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Pakistan vs New Zealand: Waqar Younis to return home after first Test

Pakistan Cricket Board announced that bowling coach Waqar Younis will return home after the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand to be with his family

NZ vs PAK: Rizwan's 89 helps Pakistan third T20I; Kiwis clinches series 2-1

New test captain Mohammad Rizwan showed his leadership quality in a bold innings of 89 which steered Pakistan to a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the third Twenty20 on Tuesday. Rizwan will lead Pakistan in the two-match test series against New Zealand starting on Sunday in place of Babar Azam, who is injured. In Azam's absence he also opened the batting in all three T20s, making 17 in Auckland and 22 in Hamilton before achieving a maiden half-century and career-best 89 from 59 balls on Tuesday. Rizwan beat his previous best of 33 not out. With Rizwan's leadership, Pakistan surpassed New Zealand's moderate total of 173-7 with two balls to spare. Rizwan batted his team within sight of victory when he was out in the final over at 171-6. Pakistan still needed three runs to win with four balls left. Iftikhar Ahmed settled the issue when he hoisted the fourth ball of the last over out of the ground for six, lifting Pakistan to 177-6. New Zealand had already secured the series but .

NZ vs Pak: Playing 360 degrees can sometimes lead to downfall, says Seifert

Tim Seifert is famous for hitting the ball in different parts of the ground, but the wicket-keeper batsman feels like having a lot of shots can sometimes result in the downfall as well

Mohammad Amir blames team management for decision to retire at 28

Pacer Mohammad Amir slammed coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis for spoiling his image

India's stunning batting collapse shocks Pakistan's former cricketers

Pakistan's former stars, including Javed Miandad and Shoaib Akhtar, have reacted with shock following arch-rivals India's inexplicable batting collapse in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide

PAK vs NZ 1st Test: Mohammad Rizwan to lead Pakistan in absence of Azam

In Babar's absence, Mohammad Rizwan will captain the Pakistan side at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui

NZ vs PAK: Azam, Imam-ul-Haq ruled out of first Test against New Zealand

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and opener Imam-ul-Haq were ruled out of the first Test with thumb injuries, prompting the tour selection committee to include rookie Imran Butt in the 17-member squad

NZ vs PAK 1st T20I: Shadab Khan wins toss and elects to bat first

Pakistan captain Shadab Khan won the toss and elected to bat Friday in the first of three Twenty20 cricket internationals against New Zealand at Eden Park

PAK vs NZ T20Is: Azam's absence should not affect our chances, says Miandad

Javed Miandad does not believe that the absence of captain Babar Azam due to injury should affect Pakistan's chances of doing well in the upcoming T20 International series in New Zealand

PAK vs NZ: Babar Azam's absence in T20Is 'major setback' for us, says Waqar

Pakistan captain Azam suffered a fracture on his right thumb during a throw-down session

PCB struggling to appoint new chief selector with Akram backing out

The Pakistan Cricket Board is finding it difficult to appoint a new chief selector after its top candidate backed out of working under the current system of selection in the country

PCB launches probe into players' Covid-19 cases in New Zealand

The Pakistan Cricket Board has started a probe into how as many as 10 players tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in New Zealand.

ICC doesn't have mandate to influence India-Pak cricket ties: ICC chairman

"I would love nothing more than for India and Pakistan to be able to continue cricketing relations as they were previously," ICC Chairman Greg Barclay said

Seventh Pakistan cricket team member tests positive for Covid-19

A seventh member of the Pakistan cricket team in New Zealand has tested positive for Covid-19 and will join other infected teammates in quarantine.

Fakhar Zaman out of New Zealand tour after showing Covid-19 symptoms

Pakistan's limited overs specialist opener Fakhar Zaman has been ruled out of the tour to New Zealand after showing symptoms of Covid-19 before the squad's departure for New Zealand

Pakistan Cricket Board looks to host top cricketing nations in 2021

After nearly a decade of hosting no home test matches, Pakistan says it's ready to welcome major cricketing nations like South Africa, New Zealand, England and West Indies in 2021

ICC World Test Championship: Matches lost due to Covid won't be counted

The International Cricket Council Board approved a recommendation from the Anil Kumble-headed ICC Cricket Committee to change the World Test Championship (WTC) rules

ICC World Test Championship: Cloud over Lord's as a venue for final

The Test championship has already faced a lot of trouble with the coronavirus pandemic bringing life to a standstill across the globe which also saw bilateral ties between teams getting cancelled

ICC Test Championship: New points system helps Aus topple India as No. 1

India will lock horns with Australia in a four-match Test series in Australia starting December 17 in Adelaide. The result of this series could change the league standings

England confirms first Pakistan tour in 16 years, to play T20Is in Oct 2021

England will make its first trip to Pakistan in 16 years for a two-match T20 International series next October just before ICC T20 World Cup in India