Pakistan cricket team has arrived home after square up two-match Twenty20 International series by 1-1 against England in Dubai.

England winnings the first T20I by a marginal seven-wicket win however Abdul Razzaq blitz in the second T20I with a brilliant innings of 46 off 18 balls to help Pakistan to level the series.

Players belonged to Punjab including Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Abul Razzaq and Imran Farhat arrived in Lahore from Dubai on Monday morning along with manager Yawar Saeed.

Shoaib Malik said he was overjoyed over captaining national team, terming the responsibility as nothing short of an honour but he once again vowed that Shahid Khan Afridi can prove a better skipper national cricket team.

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Pakistan Team Returns Home From Dubai

MELBOURNE: Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the only Twenty20 International (day/night) here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

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Pakistan are playing under allrounder Shoaib Malik as Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi has been banned for playing two T20 matches for ball biting incident.

Imran Nazir has returned to Pakistan lineup for today and Imran Farhat is making his T20 debut.

Australia have also included two debutants – legspinning allrounder Steve Smith and left-handed batsman Travis Birt.

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MELBOURNE: Pakistan to Chase 128 Runs Target vs Australia, Pakistan will chase a target of 128 runs in Friday’s Twenty20 cricket match against Australia.

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Australia winning the toss decided to bat first and were all out at 127 in 18.4 overs in the only T20 match. Aussies are seeking a clean-sweep of Pakistan after winning the three Tests and five one-dayers between the two earlier this summer.

Australia: Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, Shane Watson, David Warner, David Hussey, Travis Birt, Brad Haddin, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes, Ryan Harris (12th man).

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Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (capt), Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Salman Butt (12th man).

MELBOURNE: Australia beat Pakistan by 172 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.

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New Delhi: India Vs Srilanka 5th Odi Live Streaming, Trouble and more trouble sought Sri Lanka’s way as the visitors lost two more wickets in quick successions with their scorecard crying for help at 63/5.

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Harbhajan Singh finished the job of blowing up the entire top-order of the visitors by dismissing Sanath Jayasuriya for 31 runs. Harbhajan cleverly fired in the quicker delivery and caught Jayasuriya plumb in front of the wickets. This was Bhajji 100th ODI wicket in India.

Later, Suresh Raina’s prompt and intelligent fielding led to the dismissal of Thilan Samaraweera (2). More credit should be given to terrible running between the wickets by the Lankan batsmen, Samaraweera and Thilina Kandamby.

Kandamby angled the ball of Sudeep Tyagi’s delivary to cover and set off for a single. Samaraweera hesitated for a while but finally decided to go, but instead gave Raina enough time to pick the ball and hit the stumps directly.

For Debutant Tyagi, this could even be the best start for him as he dismissed Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara, to leave the opponents three down for 58 runs.

Sri Lanka surely looked in trouble as the skipper added just one run to the team’s score. However, it was indeed a moment to cherish as Tyagi grabbed his maiden ODI wicket and Suresh Raina, after repeated errors on the fielding ground, finally managed to take Sangakkara’s catch.

Earlier, became the man of the hour for India as he grabbed two important wickets for the home team. First, he dismissed Upul Tharanga for a duck on the very first ball of the match itself, thus giving a perfect start to India. Then later, he send Tillakaratne Dilshan packing for 20 runs, leaving the visitors’ scorecard looking a bit rickety at 39/2.

After the dismissal of Tharanga, Dilshan, along with Sanath Jayasuriya, did manage to give some stability to their team’s scorecard, but their effort did not last long.

Meanwhile, Dilshan was hit on the left elbow off an Ashish Nehra delivery, which did scare the visitors for a while. He, however, was soon back on his feet and looked poised to take his innings further, until Zaheer played the spoil sport.

Earlier, Uncertain of the course which the dew-sodden the Kotla wicket would take, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to field first after winning the toss at the fifth and the final one-day international match against Sri Lanka.

As the national capital woke up to a foggy morning earlier today, the final ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium got delayed by fifteen minutes on Sunday due to wet out-field.

Having already sealed the series 3-1, Team India got the most of the Lankan tour as they first won the Test series comprehensively, and now, have also clinched the ODI series with a game to spare.

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Australia Declare Innings At 454-5, Pakistan starts batting after Aussies declared first innings at 5 for 454 on the second day of Test series in Melbourne.
Kangaroos started the game on the 2nd day on 305- 3. Saeed Ajmal knocked out Mike Hussey at 82 and took 4th wicket of the series, while Abdul Rauf’s ball dismissed Nathen Hauritz at 75.
Aussies declared the innings at 5 for 454. Pakistan’s team is at 33-1.

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DUNEDIN: Pakistan Vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 3 Live Streaming, Mohammed Asif claimed his fourth wicket as Pakistan quickly mopped up the New Zealand tail at the start of day three of the first Test in Dunedin.

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With the Black Caps resuming on 404 for eight, Asif and Saeed Ajmal removed the last two wickets to dismiss the hosts for 429 in their opening innings.

Shane Bond, returning to the crease on eight, managed to take his score to 22 before Asif struck with a deceptive ball which the New Zealander edged to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal.

His replacement Chris Martin then followed eight balls later, trapped leg before wicket by Ajmal.

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Iain O’Brien was the last man standing for the hosts having added 11 runs to his overnight score of two, while Asif was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with four for 108.

New Zealand finished Day 1 of the first Test at the University Oval in Dunedin at 276 for 6. The hosts were put under pressure at the start of play and again towards the end by some superb bowling from Aamer and Asif. The Kiwis are on the road to recovery yet again through an unbroken partnership of 65 between Brendon McCullum (25) and Skipper Daniel Vettori (40 from 44 balls).

Mohammad Yousuf had won the toss and put New Zealand to bat first on a pitch that was slow and low in nature. Left arm quick Mohammad Aamer gave a dream start by yorking Tim McIntosh in the very first ball of the match. Mohammad Asif caused damge from his end by forcing Daniel Flynn to get an inside edge to the keeper. New Zealand got off to a disastrous start at 27 for 2 in the 6th over.

Pakistan failed to make most of the inroads as opener Martin Guptill got a partnership going with Ross Taylor. The Kiwis went to lunch without any further damage at 78 for 2 in 28 overs. The partnership blossomed after lunch with both Guptill and Taylor knocking off their respective half centuries.

In the 41st over, Pakistan took a chance with the referral system asking for an lbw decision when Asif had hit the pad of Taylor but the TV Umpire had noticed tha the ball had struck outside the line of the off stump. Pakistan eventually could break the 3rd wicket stand when Martin Guptill (60 from 142 balls with 10 fours and a six) miscued a pull shot off Aamer. Guptill put on 117 runs for the 3rd wicket along with Taylor. The Kiwis went to Tea at 171 for 3 with Ross Taylor closing in to his 5th test hundred.

The final session seemed to go in Pakistan’s favour as off spinner Saeed Ajmal lured Taylor into an expansive drive to have him edge a straighter one in the 63rd over. Ross Taylor was unlucky to miss out on a hundred. He scored his 94 in 174 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six. Asif returned back to clean up Fulton (29) with an indipper and New Zealand lost their 5th wicket with that. The same bowler had Grant Elliott nicking behind to have the homeside wobbling at 211 for 6.

Pakistan in a bid to wrap up the NZ first innings took the second new ball in the 81st over. In the final over of the day’s play they came very close to getting their 7th wicket when Brendon McCullum got hit on the pad by Asif and Umpire Taufel gave that out lbw. But McCullum took advantage of the review system and got his lbw decision reversed as the ball had struck him outside the line of off stump while attempting a shot. The Kiwis were revived in the end through a nice fighting partnership between McCullum and Vettori.

As predicted, Aamer and Asif were the main bowling stars for Pakistan taking a combined five wickets while Umar Gul dissapointed. Saeed Ajmal did a good hold up job by conceding just 49 runs in his 26 overs.

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Pak Vs WI: A second-string West Indies team was bowled out for 133 inside 35 overs by Pakistan in the Champions Trophy on Wednesday, with only tailender Nikita Miller reaching a half-century.

Miller scored 51 off 57 balls with six boundaries and a six after coming in with West Indies on 47-7 at Wanderers stadium.

Darren Sammy (25) and Devon Smith (18) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures as fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer took 3-24 and Umar Gul 3-28.

West Indies’ squad for the event has been affected by a long-running contract dispute between the players and the cricket board.

West Indies captain Floyd Reifer’s decision to bat first after winning the toss backfired immediately on a lively pitch.

Dale Richards was caught and bowled by Aamer for 1 on the sixth ball of the innings. Three overs later, Andre Fletcher was out for 7, and 11-2 soon became 14-3 when Travis Dowlin was caught by Kamran Akmal for a duck off Aamer.

Smith and David Bernard put on 22 before Smith was caught by Umar Akmal off Gul.

Aamer bowled Bernard for 6, and Gul then dismissed Floyd Reifer (7) and Chadwick Walton in successive deliveries to leave West Indies on 47-7 in the 15th over.

Miller and Sammy added 38 but West Indies’ resistance was soon broken, helped by spinner Saeed Ajmal’s two wickets.

COLOMBO: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first in of the fifth ODI against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.

Pakistan are unchanged for the game. Sri Lanka have made three changes as Jayasuriya, Dammika Prasad and Nuwan Kulasekara were included in the squad.

Teams:

Pakistan: Kamran Akmal†, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan*, Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal

Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, SHT Kandamby, AD Mathews, KTGD Prasad, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, BAW Mendis