"We had a very good start but then lost couple of wickets that took away the momentum,"said Azam. "We lost momentum and in the end were 20-30 runs short." Pakistan made a brisk start. Azam, who hit back to back hundreds in Pakistan's 2-1 win in the one-day international series

Azam proved why he is the world's top one-day batsman with back-to-back hundreds to help Pakistan win the 50-over series at the weekend and he is just as deadly in the shorter version of the game.

All five senior players were part of the team that won the three-match Test series 1-0 last week, on Australia's first tour of Pakistan in 24 years.

Argentina fans revere Messi, and all the more so since he led them to the Copa America in 2021. The feeling is mutual, with Messi leading his teammates on a victory lap around the ground and chanting and singing along with the 50,000 crowd.

Pakistan's second-biggest city and its Gaddafi Stadium have not hosted a Test since the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus left six security personnel and two civilians dead.

It was Pakistan's fourth straight loss at the tournament in New Zealand and gives them virtually no chance of making the playoffs.

In a nail-biting semi-final, Ahsan lost the first two frames to the defending champion but levelled by winning the following two sets. After levelling the score at 2-2, they both won alternative sets to once again tie the score on 4-4.

Pakistan came agonisingly close to victory after going into the fixture ranked last in the eight-team tournament's standings after heavy losses to India and Australia.

Imam's exploits in the drawn Rawalpindi Test have now given him recognition in his own right. He became the 10th Pakistan batsman to score a century in each innings of a Test, and only the fourth against Australia, behind former captains Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali.

In memory of Shane Warne, Australian cricket fans laid down a few items beloved by Warne -- a "meat pie from a service station, and a packet of Winfield Blue (cigarettes), and half a dozen VBs (beers)."

The Aussies last toured the country in 1998 when it won the series by 1-0, and clean swept the ODI series by 3-0.

Due to the escalation of the Russian Federation's aggression in Ukraine, the Polish team does not envisage playing the play-off against Russia. UEFA also punished Russia by stripping Saint Petersburg of hosting European club football's showpiece event and awarded it to Paris.