Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan grabbed all 10 wickets to bowl out England for 112, leaving Pakistan a target of 36 to win the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

India were 81-1 in pursuit of a daunting 359 in the second Test on Saturday as they looked to deny New Zealand a historic series win.

In Test cricket, Bangladesh have always blazed their own trail, usually down the wrong path, and followed processes that would beget blank stares and stunned looks in most other teams.

Seamer Mohammed Shami will not play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy test series against Australia while spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been sidelined with a groin injury as the country's cricket board (BCCI) announced an 18-member squad on Friday.

A Rangpur Riders official informed that they won’t get the services of Shakib Al Hasan in the upcoming Global Super League (GSL) in Guyana as the premier all-rounder has prior commitments with Bangla Tigers for the Abu Dhabi T10.

The match between Western Australia (WA) and Tasmania at the One-Day Cup, a domestic 50-over competition in Australia, was witness to an extraordinary batting collapse as WA lost eight wickets for just one run to go from 52-2 to 53 all out in Perth today.

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma will also miss the second Test of the Bangladesh Test series, which is slated to begin in Chattogram from October 29.

Spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali left England reeling at 24-3 after Saud Shakeel's fighting hundred put Pakistan ahead in the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Friday.

New Zealand were in sight of a historic series win in India after spinner Mitchell Santner took 7-53 to help bowl out the hosts cheaply in the second Test on Friday.

Coaches, captains and selectors often say that having all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the side helps with the combination. So, when Shakib was unable to take part in the first Test, the think tank failed to come up with the right decisions.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are yet to ascertain whether all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will feature in Bangladesh’s three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, starting on November 6, in the UAE.  

The lifetime ban from holding leadership positions in Australian cricket imposed on David Warner for his part in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal has been lifted, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.

Batting debacles are a regularity in Bangladesh cricket and they appear to be happening more frequently in recent times.

Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed replaced Taskin Ahmed in the 15-member squad for the second Test against South Africa, scheduled to start on October 29, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

"Everything that happened today was pleasing," said off-spinner Sundar after taking 7-59.

Over 91,030 fans were drawn in during the tournament held in the UAE, a remarkable increase from the 2023 edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup.

South Africa cruised to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test on Thursday with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada the star of the show in Mirpur.

At the close, Pakistan captain Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel were both unbeaten on 16, with the home team still trailing by 194 and the match in the balance.

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz played a crucial knock under pressure at number seven against South Africa during the Tigers' seven-wicket loss in the first Test in Mirpur today.

India were 16-1 at the close in Pune, losing captain Rohit Sharma for a nine-ball duck to a Tim Southee delivery that shaped away and crashed into the off-stump via the pad.