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Steve Smith has been ruled out of Australia's upcoming limited-overs matches with Pakistan due to a recurrence of a left elbow injury, Cricket Australia said Saturday. The 32-year-old became the fastest batter to complete 8,000 runs during the final Test in Lahore that Australia won by 115 runs to clinch the series 1-0 on Friday.
Australia suffered a blow ahead of their upcoming ODI series and lone T20 against Pakistan with senior batter Steve Smith being ruled out with an elbow problem. Cricket Australia said on Friday night that Smith will miss the white-ball leg of the tour of Pakistan to manage discomfort in his left elbow. "Smith experienced some discomfort during the three-match Test series and, with a full schedule of international cricket over the coming 18 months, it was felt prudent to prioritise recovery and treatment at this time," a CA statement said.
Indian Premier League (IPL) champions. Since then, a mega-auction has happened, both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have acquired a new look with their cores intact. And now they are back in the cauldron of Wankhede to kickstart a new season. The CSK-KKR rivalry isn’t exactly top billing, with the Chennai team generally having the better of the exchanges, including the last final. But KKR have had an X-factor over the years that always makes them an uncomfortable team to play first up. Probably, CSK’s bitterest-ever defeat in IPL came in the 2012 final at Chepauk against KKR when Manvinder Bisla played a blinder. Since then, CSK have always been cautious going into this fixture, more so due to the presence of the likes of West Indians Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. These two players have bothered the four-time champions time and again and CSK will try to ensure that the duo does not get going on Saturday.
Australia claimed a historic victory against Pakistan on Friday, taking the three-Test series 1-0 with a 115-run win on the fifth day of the last match in Lahore.
Pat Cummins excited about the team's prospects when they tour Sri Lanka in a few months and India next year. Cummins joined Richie Benaud and Mark Taylor as the only Australian captains to lead their team to a series victory in Pakistan when his side clinched the deciding third Test in Lahore by 115 runs for a 1-0 win. The 28-year-old fast bowler was handed the reins of the Test side in November when Tim Paine stepped down amid a sexting scandal shortly before an Ashes series at home.
The test series victory in Pakistan on Friday left Australia captain Pat Cummins excited about the team's prospects when they tour Sri Lanka in a few months and India next year.
After winning the Test series against Pakistan by 1-0 in the third and final Test on Friday, Australia captain Pat Cummins expressed happiness and said that the way his side batted in the first innings was fantastic. Australia had given a target of 351 runs to Pakistan. Nathan Lyon's five-wicket haul and skipper Pat Cummins' three-wicket haul helped Australia in bundling out Pakistan at 235 and claiming a victory by 115 runs on Day 5 of the third Test in Lahore. While chasing the target, the entire team was all out for 235 runs in the last session on the fifth day. Nathan Lyon took 5 wickets for 83 runs for Australia.
Nathan Lyon picked five while skipper Pat Cummins took three wickets as Australia bowled out Pakistan for 235 on an entertaining final day to take the third and final Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, also taking the three-match series 1-0. Cummins, who had taken five wickets in the first innings, cleaned up tail-ender Naseem Shah as Australia won the match 115 runs. It was a length delivery from Cummins, and Naseem tried to defend it. He, however, completely missed the ball, which went on to uproot his off and middle stump.