The legendary New Zealand pacer Tim Southee took four wickets against Pakistan in the first T20I match at Auckland's Eden Park to become the first-ever cricketer to take 150 wickets in the shortest format of the game.
After suffering a 0-3 defeat against Australia, the Pakistani cricket team takes on New Zealand in the five-match T20I series starting at Eden Park, Auckland on January 11. The Kiwis have won two of the last three T20I encounters against Pakistan and are favourites on Thursday.
"I hope I put a smile on everyone's face with the way that I played and hopefully the young kids out there can follow in my footsteps. White ball cricket to Test cricket. It's the pinnacle of our sport," David Warner said at SCG on Saturday.
Australia won the first Test in Perth by a humongous margin of 360 runs and earned a hard-fought victory in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by 79 runs.
Australia secured the three-match series at home with dominant wins in Perth and Melbourne and now will be looking at another positive result against Pakistan in their first international match of the year 2024 at Sydney Cricket Ground starting on January 3.
Australian captain produced a match-winning performance with ten wickets (in two innings) in the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground to conclude the year 2023 with another series win on Friday.
"If I sum up the game, the Pakistan team played better than the other team in general. Our batting intent was better, and while bowling, we were hitting the right areas," Mohammad Hafeez said after his team's 79-run defeat against Australia at MCG on Friday.
Skipper Pat Cummins registered figures of 10/97 as Australia clinched the three-match Test series against Pakistan taking an unassailable 2-0 lead with a 79-run win at MCG. Pakistan had their moments but couldn't hold onto them and if you give Australia a sniff, they won't let you breathe.
The veteran Australian opener fell on 38 runs in the first innings of the second Test match against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday and will play his farewell red-ball game in Sydney starting on January 3, 2024.
Christmas cheers and celebrations reached the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as Pakistan cricket team made the holiday memorable for the Australian team. Since it was a working holiday, Australian players brought their families to MCG indoor nets and a surprise awaited them ahead of Boxing Day Test.
Iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts Australia's second Test match against Shan Masood-led Pakistani team in the Boxing Day fixture. Pat Cummins' Australia are leading the three-match series 1-0 after a dominant 360-run win in Perth.
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Pakistan lost the opening Test match at the Perth Stadium in Perth by a massive margin of 360 runs. The Shan Masood-led side got bundled out for just 89 in the fourth innings while chasing the target of 450 runs.
Pakistani pacer Khurram Shahzad took five wickets in the opening Test match against Australia in Perth but is ruled out for the remainder of the tour with a rib stress fracture and abdominal muscle tear on Thursday.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will be leading Pakistan for the first time after being named as their full-time T20I skipper. He will have his Lahore Qalandars teammate Haris Rauf to rely on in the fast bowling department.
The Australia tour has begun on a rather bleak note for the Pakistan cricket team as they lost the first Test of the three-match series in Perth by a whopping 360 runs. If that wasn't enough, Pakistan have been slapped with a fine and a penalty as the Shan Masood-led side has slipped further in WTC.
Australia hammered Pakistan by a huge margin of 360 runs in the first Test of the three-match series in Perth as the latter folded for 89 in the second innings while chasing 450 to win.
The Indian team is set to play only its second series in the ongoing World Test Championship cycle starting December 26 against South Africa. However, before the two-match series, the two-time finalists have risen to the top of the point table after Pakistan dropped a game against Australia.
Pakistan are leaving no stone unturned as they fine-tune their preparations for the Test series against Australia. Since Perth is known for its bounce, Pakistan are using a new strategy to be well-equipped to handle that bounce from the Australia pace trio at the Optus Stadium.
Barring skipper Shan Masood, none of the other Pakistan batters managed to rack up runs in their tour game against Prime Minister's XI in Canberra. Shan scored an unbeaten 201 during his 298-ball-long stay at the wicket.
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