Pakistan News

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Memo Andrew Hilditch: Don't worry, Ricky Ponting intends to play on for a few more years yet.

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of 2011 World Cup Organising Committee Sharad Pawar has said that Pakistan would be warmly welcomed in India if they reach the final of the mega-event. The final match of the 2011 Cricket World Cup would be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Pawar is confident that Pakistan would be one of the contenders for the title ...

Mumbai, Nov 10: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and all-rounder Shane Watson will fly back home ahead of the inconsequential seventh One-Day International against India here Wednesday to take adequate rest and get ready for the gruelling international schedule.

New Zealand all rounder Jacob Oram will fly home from Dubai today after receiving news his wife, Mara, may be having the couple's first child early.

England cricket great Sir Ian Botham has dismissed talk of "burnout" by members of the current squad as so much hot air and advised them instead to concentrate their fire on South Africa.

The selection panel, headedA by Krishnamachari Srikkanth, willA be keen to have Zaheer's experience, which could be crucial if India are to stretch their home record of not losing a TestA to Sri Lanka in their previous 14 encounters.

Lahore, Nov.11 : Pakistan cricket team, it seems, is headed for yet another controversy, as three senior players of team have reportedly asked the Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt to sack captain Younis Khan.

Daniel Vettori's men survived some sensational last-ditch heroics from Pakistan to win their one-day cricket series in Abu Dhabi today.

Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting checks the hand of teammate Nathan Hauritz during a training session yesterday ahead of today's last and final One Day International at the D.Y. Patil stadium in Mumbai.

Abu Dhabi: New Zealand survived Mohammad Aamir's explosive innings to clinch the series against Pakistan with a narrow seven-run victory in the third one-day international here yesterday.

He'll bounce back: McGrath reckons he would pick a fit Lee for any team he played in.

Younis said the exhaustive and gruelling schedule is leading to many fitness issues for players and also early burnout of many promising careers.

To have survived the tough test of public expectation in India is something, which should be commended.

Umpire Ahsan Raza, who was critically injured during the attacks on the Sri Lankan team on March 3, returned to international cricket in the third one-day between Pakistan and New Zealand Monday.

Third one-day international, Abu Dhabi : New Zealand 211 beat Pakistan 204 by seven runs Vettori got the ball rolling with the wicket of Khalid Latif New Zealand had to weather a remarkable innings from Pakistan tail-ender Mohammad Aamer before clinching the one-day series decider in Abu Dhabi.

England will begin their 2011 World Cup campaign against Holland in Nagpur - three days after the six-week tournament gets under way with Bangladesh hosting India.

AUSTRALIA'S injury-hit fast bowlers have been branded gym junkies who spend too much energy pumping iron and not enough time in the practice nets.

The Sri Lankan cricket team has arrived in Mumbai for their upcoming three-match Test series against India, starting on November 16.

The world media are focusing on scores of deadly terrorist attacks in the last four weeks claiming over 300 innocent lives in Pakistani cities, and tracking the military's counterinsurgency campaign unfolding in South Waziristan.