Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq made light work of some bowlers in Norway this week, including former team-mate Mohammad Asif, who he smacked for three sixes.
With the second Test between England and Pakistan taking place at Old Trafford in Manchester, with the visitors leading the series, we take a look at five previous Test matches between the sides at the ground.
South Africa will begin their two-match Test series against New Zealand with South Africans still punch-drunk on an Olympic high that has seen the country’s athletes rewrite the history books.
The Test series in England between the Three Lions and Pakistan ended in a two-all draw after the visitors won the fourth Test at The Oval inside four days, and the pundits reacted with some thoughts.
South African cricketers past and present flocked to Twitter early on Monday morning to sing the praises of new 400m record holder Wayne van Niekerk, after he smashed Michael Johnson’s record in Rio.
At only 23 years of age, South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock became the youngest player in the history of ODI cricket to record 10 centuries (in 57 games).
We continue to look at how the internationals teams performed in 2015. India were up and down, Pakistan built up a solid Test unit and Afghanistan came out of their shell but sadly two stalwarts left the international game.
