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Amit Mishra upstaged half-centuries from Lendl Simmons and Ramnaresh Sarwan, triggering a batting collapse with a career-best spell, as West Indies posted 240 for...

Rohit Sharma led the way with an unbeaten 68, and Shikhar Dhawan scored 51 to propel India to a facile four-wicket victory over West...

Rohit Sharma led the way with an unbeaten 68, and Shikhar Dhawan scored 51 to propel India to a facile four-wicket victory over West...

Pakistan cricket team head coach Waqar Younis on Friday met Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt to discuss all the developments that took place...

Mishbah-ul-Haq  scored the highest number of runs while team-mate Saeed Ajmal claimed the highest number of wickets in the just concluded  two-Test match series...

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...

COMMENT - When the West Indies squads for the single Twenty20 and the two ODIs against Pakistan were announced, the usual arguments began about the wisdom of the choices. This time around, the omission of former captains Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan has raised questions about whether they have been dropped for good. The West Indies Cricket Board, through its CEO, Ernest Hilaire, has responded by proclaiming its adherence to a selection policy wedded to the

NEW DELHI - West Indies opener Chris Gayle has chosen the lucrative Indian Premier League over his country, officials said Wednesday, prompting a damning reaction from his cricket board back home.
The attacking batsman will turn out for Royal Challengers Bangalore, owned by Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya, as a replacement for the injured Dirk Nannes.
Gayle had been under a treatment programme run by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) after a strain suffered during the

ST. JOHN'S - The West Indies Players' Association has accused the West Indies Cricket Board of failing to be transparent with the selection of teams for the opening matches of Pakistan's tour of the Caribbean, in a media release late on Saturday.
This follows the exclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan from the West Indies team for the Twenty20 International on Thursday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, as well as the first two One-day

LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket team left for the West Indies on Thursday after completing its two-day the training camp. The team would play a T-20 and a series of five one-day international matches under the captaincy of Shahid Afridi, while two test matches under the captaincy of Misbah-Ul-Haq. The team will start the tour of West Indies with a practice match. The practice match between Pakistan and West Indies will begin on April 18. The tour would formally start from April 21 with

LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket team departed on Thursday for their tour to the West Indies Team. Manager Intikhab Alam said that he was hopeful that the young players included in the squad would prove their merit during this tour.
Shahid Afridi will captain Pakistan in the limited over format while Misbah-Ul-Haq will lead the test squad. Pakistan will play a warm-up match on April 18, while the tour formally starts from the April 21.
Meanwhile, West Indian selectors also

KARACHI - Pakistan's new rising batsman Asad Shafiq has said that appearing in his first Cricket World Cup was a great experience for him and he was looking forward to some outstanding performances on the upcoming tour of West Indies. "My first mission and objective in West Indies is to get my maiden hundred," he told APP Sports Correspondent Ehsan Qureshi in an exclusive interview here on Saturday.
He said he was well set for centuries in a couple of games but luck eluded him.

LAHORE - Uncapped Sadaf Hussain, who was in the reserve players list, will replace Aizaz Cheema in the Pakistan's Twenty20 and ODI squad announced on Wednesday for Pakistan's tour of the West Indies.
According to a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement issued here on Thursday, Cheema has been declared unfit by doctors. Hussain is 21-year-old and is a left-arm medium fast from Rawalpindi.
In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11, he captured 64 wickets, with a best performance of

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the squad for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.
The team was announced only for one-day series and T-Twenty.
Senior players such as Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul and Kamran Akmal have been dropped for the tour.
Shahid Afridi remains the captain; the other players include Misbah ul Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umar, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Akmal, Usman Salahuddin, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Abdul Rehman, Saeed

KARACHI - Pakistan's limited overs cricket captain Shahid Afridi has made himself available for the tour of West Indies after previously opting for a break. "Earlier I had decided to skip the tour because I wanted to take a well deserved rest from the game, but some former players and my family and friends told me to change my decision at this crucial time for Pakistan cricket," Afridi said on Monday.
Afridi, 31, who has played 320 one-day internationals, led Pakistan to the

KARACHI - Pakistan's limited overs cricket captain Shahid Afridi has made himself available for the tour of West Indies after previously opting for a break.
"Earlier I had decided to skip the tour because I wanted to take a well deserved rest from the game, but some former players and my family and friends told me to change my decision at this crucial time for Pakistan cricket," said Afridi.
Afridi, 31, who has played 320 one-day internationals, led Pakistan to the

LAHORE/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - Thousands of cricket fans poured onto the streets across the country to celebrate Pakistan's 10-wicket win over the West Indies in the World Cup quarter final on Wednesday, which skipper Shahid Afridi called the best gift the team could give the nation on Pakistan Day.
The crucial victory provided the people of Pakistan much-needed relief from a myriad of crises that have struck the country one after another in recent months. Amid economic woes such as