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Top 3 worst umpiring decisions ever...!  1. Umpire Joel Wilson's wrong decision denied Zimbabwe the highest ever run chase in World Cup history.  Chasing 332, Zimbabwe were just hanging in there thanks to Brendon Taylor and Sean Williams' 149 run partnership. With 32 needed off 19 balls, the game was on for the two set batsmen. This is when Williams hit one to deep mid-wicket and was caught. The decision went to the third umpire for confirmation.  This is what the fielder's foot looked like when he took the catch.  Take another look!  But to the dismay of Zimbabwe, Sean Williams was declared out! Zimbabwe lost the game by 5 runs!  2. Umpire Rudi Koertzen's blunder not only cost Kumar Sangakkara a double century but Sri Lanka a historical victory in Australia.  Chasing 507 runs, Sri Lanka had made 265-3 before they suffered a collapse which reduced them to 290-8. However, on one end was the impregnable Kumar Sangakkara. He had scored 192 when he we

It is saddening for the cricket enthusiasts of Pakistan that two of Pakistani team’s precious players will not be seen on field on the in the England tour. According to Mohammad Amir, he has withdrawn from the England tour which will be taken place in August because his wife is pregnant and he is expecting a second baby in the month of august this year. He doesn’t want to miss this moment of being there while her wife is giving birth to her second child because obviously family comes first. Muhammad Amir is well known fast bowler of Pakistani cricket and a must needed asset of the team but unfortunately we won’t be seeing him in the series. Amir retired from test cricket last year in July and now only eligible for T20 series only. Talking about the Batsman Haris Sohail, there was a confusion about his withdrawal from the tour that either it was personal issue or something else. But Haris Sohail has now confirmed that he will not be seen on field this year because he wants to be

No training camp for Pakistan before England Tour. Pakistan cricket Board is not going to held a training camp for the England tour 2020 due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. The players and support staff will instead meet up in Lahore before their departure to the UK, where COVID-19 tests will be conducted. This is a huge setback for Pakistan given it was a chance for the just appointed Younis Khan (batting coach) to work with the team. The constantly evolving Coronavirus situation has left players to train by themselves, with the Pakistan board even advising its players against using cricket grounds in this period. The management however hoping to manage some training sessions in England before the series start. Dates for the proposed tour are yet to be confirmed. Pakistan Cricket team coach and chief Selector Misbah ul haq said that is not the reason his side have agreed to go ahead with the series. Instead, he focuses on the importance of getting international cricket back

Haider Ali the new face   Batsman Haider Ali , one of Pakistan's best performers at the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year was included in national side of Pakistan. Former Captain of Pakistan Sarfaraz Ahmed is also back in the side who last played for Pakistan in October last year. The squad is a combination of red- and white-ball player. On the other hand, Mohammad Amir and Haris Sohail with draw from the tour of England. Amir, 28, will miss the series in order to be at the birth of his second child in August, while Sohail, 31, has withdrawn for family reasons. The selectors have retained most of the men who were named for the Bangladesh tour earlier this year for tests. Haider Ali, the only new face in the line-up, got the chance after an impressive year, in which he played an important role for Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL, scoring 239 runs at a strike rate of close to 160. He shot into prominence with 645 first-class runs at just under 50 in his debut Quaid-e-Azam Tr

Babar Azam the new ODI Skipper The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed Azhar Ali as Test and Babar Azam as One-day International and Twenty20 International Captains for the upcoming 12-month period. Pakistan national team Coach and Selector Misbah ul haq Congratulate both of them and hope that Pakistan team will perform well under their captaincy. “I want to congratulate Azhar Ali and Babar Azam for getting captaincy extensions. This is absolutely the right decision as they also require certainty and clarity on their future roles. I am sure they will now start looking to the future and start planning so that they can build sides that can perform at the expected levels,” said Misbah. “I am sure they will now start looking to the future and start planning so that they can build sides that can perform at the expected levels,” Misbah added Since Sarfaraz Ahmed was removed from captaincy Pakistan team have yet not played an ODI They were scheduled to do so in the first wee

Racism in Cricket…. Darren Sammy Former West Indian Skipper Darren Sammy has expressed his anger at a word he has said was used to address him when he played in the Indian Premier League for Sun risers Hyderabad . He Played for Sunrises Hyderabad in IPL between 2013 and 2014 in which according to him the other mates of his team pass racist comments on several occasions. Sammy comments came after the Black lives matter moment is on peak after the death of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. In the Instagram story of Darren Sammy, he wrote "Oh so that's what that meant when they called me and Thisara Perera Kalu in India when we played for Sunrisers.   I just thought they were calling me strong black man - I’m more pissed now." He added: "I just learnt what that kalu meant. When I played for Sunrisers in the IPL, they called me and Perera by that name. "I will be messaging those people, you guys know who you are,