India will be hoping for vengeance against arch rivals Pakistan in a crucial encounter in the Asia Cup this coming Thursday in Lahore. The Indian cricket team has come up by leaps and bounds this year and will be hoping to assert their dominance on Asian cricket, with a win over arch riv

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

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire's decision of giving him out during the fifth and final cricket one-dayer against Pakistan here. The punishment was handed down by ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama following a hearing after

Although the heart-breaking loss to India in the Twenty20 World Cup final would haunt him for some time to come, Pakistani pacer Umar Gul said he is relieved to have come out largely unscathed in an event tailored for batsmen. "I am proud of these 13 wickets. They mean a lot to me. Firs

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

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 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 West Indian opener Chris Gayle's bad run with the bat continued even in the opening match of the World Cup against Pakistan at Sabina Park here on Tuesday. He was caught behind the wickets off Umar Gul on a paltry 2. Gayle's lean patch is a big worry for the West Indies team as he is

The West Indies team lifted the mood in the Caribbean when they registered a 54-run win over Pakistan in the first World Cup match here. All rounder Dwayne Smith dominated with bat and ball to ensure the World Cup hosts opened the competition with a victory. West Indies made 241 for nine and

Two time World champions West Indies will today take on 1992 champions Pakistan in the opening match of the ninth ICC Cricket World Cup. The Windies face pressure as no host country has ever won the title since the World Cup was launched in 1975 in England. Brian Lara and his men woul

Coach Bob Woolmer today made itclear that injured fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif would have to prove their fitness to retaintheir places in Pakistan`s World Cup cricket squad. Woolmer not to take risk with injured players Karachi, Feb 22: Coach Bob Woolmer today made i

Coach Bob Woolmer today made it clear that injured fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif would have to prove their fitness to retain their places in Pakistan's World Cup cricket squad. Woolmer said the team has been badly hit by injury worries ahead of next month's mega event

The Pakistan Cricket Board's move to invite former greats for delivering pep-talk to the World Cup-bound players has not found favour from former captain Javed Miandad, who thinks it's too late to organise such meetings. A PCB official confirmed that chairman Naseem Ashraf had contacted g

All rounder Azhar Mahmood has been added to Pakistan's reserves for the World Cup starting in West Indies next month after clearance from the ICC. National selector Iqbal Qasim said that Mahmood had been included in place of uncapped spinner Mansoor Amjad as cover for pace bowlers Sho

Pakistan have included injured fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul in their 15-man squad for next month`s Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. "These two players will undergo fitness tests later this month. If they are not passed fit, they will be replaced by reserves," S