Tag: Batsman

Babar Azam is one of the best batsmen in the world right now along with Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson. He has been incredibly consistent in the past few years, often fighting a lone battle in the Pakistan middle order. The 25-year-old was in good form in ...

Legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas named an Indian batsman he ‘really likes’. Abbas heaped praise on India’s limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma and termed him a ‘classical player.’“Rohit Sharma is a classical player. I really like him. He creates strokes, plays on the merit of the ball,” said Abbas in ...

England batsman Dawid Malan has replaced Pakistan’s Babar Azam at the top of the ICC player rankings for T20I batsmen after a fruitful home series against Australia.The 33-year-old left-hander has progressed four places after a series-topping run aggregate of 129, which included a player of the match effort of ...

England batsman Ian Bell on Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of the game bringing an end to a career spanning 22 years. The current county season for Warwickshire will be Bell’s last. Bell, who represented played 118 Tests, 161 ODIs and 8 T20Is, was one of the ...

19-year-old Pakistan batsman Haider Ali etched his name on the record books on debut during the third and final T20I against England at the Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. The right-hander became the first Pakistan batsman to score a half-century on T20I debut. Ali ended up with 54 ...

Former Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar is known for making controversial statements but one that no one can take away from him is the fact that he was an express pace bowler and arguably the fastest of them all in modern day cricket.Recently during a conversation with Pakistani presenter Sawera ...

Mohammad Rizwan scored a gritty half-century on Day 2 of second Test in Southampton.© AFP Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar on Saturday heaped praise on "all-weather" batsman Mohammad Rizwan for his gritty half-century on Day 2 of second Test against England in Southampton. Rizwan on Friday guided ...