Pakistan begins its first full tour of Bangladesh with a one-off T20 International against the home side at Dhaka on Tuesday. Pakistan are riding high on their impressive win against Sri Lanka across all formats. On the other hand, Bangladesh have shown glimpses of talent but are a side strugg

After comprehensively outplaying Sri Lanka throughout the tour, Pakistan will look to reign supreme in the shortest format of the game as well when the teams clash in Abu Dhabi for their one-off Twenty20 International. Surprising as it may sound, Pakistan are ranked seventh in ICC T20 rankings

After winning the three-match test series 1-0, Pakistan face Sri Lanka in the five-match one-day series starting in Dubai from Friday. While the tests produced defensive batting reminiscent of the early 90s, the crowds and the audience alike will hope for the one-day series to yield some att

The match between Leicestershire Foxes and Ruhuna Eleven will be played in Hyderabad, September 21 at 16:00 GMT or 10:30 IST. It is the fifth match of the qualifying round of champions League Twenty20 2011. These two teams both lost their first match. So, this match is worth dying for bo

Shahid Afridi has said that he made some mistakes in the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 that cost him the game to the Indians at Mohali. India beat Pakistan easily and went on to win the World Cup by beating Sri Lanka in the final of the tournament. Afridi said that he should hav

The stage is set for two depleted sides to take each other on, with a point to prove. Both New Zealand and Pakistan have been in all sorts of trouble. The series which starts with a T20 at Auckland will provide both the teams to get hold of the ground and shape their World Cup preparations as

South Africa might still be sitting in their rooms bewildered at what happened at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Sunday. Charl Langeveldt and Albie Morkel might still be having night mares of Abdul Razzaq clearing his left leg and hitting them straight over their heads. Series has come alive su

The score was 139/5 in the 30th over. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, departed after a cameo, had dented the hopes of victory. It was looking gloomy and Pakistan were in for another lack luster batting performance. In came Abdul Razzaq who had not scored a half century in four years, and a c

England will play Pakistan in the second T20I of the two game series at Cardiff. England won the first T20I and lead the series 1-0, and a win here will ensure that they win their seventh successive T20I. England had earlier won five games in the World T20 and one here in this series. Englan

Pakistan play South Africa in what will be the last game for both the sides in the Super Eight stage of the tournament, the game will be played at St. Lucia after all the other games were played at Bridgetown in Barbados. The situation is like this. Pakistan have yet to win a single game in

Only a day after the Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq was linked to the IPL, the cricket board from Pakistan has revoked all the NOCs it had doled out to its players. It has also said that none of the Pakistani players will be representing in the 2010 edition of the IPL. The chairman of the

The Indian Cricket League has finally taken the ICC and the two cricket boards, English and Indian to the court. The official reason that has been mentioned by the ICL is that they have done it because of the unlawful ban that on all those players who were associated with the ICL in any form -

The third edition of the Indian Premier League which will be played between February and March next year could see the influx of many Pakistani cricketers if everything goes to plan. The IPL committee, which had set a deadline of 20th of November for the NOCs and the visas of all the players w

Pakistan will play New Zealand in the second T20 at Dubai today. The first game was easily won by Pakistan and they now lead the series 1-0. However, knowing very well that the Kiwis had trailed them in the ODIs as well, before turning it around, and winning the fifty overs series, the Pakista

Despite having lost the ODI series to the hosts Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team would be on a high after having won the last two games to go into the solitary T20I with much confidence. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has won both, the test series and the ODI version, and will look to avenge their

Muttiah Muralitharan" hspace="5" align="left" border="0" src="/images/news/muttiah_muralitharan.jpg" />Finally, the Pakistani team notch up a win on the tour! After losing the test series 2-0, and going down 0-3 in the five-match ODI series, Pakistan pulled one across a reasonably depleted Sri L

Sri Lanka and Pakistan will begin their five-match ODI series from Thursday and the hosts will look to continue with their winning form. Pakistan, on the other hand, will look to salvage some pride from the games, after having lost the test series rather comfortably to the Lankans.

Sri Lanka will look to make a clean sweep of the three-test match series against Pakistan when the duo meets at the SSC stadium in Colombo on Monday. Sri Lanka have already won the series 2-0, their first ever win against Pakistan at home, but will look to drill home the advantage of playing a

Pakistan will play South Africa in the first semi-finals of the ICC World T20 on Thursday at Trent Bridge, Nottingham to decide who will feature in the finals of this second edition. South Africa had topped Group E with a 100% win record, after beating England, West Indies and India in the

Expressing his growing concern over the rebel Indian Cricket League, Australian captain Ricky Ponting has warned cricket boards from showing leniency towards players joining the ICL or they might run the risk of losing a lot of international players to its money lure. With rumours of some c

Pakistan's new coach Geoff Lawson has said experienced middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf's absence would be felt after he decided to join the rebel Indian Cricket League. "He (Yousuf) is a great player and his absence will surely be felt," Lawson said at his first news confere

New Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson said his enthusiasm has not been dampened by the fact that some senior players have joined the Indian Cricket League. Lawson said he felt happy for players like Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq and Imran Farhat who aligned with the ICL. "

Taking a tough stand, the BCCI today sacked Kapil Dev as Chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for aligning with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) and also barred the defecting players from playing in international and domestic tournaments. The decision to terminate the servic

Breaking the suspense over its recruitment, the Indian Cricket League today unveiled a list of 50 players for its breakaway multi-million dollar league which will have Pakistan's prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf and South African cricketers Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje as its star attractions

Miffed with the PCB for dropping him from the Twenty20 World Championship squad, all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has quit international cricket in protest. "I have decided to retire because I am hurt and disappointed at the way the authorities have treated me for the last few weeks," Razz

Pakistan cricket authorities today announced signing up an Australian rugby trainer David Dwyer to improve the fitness and fielding standards in the national cricket team. Dwyer has been appointed on an initial two-year contract on the recommendation of chief coach Geoff Lawson which would

Pakistan team manager Talat Ali has laughed off attempts by the Indian Cricket League to rope in Pakistani cricketers, saying ICL was nothing more than 'Micky Mouse' cricket and lacked potential to tempt quality players. "I use this word because even if it is held it is not official or

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf has lauded the country's players for showing patriotism by turning down lucrative offers to join a break-away Indian league. "I am pleased to know players' sentiments and they proved they only want to play for Pakistan. The league is only s

Pakistan's senior players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq are unlikely to find places even among the probables for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup to be held in South Africa in September. The national selection committee is due to submit a list of 30 players by July 7 and sources con

Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq has said the team in the World Cup was severly missing allrounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, who were experienced to release pressure on the top order batsmen in one day matches. Inzamam said the absence of Razzaq and Afridi had put pressure on him, Moh