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Former captains on Saturday slammed the Pakistan cricket team for its inconsistent performance in the 3-2 win over the West Indies in the just...

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis and skipper Shahid Afridi are on collision course after it was revealed that Afridi isn't too happy with Waqar's interference...

Shane Warne will quit professional cricket after the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after tormenting batsmen all over the world for two decades with...

Former Pakistan cricketers Tuesday lashed out at the team selection for the forthcoming two-Test series against the West Indies, while leg-spinner Danish Kaneria accused...

Mohammad Hafeez' second career hundred was upstaged by rain and a blistering 76 from Lendl Simmons that condemned Pakistan to a one-run defeat under...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has turned down a request from their Afghanistan counterparts to host a one-day series between the two national teams. But...

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the fourth one-day international against Pakistan. Sarwan had been one of three senior...

Misbah-ul-Haq dug deep and dragged Pakistan to a series-clinching, three-wicket victory over West Indies in the third One-day International of the best of five...

India's newly-appointed coach Duncan Fletcher on Thursday got a taste of the challenges he faces when two senior former players said a fellow countryman...

A gang of eight bookmakers, allegedly involved in threatening Pakistan's former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, was arrested here on Wednesday, police said. The city police also...

Opener Ahmed Shehzad struck his second one-day international hundred to anchor Pakistan to a confident seven-wicket victory over West Indies on Monday. Shehzad hit seven...

Zulqarnain Haider has returned home from Britain on Monday, witnesses said, after receiving government assurances about the safety of his family. Haider, who turned 25...

COMMENT - As Pakistan and India seek to improve their political relationship, yet again through the game of cricket, it is crucial to get the timing right and the conditions in order. It is not unusual for governments to nudge sport in the direction they want it to go or use it for their own partisan ends. It was Nelson Mandela who gave the green signal for South Africa's re-entry into international cricket after a two-decade ban for the country's apartheid policy. That magnificent

LAHORE - The schedule for the three remaining quarter-finals of the East Zone Cricket Championship was announced here on Sunday. The quarter-final between Cantonment Gym and Ghalib Sports will be played on April 19 at Model Town Nawab ground. On the same day, Shining Club will face Punjab Club at LCCA ground in their pre-quarterfinal match.
The winner of this match will face Baghbanpura Eaglets in the quarter-final on April 22 at LCCA ground. The last quarter-final will be

MUMBAI - A packed cricket schedule that peaked with an Indian win in the World Cup final has hit the country's other grand passion -- film -- emptying cinemas and forcing studios to postpone big movie releases.
Analysts said business at multiplex cinemas had been weak so far in 2011, with the six-week World Cup that finished earlier this month keeping people glued to their television screens in the evenings.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament which began

LAHORE - The inaugural Punjab Chief Minister Summer Cricket League will roll into action from April 18 at 15 grounds of the city. The event is an effort by the Lahore City Cricket Association to revive club cricket on the pattern of summer leagues organised in the past.
President LCCA, Khawaja Nadim Ahmad, said that National Gymkhana will meet Pindi Gymkhana in the opening match at LCCA ground. He said in all 550 matches will be played in the event. "The main objective of this

ISLAMABAD - Bilal Satti, Secretary Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), said on Saturday that as the entire nation is working to improve Pakistan-India relations, PBCC is not lagging behind. He told APP that PBCC is likely to host a bilateral Pak-India series at the end of this year in Dubai.
"We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20s in the series," he
said.
He said that on May 12 there is a meeting of World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) in which he will