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January 18, 2010 HOBART: Mohammad Yousuf’s team lost the third Test with a big margin of 231 runs as Australia completed a clean sweep of the three-Test series, for four times in a row against Pakistan. This was also Pakistan’s 12th successive defeat in a Test against the Aussies since 1999 and 27th overall in 55 Tests so far played between the two countries. Pakistan beat Australia for only eleven times while 17 matches ended in a draw. Australia equalled the record for the most consecutive Test wins by any side over any other team, matching the 12-game streak currently held by Sri Lanka over Bangladesh. Australia’s victory at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval came after lunch of the fifth and final day when they broke through some stubborn batting to bowl the tourists out for 206. Pakistan needed huge 335 runs with six wickets in hand when they resumed the second innings at 103-4 with Khurram Manzoor on 23 and Shoaib Malik 18. Pakistan lost two wickets for just 20 runs added to th...

Sunday, January 17, 2010 HOBART: Australia set Pakistan a tough target of 438 runs for victory from just under five sessions after captain Ricky Ponting declared their second innings at 219-5 after lunch on fourth day in the third and final Test here at Bellerive Oval on Sunday. Pakistan began their second innings with an uphill task but lost both openers for only 29 runs. First, first innings centurion Salman Butt was bowled by Doug Bollinger for eight and later his partner Imran Farhat went for 14, caught behind by Brad Haddin off Peter Siddle for 14. However, Khurram Manzoor and captain Mohammad Yousuf took the score to 61 before Yousuf was adjudged lbw off Shane Watson for 23. Pakistan were reeling at 67 for three at tea with Khurram (17) and Umar Akmal (2) at the crease. They still require 371 runs to achieve a record target for winning the match. Earlier, Simon Katich succeeded in completing his ninth test century but in the next over, he was caught by Shoaib Malik ...

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s leg-spinner Danish Kaneria claimed five wickets in the second innings of the second Test against Australia here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. His fifth victim was Doug Bollinger by dismissing whom he became the first Pakistani spinner to reach the milestone of 250 wickets sin test cricket. He preformed the feat of taking five wickets in an innings for the 15th time while he has taken ten wickets in a match twice in his 57-Test career. The 30-year-old bowler, who belongs to Karachi, is Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 250 wickets in 57 tests, followed by former cricketer Abdul Qadir with 236 wickets in 67 Tests.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 SYDNEY: Pakistan were all-out for 139 runs loosing second cricket Test match against Australia by 36 runs here at SCG, Geo news reported.Australia set Pakistan 176-run easy target to win Test match but despite easy wicket on fifth day, Pakistan could not defeat World Champions.Hauritz claimed 5-wicket haul, while Johnson and Bollinger took 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

 Tuesday, January 05, 2010 SYDNEY: Pakistan took full control of the second Test match here at the Sydney Cricket Ground when their bowlers grabbed eight wickets of Australia’s second innings on Tuesday. Australia were reeling at 286 for eight when the play ended on the third day of the five-day match. Michael Hussey, who came at number four is still at the crease struggling on 73. The other batsman is tail-ender Peter Siddle (10 not out). Pakistan need only two wickets to go for chasing an expected easy target to beat Australia at their own ground. Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria captured four wickets for 117 runs while seamer Umar Gul claimed three for 62. Fast bowler Mohammad Asif took one wicket while Mohammad Sami could not get any wicket. Earlier, openers Shane Watson and Phill Hughes provided a solid start of 105 after Pakistan were all out for 333 with an impressive lead of 206 runs. Australia were 86 for no loss at lunch but lost three wickets in the second session...

 Monday, January 04, 2010 SYDNEY: Pakistan gained a big lead of 204 runs over the Aussies despite a collapse in the final session of the second day of the second Test match here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. They lost seven wickets in the third and the last session of the day. At stumps, Pakistan were 331 runs for nine wickets with tail-enders Danish Kaneria (2) and Mohammad Asif (0) at the crease. Pakistan resumed at 14-0 in the morning and both openers, playing steadily added 70 runs in the first session and succeeded in reaching 100 without being separated after lunch. This was the second century stand between the pair of Imran Farhat and Salman Butt in Test cricket. However, the partnership was broken by spinner Nathan Hauritz when Imran Farhat was caught behind by Brad Haddin on an attempted sweep shot. Imran made 53, his 13th half-century in 32nd Test. He hit four boundaries in his 140-ball innings and together with Salman Butt made 109 runs. Later, ...

 Sunday, January 03, 2010:: SYDNEY: The opening bowling pair of Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sami produced a lethal attack routing the Aussies for a mere 127 runs in the first innings on the opening day of the second Test match here at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Pakistan in reply were 14 for no loss with Imran Farhat (9) and Salman Butt (3) at the crease when the play ended early due to bad light. Mohammad Asif grabbed six wickets for 41 runs, his career best, while Mohammad Sami, playing for the first time in more than two years, dismissed Australia’s three top-order batsmen and Umar Gul claimed the last wicket. The main scorers for Australia were Mitchell Johnson (38), Michael Hussey (28) and Nathan Hauritz (21) while Marcus North was the only other batsman to reach double figures. Captain Ricky Ponting and opener Phillip Hughes, coming in for the injured Simon Katich, were got out for a duck as both were removed by Sami on successives deliveries. Shane Watson, fre...

Saturday, January 02, 2010::SYDNEY: Three changes have been made in the Pakistan squad for the second Test match against Australia beginning here tomorrow. Fast bowlers Mohammad Sami and Umar Gul and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria have been included in the team in place of Mohamamd Aamer, Abdul Rauf and Saeed Ajmal. Captain Pakistan team Mohammad Yousuf told Geo news that the Sydney wicket has enough grass which would help fast bowlers and this is why Sami and Gul have been included in the team. The Pakistan team consists of the following players: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria. On the other side, Australia have made only one change in their team by including New South Wales batsman Phillip Hughes in place of injured opener Simon Katich for the second Test.

MELBOURNE: Australia beat Pakistan by 170 runs in first cricket Test match, leading the series 1-0 in second session on final day here at MCG. 7 Pakistani batsmen could only add 79 runs to their overnight score of 170 and were dismissed on 252 runs in second innings. Muhammad Yousuf made half century and was 9th victim of Pakistani innings when he was out on 61 runs – his individual score. Umar Akmal (27), Misbah-ul-Haq (0), Kamran Akmal (30), Abdul Rauf (5), Saeed Ajmal (10), and Muhammad Aamir (0) were the men out today. Muhammad Asif was unbeaten on 1 run. Nathan Huritz from Australia claimed 5 wicket haul while Johnson and Bollinger took 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

 Wednesday, December 30, 2009::DURBAN: Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for just 133 as England completed victory by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday. The pair of Nottinghamshire bowlers took nine wickets between them as South Africa, who began the day on 76 for six, were all out for 133 after 18 overs on the final day. Swann claimed five for 54 and Broad took four for 43 to help England take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. "It's not far off the best performance I've seen by an England team," said England captain Andrew Strauss, "but I'm aware the series is very much alive and there is still hard work to be done." South African captain Graeme Smith admitted his side had been outplayed. "We've got to look at ourselves in the mirror and bounce back very quickly," he said. The third Test starts in Cape Town on Sunday. Off-spinner Swann had match figure...

MELBOURNE: Pakistani young pacer Muhammad Amir has become the youngest fast bowler in the cricketing world to take five wickets in a test match innings. Muhammad Amir has achieved this honor of taking 5 wickets in the second innings against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He achieved this honour at the age of 17 years and 257 days, thus, becoming the world’s youngest fast bowler to have this distinction.

Monday, December 14, 2009 NAPIER: Pakistan were 347 for 4 in their second innings and had secured lead by 99 runs with 6 wickets still remaining at close on the fourth day of third cricket Test match against New Zealand here on Monday, Geo news reported.Pakistan lost two quick wickets as MJ Guptill, in his maiden Test cricket over, caught and bowled out two Pakistani left handed openers in first session of the match.Also, he succeeded to break 129-run opening stand from Pakistani openers.Subsequently, two Pakistani middle order batsmen, skipper Muhammad Yousuf and young Faisal Iqbal slowly paced the innings, forming 128 run solid partnership, which ultimately was broken when Iqbal was dismissed on 67.Imran Farhat and Salman Butt respectively accumulated 61 and 66 runs while young Umer Akmal was unbeaten at crease on quick 49 with Misbah-ul-Haq playing on 3. Captain Muhammad Yousuf, missed out his test hundred and was forced to go back to dressing room on 89 shortly after the play was ...

Friday, December 04, 2009 WELLINGTON: Pakistan's bowlers destroying New Zealand's top order with another clinical performance in second Test here, which left them superbly placed to level the series. After extending their first innings to 264, thanks largely to Kamran Akmal's enterprising 70, the bowlers immediately got down to business, exploiting the conditions and the huge flaws in the techniques of the New Zealand batsmen, bundling them out for 99 and extending their overall lead to 229 by close of play. Save for a brief four-over period when New Zealand took the last three Pakistan wickets and a little period just before close of play, the day belonged entirely to the visitors. Mohammad Aamer did his by now customary trick of taking a wicket in his first over. Mohammad Asif seamed the ball both ways, Gul was the perfect first-change bowler who offered the New Zealanders no respite, while Danish Kaneria befuddled the lower order with his bag of tricks. That was one of ...

Saturday, November 28, 2009 DUNEDIN: Despite a brilliant effort by debutant Umer Akmal Pakistan surrendered to New Zealand in the last session of the first Test match here on Saturday.Pakistan chasing 251 to win were all out for 218 and lost the match by a narrow margin of 32 runs to give New Zealand a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.Umer Akmal, who scored a hundred on Test debut in the first innings, again played a heroic innings of 75 in an effort to lead his team to victory but fast bowler Shane Bond shattered his dream of becoming only the third batsman to score a century in each innings on his first Test appearance.Pakistan lost three early wickets for only 24 runs when Umer came at the crease. He stood between New Zealand and victory for almost two sessions and walked back with a broken heart as his team was 56 runs away from winning the match.He was well supported by his captain Mohammad Yousuf (41), allrounder Shoaib Malik (32) and his elder brother wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal ...

Friday, November 27, 2009 DUNEDIN: Pakistan have been dismissed for 332 in their first innings early on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand at University Oval in Dunedin, giving the home side a 97-run advantage.Pakistan resumed on 8-307 and lost overnight batsmen Mohammad Asif for 10 and Mohammad Aamer for 26, with Saeed Ajmal left not out on one.Playing his first test for two years, fast bowler Shane Bond took the final wicket to fall to end with figures of five for 107, his fifth five-wicket Test haul.Umar Akmal top-scored for Pakistan with 129 on debut, the 11th Pakistani batsman to achieve that feat.Ross Taylor and Tim McIntosh were repairing the early damage to New Zealand's second innings of the cricket tests against Pakistan in Dunedin. At lunch on the fourth day New Zealand were 68-2 with Taylor on 48 and McIntosh on 14.The Black Caps had started the day in good fashion by claiming the last two Pakistan wickets to dismiss the tourists for 332, givi...

Friday, November 27, 2009 KANPUR: India thumped Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs on the fourth day of the second cricket Test here on Friday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.It was the 100th Test victory for India and the biggest against Sri Lanka, bettering the previous win by an innings and 119 runs achieved way back in 1994 at Lucknow.Sri Lanka, tottering at 206-8 by lunch in their follow on, lost their remaining two wickets late into the second session to be bowled out for 269 at the Green Park stadium.Thilan Samaraweera remained unbeaten on a defiant 78 off 213 balls after sharing a 73-run partnership with Ajantha Mendis to frustrate the Indians.But it was India who dominated Sri Lanka right through the match, piling on 642 in their first innings before bowling out the visitors for 229 to take a huge 413-run lead.India were indebted to Gautam Gambhir (167), Rahul Dravid (144) and Virender Sehwag (131) whose big knocks gave the bowlers a huge cushion of runs. Pacem...

Thursday, November 26, 2009 DUNEDIN: Pakistan were 307-8 at stumps on the third day of the first cricket test against New Zealand at University Oval in Dunedin, a first innings deficit of 122. Umar Akmal, 19, top scored with 129 - the 11th Pakistani to make a hundred on debut - while Shane Bond marked his return to test cricket with 4-93 from 24 overs.Umar's elder brother Kamran made 82 as the pair added 176 for the sixth wicket.Mohammad Aamer (12) and Mohammad Asif (0) continue batting tomorrow.Pakistan rallied in the afternoon session, with brothers Umar and Kamran Akmal leading the revival.The pair came together with Pakistan reeling at 85-5 and put on 176 for the sixth wicket, with Kamran Akmal making 82 before being caught by Ross Taylor off Daniel Vettori with the score at 261.Debutant Umar Akmal reached 129 before he was caught by Peter Fulton in the deep, to become Shane Bond's fourth victim of the innings. Pakistan were 293-7 nearing stumps on day three.A fired up Sha...