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Players express mixed reactions ahead of pink-ball challenge

Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali says his side is excited about the opportunity to take part in a day-night Test for the first time, a sentiment echoed West Indies batsman Darren Bravo

12-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

West Indies tour match drawn after Hope fifty, Shahzaib five-for

A five-wicket haul for legspinner Shahzaib Ahmed ensured the PCB Patron's XI secured a first-innings lead before an eventual draw on the final day of the three-day tour match against West Indies

10-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Brathwaite, Bravo among runs after Bishoo five-for

Darren Bravo and Kraigg Brathwaite found runs off the pink ball on the second day of the West Indians' tour game against the PCB Patrons XI

08-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan pick Babar Azam, Nawaz in Test squad

Middle-order batsman Babar Azam and left-arm spinner Mohammd Nawaz have been selected in Pakistan's Test squad for the first time, for the first Test against West Indies

08-Oct-2016•Umar Farooq

Masood, Shehzad, and Iftikhar get workout against pink ball

Ahmed Shehzad, Shan Masood, and Iftikhar Ahmed struck fifities for PCB Patron's XI on the first day of the warm-up game against West Indians played with the pink ball in Sharjah

07-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Younis Khan to miss first Test

Younis Khan has been ruled out of Pakistan's first Test against West Indies, with doctors advising him 10 days of rest to regain his strength after recovering from a bout of dengue fever

06-Oct-2016•Umar Farooq

Azam's third ton in a row leads Pakistan to 3-0

Babar Azam became the third Pakistan player - and eighth overall - to score three consecutive ODI centuries as he top-scored with a 106-ball 117 in Pakistan's commanding 136-run victory over West Indies in Abu Dhabi

05-Oct-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

Dowrich, Chase get workout in drawn warm-up match

Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich and Roston Chase were the beneficiaries on the second day of West Indies' drawn warm-up match after getting a workout with the bat in the second innings against Emirates Cricket Board XI

04-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan seek another whitewash to ease WC qualification passage

Having won the ODI series, Pakistan will look to whitewash West Indies in successive series' to ease their hopes of automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup

04-Oct-2016•The Preview by Umar Farooq

Carter, Cummins rattle Emirates Cricket Board XI

Jonathan Carter and Miguel Cummins gave a good account of themselves on the opening day of West Indians' two-day fixture against Emirates Cricket Board XI in Dubai

03-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Shoaib changed momentum of the game' - Holder

West Indies captain Jason Holder has credited Shoaib Malik as the catalyst for Pakistan's series-clinching victory in the second ODI at Sharjah

03-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Azam, Malik inspire Pakistan's series win

Pakistan sealed the ODI series with another clinical win against West Indies, built on the back of a 169-run partnership between Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam

02-Oct-2016•The Report by Nikhil Kalro

Buoyant Pakistan look to ride winning momentum

While West Indies continued to struggle to get enough runs on the board in spin-friendly UAE conditions, Pakistan would be cheered that many of their younger players are at the forefront of their winning momentum

01-Oct-2016•The Preview by Umar Farooq

We don't disregard any format - Holder

After a crushing 111-run loss in the opening match of the ODI series, Jason Holder has reiterated that West Indies take all three formats equally seriously, even if their results in Tests and ODIs have been far worse than those in T20Is

01-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Azam's maiden ton sets up big Pakistan win

Babar Azam's maiden ODI hundred set up Pakistan's 111-run victory via D/L method against West Indies in Sharjah

30-Sep-2016•The Report by Deivarayan Muthu

Pakistan in quest to arrest ODI woes

Having swept past West Indies in the three-match T20I series, Pakistan will sense an opportunity to do likewise in the ODIs, a format in which their recent form has been abysmal

29-Sep-2016•The Preview by Sirish Raghavan

'Terribly embarrassing' if WI don't get automatic WC qualification - Dujon

Jeff Dujon, the former West Indies wicketkeeper, has said it would be a "terrible embarrassment" if West Indies were unable to qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup

28-Sep-2016•Andrew McGlashan

Pakistan stroll to 3-0 after Imad three-for

Pakistan completed a 3-0 whitewash of West Indies with a comfortable eight-wicket win in Abu Dhabi that exposed the World T20 champions' weaknesses in conditions not conducive to big hitting

27-Sep-2016•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Top-order issues have led to downfall - Brathwaite

West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite has pointed out that top-order issues have been the major worry for them in the two matches against Pakistan in Dubai

27-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Future belongs to day-night Tests' - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan Test captain, urged the cricketing world to embrace the concept of day-night Test 'quickly'

26-Sep-2016•Umar Farooq

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