TNS – The News on Sunday

When Pakistan landed in New Zealand for their two-match Test series earlier this month, they were the favourites to win but things turned out to be far from it

Fawad Alam is one of the players who despite having enormous talent and excellent domestic record has failed to cement his place in the national team

If past track record is any yardstick then Pakistan will begin their two-Test series in New Zealand as firm favourites. The Pakistanis have not lost a Test series against New Zealand since 1984-85

West Indies meekly surrendered to Pakistan in T20Is and ODIs but gave a tough time in Test matches

Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed 9000 runs in ODIs in his 244th innings. Only five batsmen have reached that milestone in fewer matches

Yasir Shah becomes the fastest to reach 100 Test wickets in Asia, surpassing Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s record of taking 100 wickets in 18 matches

The current Australian team looks not a shadow of the team that ruled the world and won the World Cup five times

Pakistan cricket team finally overtook the West Indies in the ICC ODI Team Rankings to occupy the eighth position after beating the Caribbean side by 3-0 in the UAE

Pakistan’s One-day International (ODI) team is in the regrouping process and trying to take back its lost pride

The last time Pakistan won an ODI series in England was around 42 years back, in 1974