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Malik named as new Pakistan captain

The Pakistan Cricket Board has named all-rounder Shoaib Malik as captain of the national team following the resignation of Inzamam-ul-Haq in the wake of the side’s early World…

Inzamam: Woolmer death should have halted play

Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq has said the World Cup would have been halted anywhere else in the world other than the Caribbean after the suspected murder there of coach Bob Woolmer.…

Pakistan officials suspect Woolmer was not murdered

Pakistan cricket board officials suspect that the death of coach Bob Woolmer was due to natural causes and that the Jamaican police acted hastily by declaring it a murder. A…

Blow for Pakistan as Shoaib, Asif miss World Cup

Pakistan pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been ruled out of the World Cup due to injury, a senior cricket board official said on Thursday. The double withdrawal…

Pakistan beat Windies, take series

Pakistan won the third and final Test against the West Indies by 199 runs after leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and pace bowler Abdul Razzaq took the last four wickets for 17 runs…

Windies face defeat after Yousuf records

West Indies were struggling to avoid a big defeat against Pakistan after run-machine Mohammad Yousuf broke several records on day four of the third and final Test on Thursday.…

Pakistan’s Yousuf reaches milestone

Mohammad Yousuf set a batting record with his eighth hundred of 2006 but West Indies restricted Pakistan to 257-7 at close of play on the first day of the third and final Test.…

Lara’s unbeaten 196 puts Windies in control

A majestic unbeaten 196 from captain Brian Lara put the West Indies in complete control of the second Test against Pakistan on Tuesday. The 37-year-old left hander stood on the…

Gayle, Ganga put Windies in command

Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga forged an undefeated opening stand of 151 for the West Indies to cap a miserable day for Pakistan on day two of the second Test on Monday. Gayle (87)…

Pakistan rocked by doping scandal

Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar’s career has been a mixture of brilliance, frustration and injury, but his latest misdemeanour could well be his last. On Monday, Shoaib and new…

Cricket row acquires racial undertones in Pakistan

Reaction in Pakistan to the ball-tampering row at the fourth Test against England has spiralled from initial dismay to a darkening mood of racial, religious and political…