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DUBAI, January 11, 2014 (AFP) – Skipper Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan’s resistance with a gritty 97 to thwart Sri Lanka’s victory bids on the fourth day of the second Test in Dubai on Saturday. Misbah missed his sixth Test hundred by a mere three runs but a career best 70 not out by Sarfraz Ahmed […]

DUBAI, January 9, 2014 (AFP) – Mahela Jayawardene defied a left-hand webbing injury to notch his 32nd century and Kaushal Silva missed his by five runs as Sri Lanka gained an upper hand over Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Thursday.Pakistan’s bowling woes were highlighted by Ajmal’s failure for a second successive innings. […]

ABU DHABI, January 3, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit a pugnacious hundred to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Mathews notched up 116 not out under pressure for his second Test hundred and put on invaluable 138-run […]

ABU DHABI, January 1, 2014 (AFP) – Exepreienced batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul Haq hit sparkling hundreds as Pakistan took command of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.Shehzad also miscued a hook shot and was caught at forward square-leg by Dimuth Karunaratne after hitting three boundaries. But after those two wickets, Misbah and […]

ABU DHABI, December 31, 2013 (AFP) – Pacemen Junaid Khan grabbed five and Bilawal Bhatti took three wickets as Pakistan caught Sri Lanka napping at 167-8 at tea on the opening day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.Pakistan strove hard for wickets in the first hour but wasted one review when they […]

ABU DHABI, December 27, 2013 (AFP) – Dinesh Chandimal kept his nerve to pull off a sensational two-wicket win for Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-dayer in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but Pakistan took the five-match series 3-2.Chandimal finished with 64 not out off 70 balls and added a match-turning 40 runs for […]

ABU DHABI, December 25, 2013 (AFP) – Mohammad Hafeez notched his third hundred of the series while off-spinner Saeed Ajmal grabbed four wickets to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday.Hafeez finished with 113 not out for his ninth one-day hundred as Pakistan knocked off their modest […]

ABU DHABI, December 25, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Pakistan, who lead the series 2-1, remained unchanged from the side which won the third match in Sharjah by 113 runs on Sunday. Sri […]

SHARJAH, December 22, 2013 (AFP) – Mohammad Hafeez demonstrated his all-round skills to guide Pakistan to a convincing 113-run win over Sri Lanka in the third day-night international on Sunday.The 33-year-old right-hander smashed a career best unbeaten 140 to steer Pakistan to an imperious 326-5 before Hafeez the bowler took 2-35 to dismiss Sri Lanka […]

SHARJAH, December 18, 2013 (AFP) – Pakistan survived a late order scare from Sri Lanka to pull off an exciting 11-run win in the first one-day international in Sharjah on Wednesday, to go 1-0 up in the five-matchs series.Pakistan’s innings was built around a brilliant 122 from Mohammad Hafeez which saw them post an impressive […]

SHARJAH, December 16, 2013 (AFP) – In-form Pakistan are seeking to build on their recent thrilling one-day triumph in South Africa when they take on dangerous but rusty Sri Lanka in a five-match series starting in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.The remaining ODIs will be played in Dubai (December 20), Sharjah (December 22) and […]

DUBAI, December 14, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal said his team were over the moon on keeping their world number one status intact with a win against Pakistan in the second Twenty20 in Dubai on Friday.The 24-run win levelled the two-match series 1-1 and dashed Pakistan’s hopes of replacing Sri Lanka as […]