Shoaib Akhtar always had funny stories to share from his international cricket career. He has played cricket against all the sides in the world. He has a lot of cricketers as his friends. So he knows a lot of things which normal people don’t know about cricketers.

New fast bowler found in PCB talent hunt program which is conducted in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. This fast bowler has average speed above 140Kph which is a good sign in Pakistan that we still have youngsters who can bowl with this pace.

Finally a moment of relief for the Pakistan wicket keeper batsman. He has scored his first fifty in Australia and this was a really good innings from the little man. Sarfraz Ahmad scored 59 runs. This is the only fifty after Moin Khan scored in 1999 as Pakistan’s wicket keeper batsman against Australia. Sarfraz played really well. He attacked the Aussie bowlers and made sure that he did not give them space to attack him back. He was busy in hitting the ball in the gaps and taking down his single and doubles. Sarfraz ran a lot between the wickets as well. Sarfraz first boundary came down to deep third man. Starc went over the wicket and bowled a good ball outside the off stumps. Sarfraz just showed the ball an angled bat and got his opening account of boundaries. He wanted to something.Sarfraz then swept Lyon with every ounce of power in his body. This ball spun after pitching and Sarfraz sweep was ready to counter it. He hit this one from the middle and the ball raced away to the fence. Sarfraz really played this one well. After this he played a pedal sweet the off spinner. This time again Sarfraz was in a commanding position. He let the ball come at him and used the pace on this one. The ball hit the bat and raced away to the fence at deep fine leg. The fourth boundary for him was again against Starc. This was a short ball outside the off stump and Sarfraz just cut this one over the infield. The ball hit the middle and went over point fielder. Once it crossed the ring there was no one stopping it from smashing onto the ropes. Sarfraz then got a very lucky chance. He was dropped by Madison in the deep. This was the typical slog sweep shot from Sarfraz against Bird. The ball did hit the meaty part of the bat but the long boundary became to long for Sarfraz to cover. Maddison was stationed on the leg side for this. He ran to his right and did cover a good distance to reach under the ball but at the last moment he spoiled the catch. The ball hit his hands and then went over to cross the fence. This was a much needed chance for Sarfraz. He deserved a fifty for the way he played today. He soon got to his fifty. Mohammad Amir gave him a good hand with the bat.

Australia has declared their second innings after losing 5 wickets. Pakistan now has to make 490 runs to win this game. It is a very tough score for Pakistan especially when they have got a very fragile batting line up. Australia in a commanding position here.

Australia lost their first 5 batters today after they did not enforce follow on against Pakistan. They batted again and now they have given Pakistan a big total to chase. Amir, Wahab, Rahat and Yasir all picked up wickets in the second innings.

Warner was the first wicket to fell for Australia. This was a short ball outside the off stump from the left arm pace bowler Amir. Warner went to pull this one on the leg side and failed. He was not behind the line and length of the ball. The ball climbed onto him and Warner could not manage this one properly. The ball hit the top half and went as one of the easiest catch for Wahab. He took this one with ease. Then Rahat Ali joined the action taking down Renshaw in the slips.

This was the best ball from Pakistani bowlers in the whole match. It was pitched fuller and towards the pads. At the last moment the ball swung away from the left hander. It hit the outside edge of the bat and Younis Khan took this one down in the second slip. Fantastic ball from Rahat Ali and a good neat catch from Younis. Smith was the third wicket for Pakistan. The Australian captain continued showing his good form with the bat. After hitting the fifty he chipped this one straight to long on.

Smith Wanted to hit the ball on the leg side. The ball was a flighted one and Smith used his feet to just drive this one through the leg side. Now the idea was right here but Smith fumbled with the execution. The ball hit the outside edge of the bat and went high in the air towards Rahat Ali at long on. Khawaja was caught brilliant by Misbah off Rahat. This was a stunning piece of fielding from the Pakistani skipper. He hit the dive at the right time and pluck this catch to his left. The ball was flying away from him and hence Misbah had to really judge this one perfectly. Maddison was the fifth wicket to fall. He was caught on the leg side deep by Babar Azam. Wahab Riaz picked him up and that was the end of the Australian innings as well.

Shahid Afridi has not played much domestic cricket in Pakistan. Most of the times he either preferred to give himself rest while other times he was busy in playing foreign leagues. Here we see him batting in a domestic T20 game.

Afridi played 18 balls in this match against Peshawar team and smashed a match winning innings of 49 runs. It was unfortunate that he could not get to his fifty. But Afridi surely gave his Karachi side the match. There was a series of sixes and fours hit by Afridi.

Pakistan team has done well in the opening practice game of their Australian tour. They have defeated the Cricket Australia XI in the three day and night game. It is a massive win for Pakistan and will definitely boost their confidence. The bowling from Pakistan was extra ordinary and the way they have wrapped up the Australian side will give the national side some troubles. Amir, Rahat and Wahab Riaz were excellent in the first and second innings. But the rise of Nawaz in the second innings was the big plus for Pakistan.

Mohammad Amir has given Pakistan a fantastic start to the Australian tour. Though only with the ball because Pakistan won the toss in their first warm up game and decided to bat first only to make 208 runs on board. Yes there was another batting collapse from Pakistan and there was just Younis Khan who hit a fifty rest there was hardly anything to talk about. Good to see Mohammad Amir getting wickets with the new ball. He was under pressure over his performances in test format.

Left arm pace bowler Junaid Khan is having some quality time in Bangladesh Premier League. Junaid has picked up a cluster of wickets in the event so far. He is one of the leading wicket takers in the event as well. He has taken three here in the match against Dhaka Dynamites and still has got two overs in the bag.

Junaid Khan bowled a superb spell in the middle of the innings for Khulna Titans. His overs changed the course of the game as he took 3 wickets. All these wickets were pretty important and that did not let the Dhaka side take much runs at the end.

Junaid picked up Shakib, Prasanna and Bopara. Now we can clearly see that these three names are big hitters of the cricket ball. They were taken by some good balls by Junaid. He surely has given his presence felt for sure.