Test matches

Half-centuries from debutants Tayyab Arif and Mohammad Taha, along with captain Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel, guided Pakistan to 281-5 at the close of the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on…

Zimbabwe won their first Test match in four years with a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Sylhet. Chasing 174, the tourists slipped from 95-0 to 161-7, enduring a nervous finish before Wesley Madhevere closed the match with a…

South Africa rode on Marco Jansen’s first-innings burst of 7-13 to thrash Sri Lanka by 233 runs in the first Test of the two-match series, at Durban, to attain a PCT of 59.26. That helped them displace Australia (57.69) at the second place…