Tag: Sri Lanka

Mohsin worried over fielding

Pakistan's interim coach Mohsin Khan has blamed his team's poor fielding for the draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi....

Sri Lanka have the advantage: Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, has said that his team have the psychological advantage over Pakistan after salvaging a draw in the first...

Pakistan’s biggest bane is sloppy fielding

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that his side needs to improve their fielding if they want to win the three-Test series against Sri Lanka....

Sangakkara’s sixth cap Sri Lanka’s day

Kumar Sangakkara became the second Sri Lankan and fifth batsman overall to score six or more hundreds against Pakistan in Tests. The former Sri Lankan...

Pakistan press for win despite Sangakkara’s hundred

Kumar Sangakkara hit a fighting hundred but Pakistan still captured three key wickets in the second session to press for victory in the first...

Pakistan’s lead over Sri Lanka soars in first Test

Taufiq Umar approached his maiden double hundred as Pakistan piled on the agony for Sri Lanka by taking their lead past the 200-mark on...

Patient Taufeeq puts Pakistan in charge

Taufeeq Umar hit his sixth Test century and fellow opener Mohammad Hafeez scored 75 as Pakistan took a firm grip on the first Test...

Pakistan consolidates after Hafeez’s fall

Openers Mohammad Hafeez and Taufiq Umar notched half-centuries to take Pakistan to 174-1 at tea on the second day of the opening Test against...

Junaid’s five make it Pakistan’s day

Pakistan talented left-arm paceman Junaid Khan claimed his maiden five-wicket haul to help his team bundle Sri Lanka for just 197 runs on the...

SL dismissed for 197 by spirited Pakistan bowling

Pakistan dismissed Sri Lanka for 197 on the opening day of the first Test with left-arm paceman Junaid Khan taking a maiden five-wicket haul...

Sri Lanka slump to spirited Pakistan bowling

Sri Lanka slumped against some spirited Pakistan bowling to struggle at 115-7 at tea on the opening day of the first cricket Test at...

A chance for Pakistan to resurrect

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said Sri Lanka were still formidable even without Murali on the eve of the first Test that starts here from...

Sri Lanka look for revival against Pakistan

Sri Lanka hope to end their Test drought when they face Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates later this month, the team’s captain Tillakaratne...

UAE series: Misbah looks to exploit Sri Lanka’s poor form

Pakistan team captain Misbahul Haq has said out it would be wrong to take Sri Lanka lightly in the upcoming series and pointed out...

Sri Lanka team attack, fixing controversy worst of my term: Butt

After completing his three-year term, the former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt seemed a satisfied man and said that he discharged...

Sri Lanka series a great opportunity for Misbah

The Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee has announced the squad for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka in the UAE. Although it is a...

Presidential aide, bodyguard killed during Sri Lanka vote

A presidential aide and a bodyguard were shot dead during Saturday's local council elections in Sri Lanka's capital in a contest seen as a...