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This week's highlights (Sep 19 - 25, 2016)

International Cricket | September 24, 2016

Sarfraz Ahmed keeps 100% record

Pakistan's new Twenty20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed kept up his 100 per cent record as the hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead over West Indies in Dubai.

Source: sportinglife


International Cricket | September 24, 2016

Zimbabwean minister terms Pakistan safe cricket destination

ISLAMABAD - Terming Pakistan as a safe destination, Zimbabwe sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane has expressed the wish to see cricketing ties between the two countries continue in future.

Source: The Nation


International Cricket | September 22, 2016

Misbah-ul-Haq wants international cricket to return to Pakistan soon

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hopes international cricket will soon return to the country as he celebrated the team's climb to the top of the Test rankings by being awarded the ceremonial mace to mark the achievement on Tuesday.

Source: F.SPORTS


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

Imran's team or Misbah's: which was greater?

It's difficult to compare eras at the best of times. To do so with Pakistan, the most un-analysable team in the history of sport, would seem to be an impossibly big ask...

Source: ESPNcricinfo


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

Pakistan awarded ICC Test Championship mace

Pakistan's Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq holds the mace handed over by ICC chief executive David Richardson during a ceremony at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday...

Source: THE HINDU


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

Pakistan cricketer Younis Khan hospitalised

Ace Pakistan Test cricketer, Younis Khan, was hospitalised today in Karachi after he caught a fever, and consequently, he couldn’t attend the ceremony wherein the Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was handed over the Test mace by the ICC Chief Executive Officer, David Richardson.

Source: sportskeeda


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

It’s a dream come true to be part of world’s best Test team: Azhar Ali

Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali said on Wednesday that his dream of being part of the world’s best Test team was realised when Misbahul Haq-led side rose to the number one position in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings.

Source: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

Misbah becomes first Pakistani to receive Test mace from ICC

Pakistan Test captain Misbahul Haq received the Test mace, given to the world’s best side in the format, from the International Cricket Council (ICC) today in Lahore.

Source: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE


International Cricket | September 21, 2016

Pakistan find the right kind of consistency to wrap up Twenty20 series in Dubai

DUBAI // Ahead of this series, the opposing sets of players took turns to suggest they had exactly the same target in mind. Namely, to achieve consistency.

Source: THENATIONAL SPORT