Topic: Pakistan

Pakistan forms cricket anti-corruption unit

Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a "vigilance and security division" to fight corruption in the game, a month after three top players were convicted of spot-fixing.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been criticised for failing to combat graft, highlighted by ...
Sri Lanka's sports minister has told the nation's cricket team to start talking to each other to help end their losing streak, saying a lack of communication was the main problem in the squad.Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage met the players, selectors and ...

Pakistan fight back to beat Bangladesh

Resurgent Pakistan continued their winning form to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in a low-scoring Twenty20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.Misbah-ul-Haq's men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates, where they won ...

Wasim advocates one coach for Pakistan

Former Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram on Tuesday urged the nation's cricket authorities to appoint a single head coach rather than three separate ones for bowling, batting and fielding.Pakistan have been on hunt for a national team coach since Waqar Younis quit the ...

Pakistan seek T20 success in Dhaka

Misbah-ul-Haq's Pakistan will look to continue their recent winning form when they open the tour of Bangladesh with a Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday.The three-week visit, which also comprises three one-day internationals and two Tests, is Pakistan's first full tour of ...
Pakistan put up another clinical performance to win the only Twenty20 by five wickets against Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi stadium on Friday, blanking their rivals in all three forms of the game.Paceman Aizaz Cheema took 4-30 to bowl Sri Lanka out ...
Pakistan on Thursday named left-arm paceman Mohammad Khalil to replace an injured Junaid Khan in the squad for the Bangladesh tour kicking off with a Twenty20 next week.Khan, 21, was ruled out of Pakistan's fifth and final one-day against Sri Lanka on ...

Jayasuriya backs faltering Sri Lanka

Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya Thursday backed his country's team and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying they needed time and space to recover after losing both Tests and the one-day series to Pakistan.Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day by three ...

Pakistan thump Sri Lanka in fifth one-dayer

Skipper Misbah-ul Haq and Umar Akmal hit half centuries to help Pakistan upstage Sri Lanka by three wickets in the fifth and final day-night international at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Wednesday.Misbah hit an attractive 66 while Akmal finished on an unbeaten ...
Pakistan paceman Junaid Khan was ruled out of the team's tour of Bangladesh after injuring his abdominal muscle during the fifth and final one-day against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.The 21-year-old left-arm paceman had a MRI scan after he felt pain during ...