Pakistan Roar to No1 ODI Rankings  Pakistan secured a comfortable victory against Afghanistan in the 3rd ODI match held in Colombo. The Pakistani team displayed a commendable performance both in batting and bowling, resulting in a win by 59 runs. After winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bat first and set a challenging total on the scoreboard. They lost early wickets but managed to stabilize their innings. Babar and Rizwan's half-centuries and some late innings hitting by Agha Salaman and Nawaz helped Afghanistan reach a total of 268 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Afghanistan's opening pair of Ruhmanullah Gurbaz and Riaz Hasan gave the team a bad start, putting up a partnership of 17 runs. The Afghanistan middle order struggled as only Riaz and Shahidullah managed to put up decent scores. Mujeed will a late flourish in the lower order scored 64 giving the Afghanistan effort some respectability The Pakistani bowlers were outstanding, with Shaheen Afridi

 Pakistan's cricket team put up a solid performance against Afghanistan in the second ODI, securing a comfortable win by 1 wicket and series win 2-0 with one match to go. The match was held at Hambantota Stadium, and Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The Afghanistan team got off to an excellent, with the opening batsman putting up 227 runs opening stand. Rahmatullah Gurbaz was the top scorer with 151 runs, while Ibrahim Zadran made 80. The rest of the batting line-up failed to make an impact, and the team ended up posting 300-5 runs in 50 overs. Pakistan's bowling attack was decent, with Shaheen Afridi being the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/58 in his 10 overs. Naseem Shah and Usama Mir also chipped in with one wicket each. In reply, Pakistan got off to a solid start, with Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq putting on an opening stand of 52 runs. Imam-ul-Haq was the best batsman scoring 91 off 105. Babar Azam then came in and played a decent knock, scoring 53

 Pakistan beat Afghanistan in the first ODI by 142 runs. The stars for Pakistan were their ruthless pace trio of Shaheen, Naseem, and Haris Rauf. The trio put up an excellent show utilizing their pace and bounce as they ripped apart the Afghanistan batting order.  Shaheen started the innings with an excellent spell of 4 overs 2 maidens 2-9. Shaheen bowled with pace, bounce, and accuracy and he got the ball to move through the air and off the pitch superbly. The Afghanistan batsman had no answers to what Shaheen dished out at them. Naseem bowled 5 exceptional overs and took 1-12. Together with Shaheen the 2 ended Afghanistan's hopes of chasing the 202 target that Pakistan had set as they didn't allow the Afghanistan batters to get settled from the get going.  Haris Rauf then came into the attack and cleaned up what remained of the Afghanistan batting as ended up will amazing figures of 6 overs and 2 maidens 5-18. This was a brutal display of pace, bounce, and movement.  The Paki

  The Proteas have announced their preliminary World cup squad and there are some interesting selections made by the selectors as Proteas only have one series left before the World cup. The Proteas 19 men squad looks strong and balanced, but the biggest question is will that remain the same when the squad is cut down to fifteen. The captain for Proteas is Bavuma who is a very calm and cool leader. He has adjusted to the leadership role very well and has the respect of his teammates. The team under his leadership is a very well-gelled unit.  The vice-captain of the team is Markram who has been seen as a leader from age group cricket. He and Bavuma have a great relationship and they work very well together bouncing ideas off each other. Makram as Bavuma deputy makes the perfect pair to lead the Proteas in the World cup.  The key players for Proteas in this World cup will be Klaasen, Miller, Van der Dussen in the batting and Maharaj, Shamsi, Rabada and Nortje in the bowling department. If

 The Betway ODI series between SA and West Indies gets underway with the first ODI in East London on Thursday. This series will form part of both teams' preparation for the World cup later this year although both teams still need to qualify for the World cup.  The West Indies depend on New Zealand, Netherlands, and Bangladesh to win their remaining matches so that they can seal the last direct qualification spot, which is looking unlikely. The Proteas control their own faith as they still have 2 matches left against the Netherlands and if they win those 2 matches comfortably, they should be able to seal the last qualification spot providing New Zealand and Bangladesh win one match in their series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.  This ODI series will provide some much need confidence to whoever wins and should allow them to build going forward as they look to find the right combinations for the world cup. The Proteas will be experimenting with their team for the first 2 ODIs as th

 The Proteas completed a 2-0 series win against West Indies to finish 3rd in the 2021-23 WTC cycle. The Proteas performance was led by Captain Bavuma as he scored 172 to lead the way as Proteas beat West Indies by 284 runs in the 2nd test.  The Proteas batted first and posted 320 with Markram 96 and De Zorzi 85 being the top 2 scorers for the Proteas first Innings. The Proteas started well again with a opening partnership of 76 and 2nd wicket Partnership of 116 between Markram and De Zorzi. They also had a 3rd wicket Partnership of 56 between De Zorzi and Bavuma. These were the 3 most significant partnerships during the innings, and this is a good total on this pitch The Proteas then came out to bowl and were in control early on as they picked up wickets regularly and didn't allow the West Indies to get away with any good partnerships. The West Indies were eventually bowled out for 251 with Holder top scoring with 81.  The Proteas took a 1st innings lead of 69 runs The Proteas were

Protea's new era started off very well as they scored 314-8 on day 1 of the first test of this series. The day started with Proteas winning the toss and choosing to bat first. The Proteas got off to a great start as Elgar and Markram batted through too Lunch as they put together an opening Partnership of 99 in the morning session.  The afternoon session was again dominated by Proteas as a further 107 added for the loss of 1 wicket. The wicket that fell during the afternoon session was that of Elgar for a well-played 71 off 118.  Markram and the debutant De Zorzi then continued to bat untroubled as they put together a partnership of 78 off 127 before De Zorzi ran himself out and this triggered a collapse by Proteas as they lost 7 wickets in the last session of the day.  The Proteas were still able to score as they scored a further 108 runs in the last session. The West Indies had made a good comeback by Stumps Day 1.  The Proteas would add another 28 runs before being bowled out for