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Some of the top cricketers are contemplating terminating their central contracts with the Pakistan Cricket Board after some were refused NOCs to go and play in foreign T20 leagues. According to sources in the team management, most of the centrally contracted players are upset with the board for not allowing them to play in foreign leagues despite being free from national commitments.
Pakistan's spinners ran through New Zealand to pick up a consolation 42-run win in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday and avoid a series clean sweep. The tourists lost the five-match series 4-1 but it ended on a positive note as they dismissed the Black Caps for a paltry 92 in defence of 134-8. Part-time offspinner Iftikhar Ahmed produced career-best figures of 3-24 as a weakened New Zealand batting lineup struggled against the turning ball and were skittled for their eighth-lowest T20 total.
A never-before-seen incident took place during the second T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday. The incident occurred during the sixth over of the innings when Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman was firing on all cylinders. Fakhar hit Ben Sears for a massive six over deep backward square-leg and the ball ended up on the road. However, a fan took the ball and ran away with it. In the video, a couple of fans were seen chasing the ball after Fakhar's monstrous hit. A fan eventually eventually picked up the ball and ran away with it.
The Cricket World witnessed the Maxwell Mayhem on Tuesday as the Australia all-rounder set the stage on fire with his unbelievable unbeaten knock of 201 runs against Afghanistan in a World Cup match. Record books underwent a major re-writing as Maxwell helped Aussies script a miraculous win over Afghanistan, securing a place in the semi-finals of the tournament. Maxwell's unbeaten 201 came in 128 balls, with the help of 21 fours and 10 sixes. He struck at a strike rate of over 157. In the process, he went on to make history, achieving several new milestones in his illustrious cricketing career.
One of the finest opening batters of his time, Virender Sehwag, was full of praise for Pakistan star Fakhar Zaman as he single-handedly kept the team's World Cup semi-finals hunt alive on Saturday. Fakhar's century helped Pakistan beat New Zealand in a rain-marred encounter, and Sehwag found it tough to wrap his head around the idea that the Pakistan team had decided to bench the opening batter for the most of the 2023 campaign. Seeing Fakhar smash Kiwi bowlers all around the park, Sehwag slammed the Pakistan team for the decision.
After playing a match-winning century against New Zealand, Pakistan opening batter Fakhar Zaman revealed that his side was "praying" for no resumption of the games during the second rain break in the encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. Pakistan beat New Zealand by 21 runs on DLS in a high-scoring rain-effected match in Bengaluru. Babar Azam and Zaman's phenomenal fireworks at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium helped Pakistan beat New Zealand on DLS in a high-scoring rain-effected match and keep their chances of qualification alive in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023.
BENGALURU : Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman said the team's planning had gone into overdrive at the first hint of rain, after the batsman smashed a century to help his team seal a 21-run victory over New Zealand via the DLS method that kept their semi-final hopes alive.
BENGALURU : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson tried to focus on the positives after his side's loss to Pakistan in Saturday's rain-hit World Cup game left them in a precarious position in the chase for a semi-final spot.