Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today described his team's close defeats against India as sheer bad luck and said the players were high on morale as they were not lacking in cricketing terms. "Man to man both teams were equal in strength and balanced. Team to team we fought on an even k

The Pakistan team has put its celebrations on hold despite registering exciting wins over Sri Lanka and Australia in the Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa. Pakistan reached the semifinals of the Twenty20 World Cup after back to back wins over Sri Lanka and Australia, who p

Nasim Ashraf does not squirm as he dubs Mohammad Yousuf as the backbone of Pakistani batting line-up and the PCB Chairman is optimistic that the run-machine is not yet lost to the lure of Indian Cricket League (ICL). An overtly religious Yousuf's decision to defect to the cash-rich rebel

Shaun Pollock continues to be one of South Africa's most favourite cricketers and the affable player has been nominated for top three honours of this year's South African Cricket Awards. Pollock has been nominated for the Player of the Year for the season 2007, South African Players' Playe

Buoyed by the success of the historic Test in Johannesburg, Team India has now pined its hopes on second Tech match beginning on December 26. In a bid to utilise the time between the first and the second Tests, the team management has decided to play a practice match. The practice ma

Left-arm Chinaman bowler Paul Adams was today named in the South African squad for the first Test against India starting in Johannesburg from December 15. Adams joins Nicky Boje, who will be the other spinner, in the 15-member squad. "We have selected a 15-man squad that includes t