Former Pakistan wicket-keeper, Zulqarnain Haider, who ran away to England before the start of a game for the fear of his safety said that there were many other cricketers involved in the Pakistani cricket who had been involved with fixing. He claimed that the three players, Salman Butt, Muhammad Asi

Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt have said that the punishment meted out to them for the spot-fixing controversy was far too stringent. The two cricketers were banned from playing cricket for five years each apart from the five years that Mohammad Asif was handed over as well. While Amir was not given

The three Pakistani cricketers involved in the ICC investigations for the alleged issue of spot-fixing, Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, will understand on Friday whether the British police holds them guilty for their involvement in the same. On Saturday, the ICC will also announc

A leading Pakistani news channel have disclosed a new footage of player's agent Mazhar Majeed, who was accused of indulging Pakistan players in spot fixing in England. In the video footage Majeed reveals that four other players worked with him. The video footage attained by Geo TV is believed t

A leading Pakistani news channel have disclosed a new footage of player's agent Mazhar Majeed, who was accused of indulging Pakistan players in spot fixing in England. In the video footage Majeed reveals that four other players worked with him. The video footage attained by Geo TV is believed t

When the itinerary for the four month long tour to England was decided, the Pakistani cricketers must have expected a tough tour coming up and would have been looking forward to the returning back to the nation because of the length of the tour. A tour that started so positively for the Paki

Pakistan's leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria has been released by the Essex police without any charges levied against him. Kaneria had been arrested by the Essex police on charges of spot-fixing, and was questioned by them. He was not the only cricketer to be arrested though, as his Essex team-mate,

The ICC has, for the first time since the clause for the provisional suspension was brought into its code of conduct, banned the three Pakistani cricketers accused of match-fixing. The three include Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, all of whom were accused by a British tabloid of acce

Pakistani cricketers, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, amongst a few of the others have been allegedly involved in match-fixing. According to a sting operation that was conducted by a tabloid in UK, a man by the name of Mazhar Majeed, is supposed to have indicated to the sting operator from the ne

Pakistan will play Australia in the first Test match of the two Test match series from Tuesday. The two sides had earlier met in a two T20I series, and the Pakistanis had won both the games. Australia will look to avenge that defeat, by continuing their run against Pakistan, whom they had beat

The first game of the Super Eights will see England play Pakistan at Bridgetown in Barbados. England have almost struggled to get to the second round, after they were beaten by the West Indies in the first game of the group stage and then were almost held out to dry by Ireland, before the rain

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