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Pakistan pin hopes on Shoaib

Shoaib Akhtar may have not exactly set the stage on fire in the one-day series but captain Shoaib Malik is hoping that the pace bowler will come up trumps in the upcoming three-Test series against India. "I hope that if we win the Test [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan's Yousuf asked to face hearing after ICL U-turn

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to face an arbitration hearing over his decision to pull out of a rebel Indian Twenty20 league.Yousuf had signed up with the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL), which has not been approved [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Shoaib Malik retained as Pakistan captain

Shoaib Malik will retain the Pakistan captaincy until December 2008, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday.The 25-year-old all-rounder, who was appointed in April after Pakistan's poor showing at the World Cup, was granted a one [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2007 | Comments : 5

Cricket on amid Pakistani crisis

Pakistan's eagerly awaited cricket tour of India has begun against the backdrop of political uncertainty back at home.The two sides are competing in a series of five one-day internationals in Guwahati, in north-eastern India.The two teams w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Indian cricket team sweats it out ahead of key series agains...

The Indian cricket team practiced here ahead of the fourth bilateral series against Pakistan that begins on November 5.Net practice was held at Eden Gardens for three hours on Friday."The team had a full practice session. They wa [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan captain Malik promises exciting cricket against Ind...

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik promised Thursday to play exciting cricket during a six-week tour of India."Playing India is always exciting, we all love to play India," Malik told reporters after the Pakistan team arrived in India [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan's Asif to miss India one-dayers

Pakistan's top pacer Mohammad Asif will not travel with the national squad to India on Thursday due to a chronic elbow problem."Asif .... is not leaving with the team today. He is ruled out of the first three one-dayers but could miss [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2007 | Comments : 1

Pakistan recall Akhtar for decider against South Africa

Pakistan have recalled controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for the series-deciding one-day international against South Africa in Lahore on Monday.Akhtar, who has completed a 13-match ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistani cricket team restrict South Africa during second T...

Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis hit half-centuries but Pakistan struck back with some disciplined bowling to restrict South Africa on day one of the second and final Test here Monday.South Africa had posted 259-6 with Prince (63) and Kall [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Stopping Kallis the key, says Pakistan captain Shoai...

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik believes stopping South Africa's Jacques Kallis will be the key to winning the second test and levelling the two-match series.Kallis made a successful comeback to the South African team after being dropped for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar to face committee over braw...

The Pakistan cricket board has called fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to attend a disciplinary hearing after he was sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup earlier this month after hitting a team mate.Akhtar left South Africa after he hit Moh [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Pakistan's Inzamam says no to first SAfrica test

Pakistan's former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq has turned down an opportunity to play the first test against South Africa in Karachi starting next Monday, Pakistan's chief selector said on Friday."I spoke to him and asked him about his avai [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

South Africa cricket team arrives in Pakistan amid tight sec...

A 27-member South African cricket team arrived in Karachi on Wednesday afternoon. The officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) accorded the tourists a warm welcome. The squad, led by Grae [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2007 | Comments : 2

20 20 India vs Pakistan: Countdown begins

Will India's earlier victory over Pakistan be enough to give us the psychological edge and will we be able to sustain our current form? These are all questions that we will be asking during the countdown to what has to be one of the most an [...]