Pakistan 0 for 14 trail Australia 127 (Johnson 38, Asif 6-41, Sami 3-27) by 113 runs… Mohammad Asif completed a career-best six-wicket haul as part of Pakistan’s broader demolition of Australia that called into question Ricky Ponting’s decision to bat first on a Sydney green-top. In union with Mohammad Sami,…

Pakistan 287 for 9 (Latif 64, Afridi 70, Kamran 67*) beat New Zealand 149 (Redmond 52, Vettori 38, Afridi 2-46) by 138 runs.. Who needs the captaincy when you are in this kind of form? Shahid Afridi’s supposed desire to lead Pakistan in ODIs and his rift with captain Younis Khan has dominated the chat [...]

Pakistan 134 for 5 (Umar Akmal 41*, Tonge 4-25) beat West Indies 133 (Miller 51, Aamer 3-24, Gul 3-28) by five wickets… Pakistan began their Champions Trophy campaign with a five-wicket victory over the West Indies at The Wanderers. Three wickets apiece for Mohammad Aamer and Umar Gul looked to have set Pakistan up for …

Pakistan 172 for 5 (Afridi 50, Nazir 40) beat Sri Lanka 120 (Sangakkara 38, Ajmal 3-18, Naved 3-19) by 52 runs… Pakistan will want to take the Premadasa Stadium with them wherever they go. After groping in the darkness for the better part of the tour, they finally unearthed gold when they landed here for [...]

Pakistan 279 for 8 (Younis 76, Misbah 73*) beat Sri Lanka 147 (Aamer 4-28, Naved 4-44) by 132 runs… A hostile Mohammad Aamer and an inconsistent-but-smart Naved-ul-Hasan sent Sri Lanka crashing to what was very nearly their worst-ever ODI defeat at home. Naved earlier gave Pakistan’s total a boost with hefty hitti…

Sri Lanka 289 for 4 (Jayawardene 123, Tharanga 76) beat Pakistan 288 for 8 (Umar Akmal 66, Kamran Akmal 45) by six wickets… The morning may have belonged to the Akmal brothers and Pakistan, but it was all Sri Lanka in the afternoon, with an imperious century from Mahela Jayawardene central to a commanding six-wicket [..…

Sri Lanka 169 for 4 (Kapugedera 67*, Samaraweera 38*) beat Pakistan 168 (Aamer 24, Thushara 3-33, Muralitharan 2-41) by six wickets… Chamara Kapugedera scored a composed 67 and shared an unbeaten 95-run partnership with Thilan Samaraweera on Saturday to guide Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win in the second limited-over matc…

Sri Lanka 232 for 9 (Mathews 43, Murali 32, Aamer 3-45) beat Pakistan 196 (Gul 33, Thushara 3-29, Kulasekara 2-30, Murali 2-46) by 36 runs… Seamers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekera ripped through Pakistan’s top order as Sri Lanka won the first ODI by 36 runs. Nuwan Kulasekara drew the first blood for Sri Lanka…

Pakistan 299 and 425 for 9 dec drew with Sri Lanka 233 and 391 for 4 (Sangakkara 130*, Mathews 64*)… In the end, neither team wanted it badly enough. Sri Lanka couldn’t quite summon up the courage for one final dash, and Pakistan spent much of the afternoon merely going through the motions. When play [...]

Sri Lanka 233 and 183 for 3 (Paranavitana 73, Sangakkara 50*) need a further 309 runs to beat Pakistan 299 and 425 for 9 dec (Malik 134, Akmal 74, Herath 5-157)… Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria picked up two wickets to jolt Sri Lanka’s record victory chase as the hosts closed Thursday’s fourth day of the thi…