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‘Babar Azam’s lost his power’: Ricky Ponting explains why Pakistan must consider bringing star batter up at No 3 position rather than No 4 | Cricket News

‘Babar Azam’s lost his power’: Ricky Ponting explains why Pakistan must consider bringing star batter up at No 3 position rather than No 4 | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 9, 2026 12:15 PM IST Has Pakistan cricket team talisman Babar Azam lost a bit of his power? Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting certainly thinks so! Babar Azam’s form, his position in the batting order and even his spot in the XI is under scrutiny after his 18-ball 15-run innings in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands where Pakistan won with three balls to spare and with just three wickets in hand. “It just to me looks like he’s lost a bit of his power, his ball striking ability, like taking on that spinner on the way he did and not being able to even go close to clearing it,” Ponting said in a conversation with Ravi Shastri and Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review. “If you’re 15 off 18 balls, you’re not just putting pressure on yourself, you’re putting pressure on the guy at the other end,” Ponting continued. “The guy at the other end knows that he’s got to be the one to take …

‘Baaki batsman chanafali bech rahe the kya?’: Basit Ali, Kamran Akmal rip into Pakistan after Netherlands escape | Cricket News

‘Baaki batsman chanafali bech rahe the kya?’: Basit Ali, Kamran Akmal rip into Pakistan after Netherlands escape | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 9, 2026 12:26 AM IST Former Pakistan cricketers Basit Ali and Kamran Akmal have slammed the way the team almost lost their T20 World Cup opener to the Netherlands before Faheem Ashraf rescued them and helped them to a three-wicket victory with three balls to spare. “Pakistan bach gaya bhai! (Pakistan just about survived). When Shaheen Shah Afridi is called in to bat, you can imagine what Pakistan batting did in that game. Bad batsmanship by the middle order, especially Babar Azam, Nawaz and Shadab Khan. These are experienced players. They have played not just in leagues across the world, but also in the Pakistan Super League. Today, they did not become heroes for Pakistan, they ended up being zeroes,” former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali said. “Who is a match changer in the Pakistan team? What are you going to say to a country’s fans that get happy when a wicket falls just because it means that Babar Azam will come to bat. But then Babar comes and goes. Today’s star for …

‘Babar Azam’s lost his power’: Ricky Ponting explains why Pakistan must consider bringing star batter up at No 3 position rather than No 4 | Cricket News

‘Kahaan se superstar hai?’: Basit Ali predicts Babar Azam could be dropped for Pakistan’s clash against USA | Cricket News

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4 min readFeb 8, 2026 10:23 AM IST After a near-defeat experience for Pakistan cricket team in their T20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands where a game-winning cameo from Faheem Ashraf helped them chase down the target of 148 with three balls to spare and just three wickets in hand, the knives are out for star batter Babar Azam. Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has predicted that when Pakistan play their next group stage game against the USA in two days’ time, Babar may not make it into the XI. In the game against the Dutch team, Babar managed to score just 15 runs from 18 balls at a strike rate of 83.33 before Roelof van der Merwe dismissed him. “I have a feeling that Babar will not play in Pakistan’s next game. The anger I saw on coach Mike Hesson’s face… I don’t think that he will play Babar at no 4 again in the next game,” Basit Ali said on the YouTube show The Game Plan, where he was joined by Kamran …

England vs Pakistan 3rd T20I abandoned due to heavy rain | Cricket News

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The third T20I international between England and Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Wednesday after heavy rains played spoilsport in Cardiff. This was the second washed out game in the series after the 1st T20I at Leeds was also abandoned due to inclement weather. The two teams will next face each other at the Kennington Oval in London for the 4th and final T20I with England leading the series 1-0, courtesy of their win in the second match in Edgbaston. In that match, England skipper Jos Buttler shepherded the innings with a 51-ball 84 after weathering the new ball threat from Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Amir. Buttler completed 3000 T20 runs during the knock and also equalled Eoin Morgan as the most-capped Englishman in the format. ❌ CALLED OFF ❌ Our third IT20 vs Pakistan has been abandoned due to wet weather. See you at The Oval 👋 pic.twitter.com/WQfQSs63fA — England Cricket (@englandcricket) May 28, 2024 With cameos from Will Jacks and Jonny Bairstow around Buttler, England threatened to set up a …