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Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali and head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq had on Monday slammed Bangladesh’s reported unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, saying it is “a great injustice” and “there is no excuse not to come”. read more

Shan Masood (135), Abid Ali (174), Azhar Ali (118), and Babar Azam (100*) all scored their centuries and they sent the visitors on a leather hunt. read more

Abid, nicknamed “legend” in Pakistan’s dressing room, hit 174 for his second hundred in as many Tests -- becoming the first Pakistani and ninth batsmen overall to score two centuries in his first two Tests. read more

Pak vs SL: A 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team had led to a freeze on cricket in Pakistan, which has been playing its home matches on neutral venues. read more

Pakistan had a forgettable tour of Australia as they lost the T20 series 0-2 before suffering embarrassing innings defeats in the two Tests, which were part of World Test Championship. read more

The visitors crashed to an innings and 48 runs defeat in the second Test at Adelaide, following an innings and five run loss in Brisbane. read more

Aus vs Pak: The visitors were asked to follow-on by Aussie captain Tim Paine and during the final session on third day, Smith picked a stunning catch in the slip cordon to get rid of opposition captain Azhar Ali. read more

At one point David Warner looked set to break the highest ever Test score of 400 by Brian Lara but Australia captain Tim Paine decided otherwise. Warner remained unbeaten on 335 off 418 balls when Australia declared at 589 for 3. read more

Skipper Azhar Ali will also drop down the order to bat at number three in the day-night Test starting Friday, with Imam-ul-Haq set to get the nod to open the innings alongside Shan Masood and Haris Sohail dropped. read more

Naseem Shah, who opted to remain on tour after his mother died last week, made the grade for Thursday’s first Test after impressing with an eight-over spell against Australia A in Perth. read more

Babar Azam, who will be country’s youngest skipper in Twenty20 cricket at 25, said Australia will pose a huge challenge. read more

The wicketkeeper was also not named in the squad for the upcoming series. After the announcement, rumours started circulating that the 32-year might announce retirement. read more

Most of the former captains and players termed the removal of Sarfaraz on Friday as unjust. read more

Pakistan Cricket Board were left red-faced after its ill-timed tweet drew criticism on Friday. The PCB tweeted a video of Pakistan cricketers’ dancing almost immediately after sacking Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain of its Test and T20I teams. read more

Sarfaraz, who came under a lot of fire following Pakistan’s dismal performance in the ICC World Cup 2019, was also dropped for the upcoming tour of Australia, where they will play three T20Is and kick-start their World Test Championship campaign. read more