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Stephan Myburgh

Max O'Dowd

Bas de Leede

Tom Cooper

Colin Ackermann

Scott Edwards (C) (W)

Roelof van der Merwe

Tim Pringle

Fred Klaassen

Paul van Meekeren

Brandon Glover

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Mohammad Rizwan (W)

Babar Azam (C)

Shan Masood

Fakhar Zaman

Iftikhar Ahmed

Shadab Khan

Mohammad Nawaz

Mohammad Wasim

Shaheen Afridi

Haris Rauf

Naseem Shah

Aryan Dutt

Bastiaan Franciscus Wilhelmus de Leede

Benjamin Edwin Fletcher

Colin Niel Ackermann

Daniel Tarric Doram

Frederick Jack Klaassen

Kyle Klein

Logan Verjus van Beek

Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd

Michael Levitt

Noah Roderick Joseph Croes

Paul Adriaan van Meekeren

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Ryan Klein

Saqib Mohammad Zulfiqar

Scott Andrew Edwards

Shariz Ahmad

Sikander Ali Zulfiqar

Anil Teja Nidamanuru

Timm van der Gugten

Timothy James Gerard Pringle

Vikramjit Singh

Vivian Jilling Kingma

Wesley Barresi

Zach Benjamin Lion-Cachet

Abdullah Shafique

Abdul Samad

Abrar Ahmed

Asif Khan Afridi

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Faisal Akram

Hasan Ali

Hasan Nawaz

Haseebullah Khan

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Imam-ul-Haq

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Mohammad Haris

Mohammad Rizwan

Naseem Abbas Shah

Noman Ali

Sahibzada Farhan

Saim Ayub

Sajid Khan

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Saud Shakeel

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shan Masood Khan

Usman Khan

Usman Tariq

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<p>The bouncy track of Perth is a fast bowler's paradise as batters get troubled by the extra bounce.

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Watch: Haris Rauf's ferocious bouncer badly injures Netherlands batter Bas de Leede, forces concussion substitute

<p>Coming from a nightmarish Zimbabwe jolt, Pakistan redeemed themselves with a facile victory 6-wikcet victory over Netherlands to open their winning account in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Sunday (October 30).

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T20 WC: Pakistan hang on to semi-final qualification hopes with scrappy win over Netherlands

<p>After sustaining two heartbreaking defeats in the ongoing T20 World Cup, one-time champion Pakistan stands on the cusp of elimination from the multi-national tournament.

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'India were bundled out for 36': Sunil Gavaskar draws comparison between Pakistan's recent ineptitude with India's Adelaide horror

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Harleen Deol and Shweta Sehrawat were left perplexed in the middle as head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out the set batter in slog overs.

UP Warriorz head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out Harleen Deol.

After the 17th over, everyone from UP Warriorz team management were on the same page.

Harleen Deol, Abhishek Nayar

Harleen in disbelief to get retired out on 47, UP Warriorz's tactics backfire

Delhi Capitals managed to pull off a nail-biting seven-wicket win over UP Warriorz in a last-ball thriller in their Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 clash

Delhi Capitals nicked past UP Warriorz by seven wickets in their WPL 2026 clash

DC managed to overhaul the 155-run target in a last-ball thriller

Delhi Capitals' Lizelle Lee (R) in action in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: DC eke out seven-wicket win over UPW in last-ball thriller

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner revealed that she told Ayushi Soni that it was a team decision to retire her out.

Ayushi Soni scored 11 runs from 14 balls.

After retiring out Soni, Bharti Fulmali scored an unbeaten 15-ball 36. 

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Gujarat Giants batter becomes 1st to be retired out in WPL history, captain says

Harmanpreet Kaur starred with an unbeaten 71 to guide the Mumbai Indians to their highest successful chase in the WPL, leading a thrilling seven-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants. After early setbacks, Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur steadied the innings, with Nicola Carey finishing the job, while Harmanpreet also became the first Indian to cross 1,000 WPL runs.


Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 71 runs against Gujarat Giants.

Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Harmanpreet Kaur playing a shot

Harmanpreet Kaur’s 71 leads Mumbai Indians to record WPL chase against GG

Gujarat Giants all-rounder Anushka Sharma is expected to be out for the next few matches after she sustained an injury while fielding against the Delhi Capitals

Anushka Sharma to be out of action for Gujarat Giants

Anushka had sustained an injury during the clash against Delhi Capitals

Gujarat Giants' Anushka Sharma plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai (via Getty)

Big blow for Gujarat Giants as all-rounder to be out of action due to injury

Bangladesh players started their boycott of all cricket in the country with the country's premier T20 franchise tournament, the BPL.

Najmul Islam had labelled Tamim Iqbal as 'Indian agent'.

Bangladesh players want Najmul Islam to resign. 

Mahedi Hasan

Bangladesh players follow through with boycott threat, BPL match delayed

New Zealand tour of India 2026

The New Zealand batter continued his phenomenal form against India and slammed a superb century in the second ODI held at Rajkot

Daryl Mitchell remained unbeaten on 131 against India in 2nd ODI

New Zealand defeated India by 7 wickets in 2nd ODI

New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the second one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot (via Getty)

Mitchell scripts history, breaks this long-standing record with century vs India

The India seamer has been appointed as Hyderabad's captain for the Ranji Trophy while G Rahul Singh has been named as his deputy

Mohammed Siraj has been named as Hyderabad's captain in Ranji Trophy

Tilak Varma had sustained an abdominal injury in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Mohammed Siraj (C) of India celebrates the wicket of Keshav Maharaj of South Africa with teammates during the First Test match in the series between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens (via Getty)

Siraj named as Hyderabad's captain for this tournament following Tilak's injury

Kamran Akmal feels Mohammad Rizwan to improve his strike rate. However, he feels Rizwan should come back home after he was retired out in BBL clash.


Mohammad Rizwan became the first overseas player to be retired out in BBL history.

Kamran Akmal wants Rizwan to leave BBL 2025-26 midway and fly back home.

PAK's T20 WC winner wants 'retired out' Rizwan to leave BBL & come back home

Ahead of England's tour of Sri Lanka, their Pakistan-origin spinners Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed are yet to receive their visas for India.

Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed's India visas have been delayed.

The ECB is confident that their Pakistan-origin players will get their visas in time. 

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England's T20 WC'26 plans face setback, 2 Pakistan-origin players' visas delayed

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Watch: Haris Rauf's ferocious bouncer badly injures Netherlands batter Bas de Leede, forces concussion substitute

T20 WC: Pakistan hang on to semi-final qualification hopes with scrappy win over Netherlands

'India were bundled out for 36': Sunil Gavaskar draws comparison between Pakistan's recent ineptitude with India's Adelaide horror