Australia is 2021 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Champion

So finally the much hyped T20 ICC World Cup Cricket came to an end at Dubai. The finalists, the Kiwis and the Kangaroos, both almost neighbours were facing each other to clinch the coveted trophy tonight. 

Batting first, the Kiwis or the Black Caps gave a target of 173 to the Australians which the Kangaroos achieved in 18.5 overs and won the final match by eight wickets with seven balls remaining .

In the dressing room, the celebrations were at it peaks. Even they did not spare their shoes to drink drinks in the winning shoes. The deserved to be happy. Well played Kiwis, congratulations Kangaroos.

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Pakistan and India T20 cricket High Voltage match today

The T20 world cup cricket series will witness the most crucial match today at Dubai International cricket stadium when Pakistan and India will face each other for their first encounter in the series.

The match between Pakistan and India is always a high voltage match and draws attention of all Pakistanis and Indians living anywhere around the world. 

The match will commence at 7.00 PM PST.

The opposing teams announced for today are:

Pakistan – Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik.

India – Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami.

So glue on to your TV screen if not already in Dubai to watch the match with fingers crossed for anything could happen at the close of the play.

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Australian cricket team bus stoned in India

The leveling of T20 series between hosts India and touring Australian team ended in the victory of the guests 1-1 cost dearly to the Australians at the hands of frustrated Indians.

The bus of Australian team was pelted on its way to the hotel from the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Luckily no player was hurt.

Australian opener Aaron Finch tweeted a picture of a broken glass window of the bus. To the good luck of the players, no one was sitting at the window, when the rock hit the glass panel. “Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!!” he wrote on Twitter.

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Indian Cricket Board stands alone in crucial ICC meeting

It was a bad day for the much trumpeted Indian Cricket Board, the BCCI, as it stood alone in the crucial ICC voting today in Dubai.

Expecting a decision in the favour, it was big setback for the BCCI  when it was the only member country which objected to the new financial model of ICC which was passed 9-1, with India voting against it.

The governance model too was passed by 8-2 margin.

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Younis Khan becomes first Pakistan batsman to join 10,000 Test runs club

Pakistan's test cricketer and batsman Younis Khan joins the 10,000 test runs club after the reached the benchmark in the match against West Indies. He is the 13th batsman to reach this mark.

Younis achieved this landmark milestone on the third day of the first test match between Pakistan and West Indies at Jamaica yesterday.

Younis, 39 years old, has played 116 test matches and has scored 32 centuries so far. His highest score has been 313 against Sri Lanka in 2009.

Younis, as per his announcement, is playing his last series of test matches and has announced his retirement from test cricket after the on going West Indies tour.

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Pakistan wins first ever Pink-Ball Test Match

It was a great day at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday, 17 October, when Pakistan won the first ever day-night test match played with a pink ball.

The match was played between Pakistan and the West Indies as part of the three test match series, which Pakistan won by 56 runs. Another laurel of the day was that Pakistan was playing its 400th test match and won it.

Pakistan's Yasir Shah also became the second bowler to earn 100 wickets in 17 test matches. Previously for Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal had completed 100 wickets in 19 test matches.

Although Pakistan scored a mighty 579 in the first innings, it crumbled for mere 123 in the second, much owed to Bishoo's eight wickets. And West Indians seemed to be winning the test match and were mere 56 runs away from victory when their last wicket fell.

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Pakistan beat England after 20 years

Yasir Shah (L) celebrates with Mohammad Amir after taking the wicket of England’s Moeen Ali for 2 runs (Photo: AFP)

It was a remarkable day for Pakistan to beat England in the heart of Lord's cricket ground by 75 runs. The victory came after a spell of 20 long years.

While performing brilliantly himself, Misbah scored a century at the age of 43 years in the first innings to go down in the history books being the oldest to score a ton. Not only him, another emerging bowler Yasir Shah took five wickets in the first innings and also broke a 20 years old record. Yasir was declared man of the match for bagging 10 wickets in both innings.

At the end of the match, the Pakistan team not only dedicated the victory to Abdul Sattar Edhi, the Pakistani philanthropist who died earlier this month, but also thanked Pakistan Army for arranging a rigorous pre-departure camp to keep the boys in super fit shape.

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Misbah becomes oldest player in history to hit a century

Pakistan's disputed cricket team skipper Misbah, oft criticized for his age, has become the oldest man in the history of cricket to score a century at the age of 42 at Lords against England in the first test match being played between the two countries these days.

It may be a coincidence that this is Misbah's first ever century playing against England in England. He thus becomes the sixth oldest player in Test history to make a century. After scoring his 100, Misbah performed several press-ups, just as 73-year-old actor Jack Palance did when winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 1992 Academy awards.

It may be recalled that Misbah equaled West Indies' Vivian Richards´s then world record for the fastest-ever Test century in mere 56-ball hundred against Australia in Abu Dhabi in 2014 :a mark surpassed by Brendon McCullum´s 54-ball hundred for New Zealand against Australia at Christchurch in February.

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India beaten by the West Indies in ICC T20 World Cup Semis

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Those who saw the semi final of the on going T20 ICC World Cup Cricket tonight at Mumbai would remember it for a long time. The second semi final of the tournament between hosts India and Sammy's 11 of the West Indies was simply a classic display of strong nerves of the West Indies.

India was first to bat and gave a target of 193 to the West Indians with a massive 89 not out by Kohli. Indian scored 192 in all 20 overs.

Coming to bat, the West Indians infused thrill in the match as the target was within sight but with a few runs at hand. West Indies' Simmons was caught thrice but on each occasion a no ball was given and the lucky man went on hitting and was at 82 when a massive six brought victory to Sammy's men, with only two balls remaining. They won b y seven wickets.

It may be added that despite massive, rather 100%, support of the entire crowd watch the match, clapping for India and staying mum for the West Indies, the Sammy's boys were unnerved and concentrated on winning and they finally won.

West Indians now face England in the final. England moved to final by beating favourites New Zealand by 7 wickets.

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Pakistani girls beat India - while the men lose

It was a unique day in cricket for Pakistan - both Pakistani male and female cricket teams playing their Indian counterparts - and the girls dominated the men.

Yes, in an earlier match of the ICC Women's World T20 group match played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Saturday, the Pakistani girls defeated India by two runs in a riveting contest which was decided on DL method.

Pakistani female team was chasing an In dian total of 96 and were at 77/6 when a heavy downpour suspended the game and the match was finally decided on DL method - resulting into a two runs victory for Pakistan.

But when it came to men's cricket, the Pakistani team failed miserably to confroint the Indian spinners who artfully took advantage of the spinning wicket and restricted the Pakistani cricketers for a paltry score of 118. 

When it came to batting, Indians were too delighted to see absence of seasoned spinners on Pakistani side and batted fiercely against fast bowlers and beat Pakistan by 6 wickets in the ICC World Cup match at Kolkata.

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New Zealand wins second T20 against Pakistan while making a world record

Guptill and Williamson broke broke the world record for the highest partnership in T20 internationals for any wicket - Getty Images

Those who saw the second T20 International match between visiting Pakistan cricket team and hosts New Zealand today at Hamilton will remember it for a long time to come.

While New Zealand won the match by 10 wickets with 14 balls remaining, its two opening batsmen Guptill and Williamson broke the highest world record of 170 runs by one run. They both scored 171 runs, 87 and 72 respectively, and broke the world record for the highest partnership in T20 internationals for any wicket.

Batting first, Pakistan scored 168 for 7 in the stipulated 20 overs. Akmal wa the highest scorer with 56 not out. The 3-matches series now stands equalled, after Pakistan won the first match by 16 runs.

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England mauled by Pakistan in first ODI

Babar congratulating Hafeez on his century

It was a bad  day for England playing its first ODI against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi last night.

Playing first England scored 216 in 49.4 overs with the help of Morgan's 76. England suffered three quick losses at the start of the play for just 14 runs.

Coming to bat, Pakistan were reduced to 41-3 by Reece Topley's three wickets. But its was Pakistan's Hafeez who played marvelously and scored unbeaten 102 with 10 fours and one six in his 130-ball innings.  He shared stands of 70 with Malik and an unbroken 106 with Azam, who brought up his half-century with a straight six off Woakes.

Pakistan won by six wickets in 43.4 overs.

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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win T20 series 2-0

Boy, what a sensational match it was today between hosts Sri Lanka and visiting Pakistani cricket teams at the Premadasa stadium, in Colombo . The hosts gave a hefty target of 173 (did 172-5 in 20 overs).

Pakistan batting line suffered a debacle at the hands of the hosts and were as low as 40-5 by 8 overs. But then skipper Afridi came in to add 45 runs off 22 balls including four sixes. But the situation was s till grim till Anwar smashed 46 off 17 balls to bring Pakistan close to victory. 

Still struggling with no wicket in hand, Pakistan's Imad scored a mighty six to bring victory to Pakistan.

Pakistan wins the T20 serties 2-0.

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Pakistan cricket team climbs to world no.3 after historic win against Sri Lanka

Younis Khan plays an impressive shot as part of his 171 runs against Sri Lanka

Pakistan has climbed up the ladder to no. 3 position of ICC's international ranking after chasing its highest target of 377 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

Pakistan won with seven wickets to spare. It was the first time a visiting team scored more than 300 runs in the fourth innings to win a Test on Sri Lankan soil.

Pakistan's Younis Khan's impressive 171 ensured a series victory against Sri Lanka in nine years. Younis, who made his 100th Test appearance in the second match, ended the game just 19 runs away from surpassing Javed Miandad's tally of 8,832 runs to become Pakistan's leading scorer in Tests

Pakistan now trails second-ranked Australia by 10 points and leads fourth-ranked New Zealand by two points.

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ICC names Zaheer Abbas as its President

International Cricket Counsel (ICC) has named Pakistan's ex cricketer Zaheer Abbas as its president for the next year. The decision was taken in a meeting of the ICC in Barbados on Tuesday.

67 years old Zaheer filled the vacancy left vacant by by Mustafa Kamal of Bangladesh, who resigned in April after the ICC's decision over who should hand out the World Cup trophy.

Zaheer is one of Pakistan's finest batsmen who played 78 Tests and 62 one day internationals from 1969 to 1985. He has been a Right-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler.

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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in second ODI and wins series in two years

Pakistan's newly appointed ODI captain Azhar Ali is a lucky captain - for he won a series for Pakistan in two years. The win was made possible by an impressive 102 century by Azhar Ali and a fine partnership between Harris (52*) and Shoaib.

In the second ODI yesterday, Pakistan chased a target of 269 set forth by Zimbabwe with Raza's century and a missed century by one run of that of Chamu Chibhabha.

Winning the toss, Azhar elected to field. Zimbabwe scored an impressive 268 for 7 - but Pakistan made it for just loss of four wickets and won the second ODI and the three ODI series 2-0, with the third ODI yet to be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

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Zimbabwe cricket team visits Pakistan

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore is the venue for the first T20 cricket match for the visiting cricket team of Zimbabwe tonight. The match begins at 7 PM local time.

Zimbabwe is scheduled to play two Twenty20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals. 

It may be added that Zimbabwe is the first international cricket team visiting Pakistan after six years since terrorists attacked the cricket team from sri Lanka in 2009.

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Pakistan beat Bangladesh to clinch the test cricket series

Pakistan beat hosts Bangladesh in the second and final cricket test match at Dacca by 328 runs.

Pakistan's leg spinner Yasir dismantled seven players from the host side. Final score: Pakistan 557/8 decl and 195-6 decl; Bangladesh 203 and 221.

Azhar Ali of Pakistan was declared "Man of the Series."

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Australia knocks out India from ICC World Cup race

So finally India crumbled today after an unbeaten spree in a bid to retain the ICC World Cup they had won last time. Australians proved too good for Dhoni XI and won the second semi final of the on going ICC World Cup tournament by 95 runs.

Smith's 105 helped Australia to a total of 328 for seven, the highest in a World Cup semi-final. Australia will now play their final on the Melbourne Cricket Ground against New Zealand on Sunday.

India now head home with a heavy heart and also bringing an end to some ridiculously planned campaign against Pakistan which had been on the air with a new sarcastic attack against Pakistan before and after each match.

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Australia mocks Pakistan in the quarterfinals of ICC World Cup cricket

Despite tall claims and speculations of a win for Pakistan over Australia in today's quarter final at Adelaide, Australia, the home team mocked the green shirts and chased the target with almost 100 runs remaining.

Batting first, Pakistan was all out for 213 in 49.5 overs with no batsman scoring an impressive winning score. Misbah and Afridi, the already announced goodbyes from one dayers left the crease without impressing their fans and may forever lament their irresponsible performance in their good-bye match. 

One of the dropped catch by Sohail [Photo: AP]

Coming to bat, Australia despite losing four wickets were fairly luck for a number of catches lost, specially the two critical and important one of Wahab, chased the target much too easily with almost 100 runs to spare.

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