Babar Azam banked on the impressive work of pace duo Haris Rauf and Mohammad Wasim as Pakistan hammered hosts New Zealand by six wickets in their tri-series Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Saturday. The Pakistan skipper, during a successful run chase of 148, scored an unbeaten 79 off 53 balls at a strike rate of 149.05 to make it two wins out of two for his side in the tournament. The Green Shirts had beaten Bangladesh in their first match at the same venue on Friday. The three teams areRead More

LAHORE – Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has made rapid progress from a knee injury and will be “battle-ready” for their Twenty20 World Cup opener against arch-rivals India this month, the country’s cricket board chief, Ramiz Raja, said. Afridi has been sidelined since sustaining a ligament injury to his right knee during a test match in Sri Lanka in July and missed the Asia Cup as well as the home series against England. “I had a chat with Shaheen … and he said he hasn’t felt this good inRead More