Fakhar

AL-JAZEERA: an Israeli raid targeted the vicinity of the town of Rashaya Al-Fakhar in southern Lebanon.

Fakhar Zaman and skipper Babar Azam (32) scored freely to stitch together a 53-run stand off 28 balls but Moeen struck again to dismiss Azam lbw.

According to Radio Pakistan, the meeting, chaired by committee chairman Syed Fakhar Imam, will discuss the situation in Kashmir and the use of cluster bombs on civilians by Indian forces.

Eoin Morgan, such a reliable fielder, let a drive from Fakhar Zaman slip through his fingers and go for four.

Fakhar Zaman sprinted 30 yards to fling himself despairingly at a lofted drive.

Left at home to recover from minor injuries were regular captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf, and Shaheen Afridi.

Pakistan stumbled along the way, losing their first wicket in the second ball of the innings itself when Fakhar Zaman was dismissed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Rajitha the wicket taker with a beautifully swerving delivery that crashes into Fakhar Zaman's middle stump.

Thomas finished with 4-27 as Pakistan, sent in to bat, were bowled out in just 21.4 overs, with Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam scoring 22 each.

While the hosts will have all their stars available for the match, including a stellar top three of Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam, they face a depleted Sri Lankan side.

Attempting a slog-sweep against Kuldeep Yadav, Fakhar Zaman got across to sweep, landed the front foot on the heel and then slipped to fall over.

Ben McDermott was run out for the second successive time in the series by Fakhar Zaman, this time the fielder hitting the stumps with a brilliant backhand flick.

Fakhar Zaman bettered the record of Viv Richards as he scored a whopping 515 runs in his last five innings against a hapless Zimbabwe bowling attack.

Fakhar Zaman had a promising Test debut with the bat.

Fakhar Zaman has played in 18 ODIs with a batting average of 76.47.

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq and Asif Ali ensured that Pakistan won the match even before Zimbabwe could step out to bat.

Former cricketer Aamir Sohail has backed his Pakistan compatriot Fakhar Zaman to play a vital role in the upcoming Asia Cup because of his “positive approach” to batting.

I thought we started well with the ball but Fakhar Zaman played one hell of a knock.

Pakistan openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq made a watchful start and added 21 runs without any loss from the first seven overs.