Topic: Pakistan

Razzaq a doubt for Pakistan's Bangladesh tour

Allrounder Abdul Razzaq was Tuesday ruled out of Pakistan's two last matches against Sri Lanka, throwing into doubt his participation in the tour of Bangladesh starting next week.The 31-year-old injured his shoulder during the third day-night international against Sri Lanka in Dubai ...
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq expressed his hope Tuesday that there could soon be a resumption of Test matches between his country and India, stalled after the terrorists attacks on Mumbai in 2008."Of course, we'd like to play against India," Misbah said. "It's ...

Sri Lanka's Jayawardene to miss fifth ODI

Injured middle-order batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's last two matches against Pakistan and returned home, team manager Anura Tennekoon said on Tuesday.The 34-year-old batsman hit a half century in his team's 26-run defeat in the fourth match ...

Afridi happy to be back for Pakistan

Popular allrounder Shahid Afridi said he has put all off-field problems behind him after guiding Pakistan to an impressive series win over Sri Lanka.The 31-year-old hit a fighting 75 to lift Pakistan from a precarious 120-7 to 200 before taking 5-35 to ...

Pakistan axe Riaz for Bangladesh tour

Pakistan on Monday axed Wahab Riaz from the squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh after he was named in connection with a spot-fixing scandal in England.The 26-year-old did not play in the three Test series which Pakistan won 1-0 against Sri ...

Afridi stars as Pakistan clinch ODI series

Allrounder Shahid Afridi scored a half-century before taking five wickets to steer Pakistan to a hard fought 26-run win in the fourth day-night match over Sri Lanka at Sharjah stadium on Sunday.Afridi helped Pakistan recover from a struggling 120-7 to 200 all ...
The Guinness Book of Records acknowledged the achievement of Sharjah cricket stadium for hosting the most number of one-day matches during the Pakistan and Sri Lanka encounter here on Sunday.Sharjah stadium, built in the early 1980s, was the hub of one-day cricket ...

Pakistan hold nerves to beat Sri Lanka

Pakistani bowlers held their nerves to stop a threatening Sri Lankan team to win the third day-night international by 21 runs here on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to ...

Latif blasts Condon over delayed fixing claims

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif on Friday lashed out at a former ICC anti-corruption chief for taking a decade to reveal that all top international teams were involved in fixing, not just Pakistan. Paul Condon, the founding head of the International Cricket ...
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday.Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but allowed Sri Lanka to level ...