Pakistan and New Zealand will clash in the third and the final game of the ODI series at the same ground in Abu Dhabi. And with the series tied at one game apiece, it will be an interesting third game in the offing. The Pakistanis would have gone into the second match with a lot of c

The second match of the three game ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan will go into the game with a 1-0 score line in their favour, but more importantly, with their confidence sky-high from their huge win in the first game. It cannot get worse fo

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

The last league game of the Champions Trophy tournament will have the Indians facing the West Indies. The game will be played at Johannesburg on a wicket that has been a mystery to the sides, so much so that it has been difficult for the sides to predict what they would do after winning the to

India's match against Australia was rained off in the 43rd over of the Australian innings at Centurion. This meant that both, India and Australia got one point off the game. Australia is now at 3 points from two games after getting two points from the match against West Indies, whereas India h

India and Pakistan will face-off in what should be one of the most interesting games of the Champions Trophy on Saturday at the Centurion. It will be a day-night match and will be played on a pitch which looks a little slow and sluggish, much more than what one would expect in South Africa.

The captain of the Pakistani side, Younis Khan, has been ruled out of the clash against West Indies. This, after he had sustained an injury during the warm-up game versus Sri Lanka while fielding in the slips and going for a catch. As it turns out, Younus Khan's little finger has been fracture

The second game of the Champions Trophy will witness Johannesburg host Pakistan and West Indies in a day night game. West Indies has come into the competition with a long standing tiff with the West Indies Cricket Board. Hence, the WICB ensured that the main side did not go to the tourna

The Pakistan Cricket Board President, Ijaz Butt has said that there was a chance that the bilateral series between India and Pakistan will be revived on neutral grounds. He said that the Indian side had agreed to playing the Pakistanis on the neutral venues, and the ICC has agreed to factor th

The next version of the Asia Cup will be played next year in the month of June. This was announced by the Asian Cricket Council, and it has been said that the tournament will be contested by four teams only. These four sides are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The venue for the to

Mathew Hayden has made a suggestion that should warm the cockles of the IPL hearts. Only recently drafted into the Cricket Australia board, Hayden has said that the ICC should consider stopping the Champions Trophy altogether and instead, create a two month long window for the Indian Premier L

The Indian cricket board has made a huge surprise by offering a compensation package of $5 million to both the sides which had managed to reach the finals of the previous season's IPL's finals; the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals. The two sides had managed to qualify for the inaug

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

Even as Pakistan grapples with a test series loss and a 0-3 ODI series loss - with two more games to play - the knives have begun to come out for the team from various quarters. Many former players have joined the calls to question the captaincy, coaching, selection and even the Pakistan Crick

Another game, another loss! That is what Pakistan must be thinking on this tour of Sri Lanka, where they have six matches - three ODIs and three test matches - and have yet to win a game, while losing five matches! So when the action shifts to Colombo for the day-night games between the two co

The action will continue at Dambulla with the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the same venue to be played on Monday. With Sri Lanka up 2-0, Pakistan will need to come up with something special to stop the rampaging Sri Lankans. Click for Live Score Card of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

After Sri Lanka had got the better of Pakistan in the first game of the five match ODI series, it will be the turn of the visitors to try and rule the roost in the second game of the series at Dambulla. And for that to happen, Pakistan needs to play with a lot more discipline and bat with a lo

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.

It has been announced that the 2009 edition of the Champions Trophy will have its prize money increased from around $1m last time, to $4m this time around. The last Champions Trophy was played in India in 2006, and was hosted by Mohali, Mumbai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. This time around, South Afr

Sri Lankan left-arm medium-pace bowler, Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from international test match cricket at the end of the on-going third test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the SSC stadium in Colombo. However, he has added that he will be available to play ODIs and T20Is til

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

The Pakistan Cricket Board has not attended a meeting that was organised by the organising committee of the 2011 world cup which ruled that the original ruling on Pakistan not hosting the tournament will stand. The ruling also said that the matches will now be redistributed amongst the other t

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested that there could be a possibility of having four-day test matches from the future in order to protect the future of the format and enrich it further in order to get the crowds in. Talking to an Indian magazine, Morgan said, "Another th

The ICC has rejected the claims of Pakistan to allow any neutral venue to host the matches that had been previously allocated to Pakistan for the 2011 World Cup. These 14 matches will now be shared by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Earlier this year, in the month of April, the ICC had decide

The two remaining Asian teams, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will face each other in the finals of the second edition of the ICC World T20 at Lord's on Sunday. This was after Pakistan shocked South Africa in the first semi-finals at Trent Bridge and Sri Lanka routed West Indies in the second game at

Pakistan will face Ireland on the penultimate day of the Super Eights competition of the ICC World T20 on Monday. It is a must-win game for Pakistan if they need to harbour any hopes of making it to the semi-finals, however, they will favour their chances against an inexperienced t

Pakistan will face Ireland on the penultimate day of the Super Eights competition of the ICC World T20 on Monday. It is a must-win game for Pakistan if they need to harbour any hopes of making it to the semi-finals, however, they will favour their chances against an inexperienced tea

The first game of Super Eights on Friday will see two Asian teams, Sri Lanka and Pakistan fight it out against each other to try and draw first blood in their bid to get to the semi-finals. The match will be played at Lord's in London. Sri Lanka has entered into this round with a clean record,

The fifth day of the ICC World T20 will see Netherlands play Pakistan at Lords, in the first game of the day. And almost unexpectedly, the future in the tournament of the teams from this group hinges on the result of this game. If Netherland continue with their giant-killing ways and do manag

South Africa will look to live up to their favourites tag when they take on Scotland in their first game of the ICC World T20 on Sunday at Oval in London. Scotland have already played one game and lost a high-scoring slog-fest to New Zealand. South Africa has gone about very quietly in the c