Babar Azam's rare on-field frustration during a BBL clash was overshadowed by Steve Smith's record-breaking century. Smith's ...
Babar Azam slammed his bat into the boundary cushion while walking off, his frustration boiling over after the earlier denial ...
Pakistan star Babar Azam appeared visibly frustrated with teammate Steve Smith during the 2025/26 Big Bash League (BBL) 15 ...
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Babar Azam leaves BBL day before grand final qualifier

Superstar international signing Babar Azam has left the Sydney Sixers one day before their BBL grand final qualifier.
The report card is a mixed one, solid in patches, underwhelming in impact. And in a league like the BBL, the strike rate doesn’t just complement the story. It is the story.
Many Pakistanis on X came in Babar Azam’s defence, saying that Mark Waugh made the statement just to gain attention.
A wave of online abuse has hit Steve Smith’s Instagram after a tense on-field moment involving Babar Azam in the Big Bash League sparked anger among a ...
If there was a part of Babar Azam that thought the Sydney Sixers might struggle without him, the Pakistani cricket great was ...
Tight third-umpire call on Babar Azam’s early dismissal divides fans online as Sydney Sixers crash out in the BBL qualifier ...
Sixers captain Henriques later put that down to a "misunderstanding of culture" and insisted the pair had "kissed and made up". Waugh's call to drop Azam has angered the Pakistani's loyal fan base but ...
After denying Babar Azam a single on the final ball of the over, Steve Smith went on to hit 32 runs in the next. Babar Azam, however, wasn't happy to be undermined by the Australian.
Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali weighs in on the entire Steve Smith and Babar Azam episode in the Big Bash League (BBL).