Tag: Pakistan
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Asia Cup review
Hello, good afternoon sports fans, it’s me Ayyaz Malik aka The Sports Buff. I hope you’re well, looking after yourselves and in you’re good health. We need to talk sports fans about sports and in particular, cricket.Yesterday’s match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was the final of the Asia Cup, which many (after India’s early […]
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Pakistan win first test
Babar Azam and Asad Shafique who both hit centuries, helped tourists Pakistan to an impressive four-wicket win against Sri Lanka, which was the second highest successful run chase in test history. Hosts Sri Lanka, who impressively drew their last series with Australia, were only able to must a score of 222 all out. In reply, […]
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Sporting Rivalries
Hello, good afternoon sports fans, it’s me Ayyaz Malik aka The Sports Buff, and I am here with another sporting chat. Ladies and gents, sports fans of all ages, let’s talk about sporting rivalries. As we know sports games/matches can be contested in different ways through team sports or individual sports such as tennis, snooker […]
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Karachi Kings trying to do a Schalke
Hello and good afternoon sports fans! How the devil are we? Well, if you’re like me and you will say in the sporting sense, life is brilliant! PSL (Pakistan Super League) is on and return of the Champions League too, *sips on coffee with bliss*. But for those of you who are fans of PSL […]
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Congrats to Pakistan!
Good morning sports fans, the team here at The Sports Buff want to congratulate Pakistan. Why? I hear you ask, well the men in Green have become record breakers. After Monday’s 63 run win against West Indies, that meant that Babar Azam’s men have broke their own record of winning 17 games by winning their […]
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Remember the name, Zidane Iqbal
When you hear the name of Zidane Iqbal, you will naturally make the connection of a certain Zinedine Zidane, but Manchester United’s equivalent ‘Zizou’ comes in the form of their academy graduate who is a British-Pakistani with an Iraqi mum. At just 18, Iqbal has caught the attention of football observers with his performances for […]
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Pakistan announce limited overs squads for West Indies series
Hello and good afternoon sports fans; below we share with you the two Pakistan squads for facing West Indies starting 13th December. Pakistan ODI Squad For The West Indies Series: Babar Azam (captain) Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad […]
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Australia edge out Pakistan in classic
Five-time 50 over world champions Australia beat 2009 World T20 winners and unbeaten Pakistan in the semi-finals by five wickets to reach Sunday’s final with neighbours New Zealand. Winning the toss, Australian captain Aaron Finch put Pakistan into bat, in a decision which maybe could have been driven (no intentional cricket pun) by not knowing […]
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Australia to tour Pakistan in 2022
Former World Champions Australia have announced that they will be touring Pakistan in 2022. The Baggy Green outfit who will be touring the country for the first time in 24 years, will be in Pakistan for March and April 2022. Since the announcement by Australia to tour Pakistan, news emerged that Tom Harrison (ECB chief […]
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