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South African coach Mickey Arthur on Tuesday warned his team not to slip up in their matches against minnows The Netherlands and Scotland before they take on the Australia in the World Cup. ”I have always described the games against The Netherlands and Scotland as two scary games and we don’t want any slip-ups in these games,” Arthur said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 February 2007
Fitness and fielding hold the key if Pakistan want to turn their huge potential into success in the World Cup in the Caribbean. Pakistan have had a dismal build-up to their Cup campaign as question marks hang over the fitness of key bowlers Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul, with fears that none could feature.
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/ 13 December 2006
Marlon Samuels hit his first century in four years to help the West Indies beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Jamaican was unbeaten on 100 to help his team recover from an early wobble and added 141 runs for the third wicket with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (60) as the tourists achieved the target with 15.1 overs to spare.
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/ 12 December 2006
The organisers of next year’s Cricket World Cup are taking every possible step to ensure security during the event in the Caribbean, a top official said on Tuesday. Foreign experts have been called in to advise on the security plans for the championship, which begins in March, chairperson of the World Cup 2007 organising board Ken Gordon told the media.
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/ 11 December 2006
Opener Imran Farhat hit an aggressive half-century and paceman Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took 3-37 to help Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day match on Sunday. The dashing left-hander hit five boundaries and two sixes in his 72-ball 58 to help Pakistan achieve a revised target of 191 with eight deliveries to spare and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
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/ 5 December 2006
Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif on Tuesday had their bans for doping overturned by an appeals committee. The pair was cleared because neither was advised on taking vitamin supplements that may have led to them testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, chairperson Fakhruddin Ibrahim told reporters in Karachi.
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/ 1 November 2006
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for two years and teammate Mohammad Asif for one year after they tested positive for a banned steroid, an official said on Wednesday. A three-member doping tribunal appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board ruled the pace pair out of all international and domestic cricket following hours of deliberations in the eastern city of Lahore.
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/ 16 February 2006
Rahul Dravid hit a patient half-century and paceman Rudra Pratap Singh grabbed four wickets as India trounced Pakistan by five wickets in the fourth one-day match on Thursday. Dravid scored 59 as India overtook Pakistan’s modest 162-run target with 17,3 overs to spare at Multan stadium, giving the tourists an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
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/ 6 February 2006
Opener Salman Butt hit a punishing century and Shoaib Malik a quickfire 90 to help Pakistan score a dramatic seven-run win under special bad-light rules against India in Peshawar on Monday. Pakistan, chasing 329 to win, were 311-7 in 47 overs before the light stopped play.
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/ 17 February 2003
Namibia’s Rudolph Van Vuuren insists scoring a boundary off Pakistani veteran Wasim Akram is as big an honour as representing his country in both the rugby and cricket World Cups.