Rawalpindi cricket ground: Cricket News & Match Updates

ICC World Test Championship:  Debutant pacer Saqib Khan took a sensational 7-130 in 34 overs to bring Pakistan back into the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Ground on Thursday. The visitors looked set to clinch a commanding lead but were bowled out for 446, just 12 runs ahead of Pakistan declaring their first innings at 434/9.

By the time stumps arrived, which came early due to bad light and then subsequent rain, Pakistan reached 33/1 in their second innings, with their lead standing at 45 runs, though they lost opener Tayyab Arif at the very end. Sri Lanka resumed on 404/4 with two centurions at the crease, and a sizeable lead looked a formality.   Read More...