Pakistan Cricket Board has vowed to provide all possible legal help to senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf after an Indian arbitration panel barred him from playing in next year's Indian Premier League. "Legal experts will be consulted to finalise a strategy to help Yousuf," who

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

Skipper Anil Kumble and his teammates today left for Australia bidding to create history by becoming the first Indian team to conquer the Aussies in their own backyard. Kumble and his men left by a morning flight to Singapore en-route to Melbourne, firm in their belief that they had

Gung-ho after the triumph over Pakistan, India captain Anil Kumble today put the onus on the star-studded batting line-up to deliver the goods and notch up a rare series win against formidable Australia. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the team's departure for a four-match

Captain Shoaib Malik will be grilled by the officials of Pakistan Cricket Board at a meeting in Lahore less than 24 hours after returning from India following humiliating series defeats in one-dayers as well as Tests. Malik and team manager Talat Ali Malik will attend the meeting to be

India very nearly snatched a dramatic victory in the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan but their late bid to push for a historic 2-0 series triumph was thwarted by bad light here today. After setting a stiff victory target of 374 in 48 overs, the Indians had the visitors gaspi

The third and final cricket Test between India and Pakistan was stopped because of bad light here today. Chasing 374 for win, Pakistan were 162 for seven when the play was stopped in the post tea session on the fifth and final day of the match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Yousuf was battin

India's vice-captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today returned to his hometown Ranchi to take a break before the team embarks on the tour of Australia. According to the Indian team management, Dhoni, who suffered an injury on the webbing of his left hand during the Kolkata Test,

A majestic century against Pakistan may have backed his claims for a permanent Test slot, but Yuvraj Singh today conceded that he still had some distance to cover before he can cement his place in the star-studded batting line-up. "It's difficult to get a chance in Tests because my

Indian team today suffered a major jolt with Sachin Tendulkar being a doubtful starter for the third and final cricket match against Pakistan here due to knee pain. Indian skipper Anil Kumble said Tendulkar had aggravated his knee pain which he first felt during the one-day series an

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar would be able to watch the third and deciding Test match between India and Pakistan at Bangalore on all five days following the rescheduling of his meeting with Cricket Board chief Sharad Pawar to next week. "Vengsarkar is expected to meet Pawar next we

Despite Sachin Tendulkar being a doubtful starter and a depleted pace attack, India will try hard to pull off a series win against Pakistan, which just managed to come out of a leadership crisis ahead of the crucial third and final cricket Test beginning here tomorrow. That Tendulkar has h

His penchant for bizarre dismissals notwithstanding, Misbah ul Haq has excelled in both forms of the game and is an ideal candidate to take over as Pakistan's Test captain, believes former captain Rameez Raja. With the Pakistan Cricket Board deciding to review the performance of skipper

India may have been forced to settle for a draw in the second Test against Pakistan but the trio of Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly can take heart from the fact that the Kolkata runfeast has pushed them up in the ICC Players Rankings. Thanks to his double century in the f

India failed to finish the job after pushing Pakistan to the wall as stand-in skipper Younis Khan struck a chanceless century under pressure to salvage a draw on the final day of the second cricket Test here today. Set a winning target of 345, Pakistan were struggling at 78/4 in the post

Refusing to bow to Dilip Vengsarkar's demand to either allow him to write columns or compensate, the Cricket Board today made it clear that the chief selector was free to make his decisions. "BCCI's stand on Vengsarkar remains the same," Board vice president Rajiv Shukla said.

India would look to set Pakistan a challenging second innings target after landing themselves in a position of safety as they look for a series-clinching win on the final day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens here, wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said today. With the wicket helping

Local boy Sourav Ganguly shook off his Eden Gardens jinx to post a century as India piled on the misery on the Pakistan bowlers by reaching an intimidating 552 for five at tea on the second day of the second Test here today. Ganguly (102) played an array of scintillating strokes while

Pakistan's depleted bowling attack notwithstanding, India's opening batsman Wasim Jaffer feels his unbeaten 192 on the first day of the second cricket Test here was a good preparation for the team's tour of Australia later this year. "I'm happy with the knock. I hadn't scored 192 in a

There has been no complaint on the bowling action of Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar from the Indian team to the Cricket Board, according to a top BCCI official. "We have not received any complaints from any Indian team member or management (on Akhtar's bowling action)," B

Wasim Jaffer slammed a majestic unbeaten 192 as India took firm control of the second cricket Test against Pakistan by laying the foundation for a mammoth first innings total here today. The 29-year-old Jaffer notched up his fifth Test century as he stole the limelight with some breathta

Yuvraj Singh, who failed to find a place in the Indian team for the first and second cricket Tests against Pakistan, was today released for playing Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab, BCCI sources said. Yuvraj will be seen playing against Bengal at Siliguri in the four-day elite group match w

Indian captain Anil Kumble today said the retirement of Inzamam-ul-Haq has left the visiting Pakistan team vulnerable in their middle order. "It affects the team when somebody of such stature retires from international cricket. But at the same time I'll say that they are a good team,&qu

Undaunted by the Cricket Board's constant browbeating and putting behind all speculation, the Indian Cricket League (ICL) finally rolls off the block with Delhi Jets taking on Chandigarh Lions in the inaugural match at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here tomorrow. Spread over two weeks, the

Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar who was admitted to a local private hospital with a chest infection is feeling better, the team management said today. "He is better," media manager Ehsan Malik said. Malik said the attending doctor would reassess Shoaib's condition at 1600 hrs a

The 2nd Test match between India and Pakistan will be held here as scheduled from November 30, despite an e-mail threat to disrupt the match and kill the Pakistani cricketers. "The match will be held as scheduled," West Bengal Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Roy told newsmen here to

With only three days to go for the start of the second Test against India, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar is down with a viral infection and has been taken to a local hospital for a check up. Pakistan team media manager Ehsan Malik said that Akhtar has throat infection and fever. "

BCCI office bearers will meet in Kolkata, on December 1, where Gary Kirsten's appointment as India's cricket coach could be ratified. "The BCCI office bearers will meet in Kolkata on December 1 where the issue of the new coach will certainly come up. The members would be briefed on al

Former Pakistan captains today expressed anguish over the first Test defeat to India in New Delhi with Rameez Raja accusing some players of only playing to maintain their places in the team. Rameez said there was a need for radical steps to be taken to overhaul the Pakistan crick

Sachin Tendulkar today overtook Australian great Allan Border to become the second highest runscorer in the history of Test cricket. Tendulkar, who is unbeaten on 32 in the second innings of India's first Test against Pakistan at Ferozeshah Kotla, now tallies 11,183 runs in 141 T