Cricket

LONDON: Babar Azam added another feather to his cap on Friday when he surpassed Pakistan’s legend batsman Javed Miandad as the country’s highest run-scorer in a World Cup edition. Babar reached this milestone during his World Cup 2019 innings against Bangladesh at Lord’s here when he scored the 60th run of his innings to surpass Miandad’s 27-year-old record of 437 ...

LONDON: Pakistan thumped Bangladesh by 94 runs in their final World Cup group match on Friday but it was not enough to earn them a place in the semi-finals as New Zealand went through on net run-rate. Sarfaraz Ahmed´s team needed to smash the world record for margin of victory in a one-day international after winning the toss to keep ...

LONDON: Pakistan’s teenage pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi on Friday became the youngest ever player to take five wickets in a World Cup match. He’s also the first ever teenager to do so in cricketing history.. Shaheen, aged 19 years and 90 days, got wickets of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehmudullah, Mustafizur Rehman and Mohammad Saifuddin to ...

LONDON: Pakistan’s fast bowler Wahab Riaz has surpassed former captain Imran Khan to jump to second place in the list of most wickets taken by a Pakistani bowler in the World Cup. 34-year-old Wahab bowled Mushfiqur Raheem of Bangladesh during Pakistan’s last group stage match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Lord’s on Friday. Mushfiqur Raheem became Wahab’s ...

Pakistan have little more than pride to play for when they take on Bangladesh in their last World Cup 2019 league match on Friday. Once England beat New Zealand on Wednesday to qualify for the semi-finals, Pakistan’s faint hopes of making the knockout grade effectively came crashing down as now they need to beat Bangladesh by some outlandish margin to ...

LONDON: Pakistan faces an uphill task against Bangladesh on Friday if they want to qualify for the Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-finals, requiring victory with an unrealistic 316-run margin if they wish to finish among the top four. Currently, Pakistan is struggling with their net run rate (NRR), which was dented hugely after the team’s mammoth defeat against the West ...

LONDON: They live in a right-handed world, historically stigmatised and challenged by tasks as simple as using scissors – but when it comes to taking wickets at the World Cup, being a southpaw seamer is a distinct advantage. Mitchell Starc leads the way at the top of the World Cup bowling charts, with 24 wickets in eight matches so far ...

LEEDS: Chris Gayle removed Afghanistan top-scorer Ikram Alikhil with his tame off-breaks as the West Indies secured just their second win of a chastening World Cup campaign on Thursday. The Caribbean side scored 311 for six in their 50 overs in Leeds and although the Afghans put up a brave fight, they ultimately went down by 23 runs. Gayle, almost ...

LONDON: It’s Friday morning and Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza wins the toss and decides to bat first in their last group game against Pakistan at Lord’s. Such a call from Mashrafe, if he beats Sarfraz Ahmed at the spin of the coin, would end any faint hopes Pakistan have of qualifying for the World Cup semi-finals. So bleak is the ...

England win the toss and bat! “I think the pitch and overheads,” [are the decisive factor}, says Eoin Morgan. “The pitches have got tougher, slower, lower as the match goes on, and it’s a trend that the pitches haven’t been as good as the last few years. It’s a bit like a quarter-final, we train hard, play hard, today is ...