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Shadab's maiden ODI hundred and an 89-run last-wicket stand take Pakistan into the final with one-wicket win over England
Pakistan were 154 for 9, still 88 short of 242, when Haris Rauf joined Shadab Khan at the Gaddafi Stadium. Shadab finished on 113 not out and Pakistan won with 17 balls to spare, leaving Ben Duckett's 105 on the losing side and sealing a place in the 31 October final.
Match reports · · CricSearch News Desk
Bangladesh v West Indies: the favourites, the history and the Mirpur gamble
Bangladesh start the two-Test series fourth in the World Test Championship and are expected to beat a West Indies side without Shai Hope and Alzarri Joseph. But West Indies have won 15 of the 22 Tests between the teams, and their last Test tour of Bangladesh ended in a 2-0 win.
Previews · · CricSearch News Desk
Win and Pakistan are in: the Lahore game that could settle the tri-series
Pakistan can seal a place in the 31 October final with a game to spare if they beat England at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. Harry Brook's side are still recovering from losing a 429-run total to Sri Lanka, and another defeat would leave them needing help to reach the final.
Previews · · CricSearch News Desk
Tilak Varma's late assault rescues India from Santner's squeeze as they go 2-0 up in Christchurch
Reduced to 70 for 5 by Mitchell Santner's 4 for 21 on a slow Hagley Oval pitch, India took 35 runs off two overs at the death and chased 181 with a ball to spare. Tilak finished on 51 not out from 26 balls, with Naman Dhir and Nitish Kumar Reddy providing the support.
Match reports · · CricSearch News Desk
Kishan ruled out after India's record chase in Christchurch; Kushagra called up
Ishan Kishan will miss the 2nd T20I against New Zealand with a low-grade right adductor strain, a day after India chased 226 to win the opener. Kumar Kushagra joins from the India A squad as cover.
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Pratika Rawal's unbeaten hundred powers India to nine-wicket rout of Zimbabwe
Exactly a year after her World Cup century, Pratika Rawal hit 100 not out as India Women chased 198 in 27.1 overs in Vadodara to go 1-0 up. Teenager Beloved Biza's 62 kept Zimbabwe in the game.
Match reports · · CricSearch News Desk
Rashid spins the web as unbeaten Afghanistan lift UAE tri-series trophy
Afghanistan bowled Zimbabwe out for 169 and chased it down with seven wickets and 93 balls to spare in Sharjah, finishing the tri-series unbeaten. Sikandar Raza's 68 was Zimbabwe's only real fight.
Match reports · · CricSearch News Desk
World Test Championship explained: how points percentage works, and how Gqeberha reshaped the 2025–27 table
Australia lost seven percentage points with one defeat, while South Africa gained nearly seven with one win. Here is why the WTC table moves so sharply, and what the Newlands decider could do to it.
Explainers · · Muhammad Irfan
Pakistan tri-series explained: format, standings and what each side needs to reach the Lahore final
Pakistan have one foot in the final, Sri Lanka are off the mark and England have no points. Here is how the tournament works, what is left and what each team needs.
Explainers · · Muhammad Irfan
"A long way away from our best": Cummins and McDonald on Australia's innings defeat in Gqeberha
Australia's captain and coach both accepted the scale of the loss. Pat Cummins pointed to a lack of contributions, Andrew McDonald refused to single anyone out, and Marco Jansen explained the conditions that undid them.
Interviews · · Muhammad Irfan
"No value whatsoever": Harry Brook on his record double-century and the chase that got away
England's captain had just made the fastest 200 in ODI history and the highest score by an England batter in the format. After Sri Lanka chased 430, he spoke only about the result, the bowling and what England must do to reach the final.
Interviews · · Muhammad Irfan
Bowl first, expect dew, lose anyway: what three games in Rawalpindi tell us about the Pakistan tri-series
Visiting captains chose to chase in all three Rawalpindi games. Twice Pakistan defended 300-plus comfortably. Then Sri Lanka chased 430. The pattern says more about middle-overs spin than about the toss.
Analysis · · Muhammad Irfan
315 runs from the lower order, 13 wickets in a day: the numbers that explain Australia's defeat in Gqeberha
Australia had South Africa 110 for 6 and lost by an innings. The story of the second Test is told by the runs Australia let slip after that point, and by a batting order that depended on one man.
Analysis · · Muhammad Irfan
India's batting can chase anything. Without Bumrah, can their bowling defend anything?
Christchurch showed India's T20 batting depth at its most thrilling. It also showed an attack that conceded 225 with five bowlers going for 40 or more. Over a long tour of New Zealand, that is the bigger story.
Opinion · · Muhammad Irfan
The 430 problem: one-day cricket must give bowlers something back before the 2027 World Cup
A 202 that loses. A 400-plus chase twice in one year. When the record books fill this quickly, the contest between bat and ball is no longer even, and the game's administrators should act.
Opinion · · Muhammad Irfan
Sikandar Raza at 40: the captain carrying Zimbabwe's old guard into a final
Zimbabwe's captain will set a record for the oldest Full Member captain in an ODI tournament final on Friday. Alongside Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine, he is proof that experience still counts in the 50-over game.
Features · · Muhammad Irfan
Twelve for two, a hat-trick ball and nine hours at the crease: how Temba Bavuma built the innings of his life
South Africa's captain walked in on the first morning in Gqeberha with his side in trouble and walked off 179 runs later with the series level in sight. The innings said as much about his leadership as his batting.
Features · · Muhammad Irfan
Newlands decider: South Africa and Australia meet at 1-1 with the series and World Test Championship momentum at stake
Australia won by 214 runs in Durban, South Africa by an innings in Gqeberha. Now the top and third-placed sides in the WTC table settle it in Cape Town, with Anrich Nortje's groin and Steve Smith's neck the big fitness questions.
Previews · · Muhammad Irfan
Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, tri-series final: Rashid's spells against Raza's resolve in Sharjah
Unbeaten Afghanistan are heavy favourites after thrashing Zimbabwe by 158 runs four days ago. Sikandar Raza's side need their senior batters to solve Rashid Khan, who has dismissed the Zimbabwe captain seven times in ODIs.
Previews · · Muhammad Irfan
Rain ends North Sydney finale as Australia take T20I series 2-0 and Gardner is named player of the series
The third T20I against New Zealand was washed out after 16 balls, leaving Sophie Molineux's side with a 12-match winning streak intact and the Rose Bowl retained.
News · · Muhammad Irfan