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The revised key contracts for the Pakistan men’s cricket team have been announced, almost four months after they were due. Shan Masood, who captained Pakistan’s Test team to their first series win since July 2023 this week, retains his place in Category B. However, whether he will last the full year in that position is […]

Gary Kirsten has resigned as head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I teams with immediate effect. Kirsten, who was appointed by the PCB on a two-year contract in April 2024, lasted just under six months in the role and has quit just under a week before Pakistan’s ODI series begins in Australia. *PCB announced that

Pakistan cricket descended into familiar turmoil when Kirsten resigned as head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I teams on Monday. He was six months into a two-year contract and left on the eve of Pakistan’s white-ball tour of Australia. Kirsten, who spearheaded India’s triumph at the 2011 World Cup, leaves his role without having coached

Mohammad Rizwan has been announced as Pakistan’s new white-ball captain and his first assignment will be the ODI and T20I series against Australia next month. The squad marks the return of Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. The trio, omitted from Pakistan’s last two Tests against England, return in both white-ball formats. Neither

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram believes India will be looked after “amazingly well” if they travel to Pakistan to win the Champions Trophy next February and believes it would be a big thing for cricket. “I think whatever I read there are positive vibes from [the] Government of India and [the] BCCI,” said Akram. “I

There were also smaller consequential, if more combustible, problems at hand. Moments after the Pakistan captain hit the winning six, he sat down for an interview with the host station, which involved a couple of awkward exchanges with commentator Ramiz Raja, with Raja awkwardly asking Masood how he had led the side to six consecutive

Captain Pat Cummins has played down the so-called “bat off” to the last place in Australia’s Test squad, but noted it provides a “last piece of information” and helps the selected player prepare for the first Test given the public scrutiny surrounding the competitions against India A. Cummins was speaking at the MCG on Sunday

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) will be played in January-February from 2026, while the Hundred (August) and WBBL (November) have been allocated dedicated windows in the new Women’s Future Tours program for the 2025-29 cycle. The BCCI’s move to the WPL has resulted in Cricket Australia pushing back its marquee women’s summer event from mid-January

In the ultimate analysis of Australia’s total dominance of Pakistan at home, Monday’s opening ODI will be a mere footnote, an extension of a seemingly unchanging trend. Australia have now won 27 of the last 28 completed matches across formats against Pakistan at home, the latest a victory at the MCG with 99 balls to