The second T20I between England and Pakistan will be played in Dubai on Saturday. England had easily beaten Pakistan in the first match to go up 1-0, and the 'hosts' will now look to equal the series or run the risk of losing their 11th successive game ever since they were beaten by Aussies.

The Australia will look for a clean sweep of wins on the tour against Pakistan, after winning the ODI series as well, when the two teams meet each other at Perth. It is difficult to predict a Pakistani win in the game. After all, they seemed to have done everything possible and yet, a win ha

The third ODI of the Australia versus Pakistan series will be played at the Adelaide Oval on Australia's National Day; 26th January. It will be a do or die game for the Pakistanis, who are down 0-2 at this stage. They have already lost five games in succession on the tour after losing the th

Pakistan's current captain Mohammad Yousuf has said that the excess of T20 cricket has caused issues with the team's performances in the test matches. He has said that the side should not indulge themselves in the format or test cricket "could be finished" Pakistan has been struggl

The third and the final test match between New Zealand and Pakistan will be played in Napier on Friday. The series is tied at 1-1 and is a long standing one in the list of ties between the two countries which have gone right down to the wire. However, with the McLean Park in Napier having alre

The second semi-finals of the Champions Trophy will see the Pakistanis take on New Zealand at Wanderers in Johannesburg. Pakistan had finished second in their group after their loss to Australia, whereas New Zealand and England had tied on points in their group but the Kiwis went marginally ah

Pakistan will face New Zealand at the Oval in London in their second game of the Super Eights in Group F. The Kiwis have played one game and routed Ireland in that game while Pakistan were soundly beaten by Sri Lanka in their first game. Pakistan's woes with their bowling began even before t

It will be a clash of epic proportions when the two major bustling hotbeds of Indian metropolis Mumbai and Delhi go ahead in Mumbai this coming Sunday 4th of May 2008 in the Indian Premier League. Both these sides are on opposite sides of the table and tensions will be running high when

Pakistan face up against a depleted Zimbabwe in the first of the rearranged five matches Pakistan Zimbabwe one day series to be held at Karachi this coming Monday. This match was initially scheduled to be played in Hyderabad but the PCB later moved to Karachi keeping the recent political

The Zimbabwe cricket team will be finally making their tour to Pakistan despite all the security concerns owing to the turmoil state of Pakistani politics at the moment Pakistan has plunged into another political turmoil after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and most International si

The Pakistan cricket Board has made it clear it would not give a free hand to players to sign county contracts in the near future. A senior board official said that recently the board had not permitted pacer Rao Iftikhar to accept a contract offered by Gloucestershire for 2008. "We kno

After failing to make much impact in the ODI series, flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi was today left out of the 14-member Pakistan cricket squad for the three-match Test series against India starting November 22. Apart from Afridi, three others -- Fawad Alam, Rao Iftikhar and Imran Nazir

Pakistan's temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was today banned for 13 ODIs and fined Rs 34 lakh by the Pakistan Cricket Board disciplinary committee for hitting fellow paceman Mohammad Asif with bat. The PCB disciplinary committee announced that Shoaib had breached the code of c

Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul wreaked havoc with the ball as Pakistan kicked off their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a thumping 51-run win against lowly Scotland in a Group D match at Kingsmead here today. Setting the minnows a stiff winning target of 172 runs, Pakistan never had any real

Shahid Afridi's role will be under scanner in the probe into the Shoaib Akhtar- Mohammad Asif brawl in Johannesburg with a few Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials suspecting the flamboyant all-rounder of provoking the spat. PCB chief executive Shafqat Nagmi was scheduled to depart for

Lambasting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for creating a spoilt brat like Shoaib Akhtar, former captain Asif Iqbal demanded a life ban for the erratic speedster following the Johannesburg brawl that tarnished the country's image. A furious Asif said Shoaib has done enough damage and should

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf today said fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could face further disciplinary action once he returned home from South Africa following a brawl with teammate Mohammad Asif. "The decision to recall him has been taken after an immediate action by the

Pakistan cricket today plunged into a fresh controversy with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar being recalled home from the World Twenty20 Championships in South Africa for hitting fellow paceman Mohammad Asif with a bat. The Pakistan Cricket Board took a serious note of the incident which occurred

Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson believes that the battle in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup was open and no team was favourite to win the trophy in South Africa next month. Lawson also said any team, which wished to win the tournament would have to excel in all departments of the game

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 enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi have turned down million-dollar offers to play in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL). Shoaib said hours after clearing a dope test that he was made a good offer from the ICL organizers but he conside

Fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, who returned positive for banned substance nandrolone last year, have cleared the dope tests held last week, the Pakistan Cricket Board said today. The tests were conducted on 26 players during the training camp and practice matches held here i

The Pakistan Cricket Board has started conducting dope tests on the probables for the Twenty20 World Cup including fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif who last year had tested positive for a banned substance. "The tests are nearly completed and we have a doctor and a local repre

Flamboyant Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi today said he favoured the International Cricket Council's new rule of awarding a free hit to batsman after a no ball delivery in one-dayers, saying it would make the game more entertaining and exciting. Afridi said he understood the apprehens

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif can heave a sigh of relief as the Court of Arbitration for Sport today dismissed an appeal by the World Anti-doping Agency against the Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to overturn a doping ban on them. The CAS said in its verdict that it rejected the WADA app

Less than a month before the new central contracts are put into place, differences between the Pakistan Cricket Board and players over the terms and conditions have come to the fore. After a meeting held in Lahore yesterday to discuss the new format for the contracts, PCB and captain Shoai

Concerned about Pakistani players getting frequent reprimands for their on-field conduct, former captain Inzamam ul Haq has advised his teammates to avoid getting into skirmishes with match officials and rival cricketers. Referring to the reprimand issued to pacer Mohammad Asif during the re

The new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways. Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the first time in a

Pakistan pacer Rana Naved ul Hasan and Umar Gul were summoned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for random dope test after their opening World Cup match against the West Indies.ICC had summoned Umer Gul and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a random dope test after the World Cup opening match

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf today strongly dismissed suggestions that pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were pulled out of the World Cup after they failed a secret dope test in London. The announcement came just hours after the International Cricket Counci