being bowled.

  • 3rd T20 match between Pakistan and England washed out due to rain

    3rd T20 match between Pakistan and England washed out due to rain

    The third T20 match between Pakistan and England in Cardiff, has been called off due to continuous rain.

    Incessant rain continued in Cardiff due to which the toss could not be taken and the match was cancelled.

    The first match of the series between Pakistan and England was rained out, while in the second match, England defeated Pakistan by 23 runs.

    The final T20I of the series between Pakistan and England will be played on Thursday.

  • World Cup 2023: England defeats Pakistan by 93 runs

    World Cup 2023: England defeats Pakistan by 93 runs

    England defeated Pakistan by 93 runs in the 44th match of the World Cup 2023 played at Eden Garden, Kolkata.

    England’s inning:

    England won the toss and decided to bat against Pakistan. The English team scored 337 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.

    England’s first wicket fell on 82 runs, Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed David Mullan for 31 runs, and then Haris Rauf sent Jonny Bairstow back to the pavilion for 59 runs.

    Ben Stokes played an inning of 84 runs, but he was bowled by Shaheen Afridi, Jurot got out after scoring 60 runs, Harry Brook scored 30 runs, Jos Buttler scored 27 runs and Moeen Ali scored eight runs.

    On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf and Muhammad Wasim got three wickets, Shaheen Afridi got two wickets and Iftikhar Ahmed got one wicket.

    Pakistan’s inning:

    In pursuit of England’s 338 runs, the Pakistan team was bowled out for 244 runs in 43.3 overs.

    Opener Abdullah Shafiq was dismissed on zero on the second ball of the inning by David Willy while Fakhar Zaman was for 1 run. Captain Babar Azam scored 36, Muhammad Rizwan 38, Salman Ali Agha 51, Shaheen Afridi 25, Wasim Jr. 16, and Haris Rauf scored 35 runs.

    On behalf of England, David Wily took 3 while Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali, and Gus Atkinson took two wickets each.

    The national cricket team will leave for home from India tomorrow:

    Pakistan team will fly out of India in two groups.

    First batch of 11 members of the team will depart from Kolkota at 8:55 am tomorrow November 12 via Emirates flight EK571. Remaining members will fly from Kolkota at 08:20 pm tomorrow November 12 via Emirates flight EK573

    Players from Sialkot will be landing to their respective city from Emirates flight EK618 on November 13.

    Player and members from team management from KPK, Islamabad and Rawalpindi will be landing in Islamabad via EK612 on November 13

    Players from Lahore and team management will be landing from two different flights. EK622 and EK624 on November 13

    Hasan Ali will stay back in India. He will return back to Pakistan on November 22.

    Team director Mickey Arthur will stay in Dubai from November 13 to 16 before departing for Lahore on November 16.

  • ‘Stop giving lame excuses’: Shoaib Akhtar tells Captain Babar Azam

    ‘Stop giving lame excuses’: Shoaib Akhtar tells Captain Babar Azam

    Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has told the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, to stop giving lame excuses.

    This comes after Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 by England in the recent ODI series. Pakistan also lost the T20 series 2-1.

    “It is all lame excuses. There was nothing on the wicket like extraordinary bounce. A little seam movement is expected in England. If you can’t handle that seam, then what will you do?” Akhtar said PTV Sports as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

    While in another interview with Sports Tak, Akhtar said: “Virat has what … 70 centuries in international cricket right. So in the next five years, he will get 30 more and I want him to get 120 centuries, or at least 110. See, with these many runs, who can be compared to him? The debate in itself is wrong. And Babar is now coming through. It’s really good that there is healthy competition.”

    “If Babar needs to beat Virat and surpass him, he will have to score more runs chasing and play the kind of innings Kohli has. There is no doubt that Babar Azam can probably be the greatest batsman of Pakistan, but it will take time. We will judge Kohli and Babar after 10 years where they stand,” Akhtar added.

    “I have a feeling Pakistan and India will play in the T20 World Cup final and India will lose to Pakistan. Conditions in UAE will favour both India and Pakistan,” said Akhtar while talking about the India-Pakistan face-off in the T20 World Cup.

    Azam was in fine form during the three ODIs as he accumulated 177 runs, which included a career-best 158, at an average of 59.

    As for the T20 series, he scored 118 runs in three matches, which included a top score of 85, at an average of 39.33 and a strike-rate of 151.28.

  • Haroon Shahid, Faysal Quraishi call out PTV Sports for body shaming Azam Khan

    Haroon Shahid, Faysal Quraishi call out PTV Sports for body shaming Azam Khan

    Faysal Quraishi and singer turned actor Haroon Shahid took to social media to share an insensitive post by Pakistan Television (PTV) Sports’ official social media account, which posted a picture of Azam Khan with a caption that read: “Khata hai lekin lagata nahin.”

    Faysal turned to Instagram stories and wrote: “Shame on you @ptvsportspk.”

    Similarly, Haroon took to Instagram stories, saying: “Not a joke. At first I thought it’s a fake page running under the name of PTV sports. To my surprising, it wasn’t,” adding, “Is this how we are going to ridicule our players.”

    National High-Performance Centre batting coach Mohammad Yousuf said wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan can’t look to hit sixes all the time.

    He added that Azam has to learn to assess match situations and see what the team needs him to do and what approach he has to take.

    Azam, who is the son of former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan, recently made his international debut as he featured in the first T20 International against England on Friday.

    In the match, which Pakistan won by 31 runs, he made five runs off three balls, which included a boundary.

    In the second T20 International, Azam only made one run as Pakistan was beaten by 45 runs.

    The 22-year-old was called up to the national team on the back of strong performances in domestic cricket.

    In the Pakistan Cup, he accumulated 186 runs in seven games for Sindh, which included a top score of 69, at an average of 46.50 and a strike rate of 124.83.

    As for the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he scored 174 runs in 10 matches for the Quetta Gladiators at an average of 17.40 and a strike rate of 133.84.

    “Hitting sixes is important in T20s, but a proper batsman has to look at the match situation first and foremost and also look at what the team needs,” Yousuf told a Pakistani media outlet.

    Meanwhile, netizens are also trolling Azam with insensitive memes on social media. Hashtag Azam Khan fat was also trending on Twitter.

    The three-match T20 series is now tied at 1-1 and the decider will be held on Tuesday.