New Zealand beat Pakistan to qualify for the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals after eight years while knocking India out. On the other hand, Ben Stokes returned to England's line-up for the second Test against Pakistan in Multan. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 15.
William O'Rourke won the Player of the Match award for his stupendous bowling display. The right-arm pacer bagged figures of 3/27 and claimed the big wickets of Saim Ayub, Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed.
Mohammad Rizwan recently became the fastest player to score 3000 T20I runs. The Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter scaled the milestone in just 79 innings to break the joint record of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli.
A depleted New Zealand side sans most of their first-choice players beat Pakistan in the third T20I riding on Mark Chapman's unbeaten 87 blitz in Rawalpindi. The series is now 1-1 level with two matches to go after a no result in the first game and Pakistan winning the second.
Mohammad Rizwan will be performing the wicketkeeping duties in the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand. Rizwan enjoyed a good outing with the willow in hand in the second T20I as he played an unbeaten knock to take Pakistan home.
The T20I series opener between Pakistan and the Blackcaps at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium could only witness two deliveries before rain forced the match officials to call it off.
Spectators who had bought the tickets for the open stands faced a tremendous amount of difficulty during the T20I series openers as the rain kept pelting down heavily at the venue.
Pakistan are all geared up to take on a second string New Zealand in a five-match T20I series at home starting Thursday (April 18). The first T20I will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Both New Zealand and Pakistan played a five-match T20I series in January. The Blackcaps won the series 4-1. It was the only series Pakistan played under the leadership of Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Pakistan will be facing New Zealand, Ireland and England in three T20I series before the start of the T20 World Cup 2024. The Men in Green have named their squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand. A key player has made a return after almost four years.
New Zealand's five-match T20I tour of Pakistan will begin with the first game at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on April 18 (Thursday). The tour will be organised across two venues.
The five-match T20I series between the two countries will be played at two venues. The first three games will be organised at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and the final two games will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The Pakistan players are currently busy playing in the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League. The four teams that have qualified for the playoffs are Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators, Islamabad United, and Peshawar Zalmi.
The five-match T20I series between Pakistan and New Zealand is set to commence on January 12. Ahead of the contest, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken a massive call on Shaheen Afridi's deputy a few days before the start of the series.
Pakistan will take on New Zealand in a potential knockout in Bengaluru in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup on Saturday, November 4. The Kiwis have lost three matches in a row and one more defeat can really derail their campaign but they still have the destiny in their own hands.
Pakistan will begin their World Cup 2023 campaign with first of the two warm-up games in Hyderabad against New Zealand but it seems there will be restrictions with respect to crowd attendance and security arrangements on Friday, September 29.
The ODI World Cup 2023 practice match to be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on September 29 will be played without the presence of fans. This decision has been taken due to lack of adequate security.
Babar Azam-led Pakistan have recorded three consecutive wins in their last five ODI encounters against Tom Latham's New Zealand.
The average 1st innings total in ODIs matches at this venue is 235. It decreases to 203 runs in the 2nd innings.
Third-ranked Pakistan are just one rating behind leaders Australia and second-placed India in the current ICC ODI Team Rankings.
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