Cricket News sort by Umar Akmal

Like every edition, this year’s Asia Cup also saw a few scintillating performances.

For once, Pakistan batting clicked to help the visitors win the Second T20I at Cape Town by 6 runs to draw the 2-match Series on Friday. Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal played spectacular knocks to set up Pakistan’s victory on a pitch that was slow but bouncy.

West Indies won the Second ODI at Providence in Guyana by 37 runs to level the 5-match Series 1-1. A timid batting approach from the Pakistani top order saw the visitors to fail chasing a modest target of 233.

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced their squads for T20Is and ODIs to be played in the West Indies this month. Veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi and busy middle order batsman Umar Akmal have been recalled to the Pakistani team.

Pakistan pulled off a miraculous 2-wicket victory over South Africa in a low-scoring affair at Colombo. The Pakistanis were down and out at 76 for 7 in the 15th over chasing the target of 134.

The opening ODI between Australia and Pakistan was a tightly contested clash without doubt, but one major factor separated the two teams – the lower-order batting.

Australia worked extremely hard to clinch a 4-wicket win in the 1st ODI at Sharjah despite asked to chase a low target of 199. That was because of incredible bowling spells from Saeed Ajmal (10-0-30-3) and Mohammad Hafeez (10-1-29-2).

An all-round show from Angelo Mathews – 0/41 in 10 overs followed up by a superb unbeaten knock of 80 helped Sri Lanka clinch a thrilling victory over Pakistan in the Final ODI. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by a narrow margin of two wickets with two balls to spare to clinch the ODI Series 3-1.