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Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal hit half-centuries to help Pakistan to a challenging 222 in the third day-night international against England at Dubai Stadium...

Taufeeq Umar cracked his seventh Test century to help Pakistan post 217-2 in their first innings at tea in reply to Bangladesh's 338 on...

Hobbs-Sutcliffe, Greenidge-Haynes, Hayden-Langer, and more recently Strauss-Cook as well as Sehwag-Gambhir. A dependable opening partnership is a key feature of every dominant Test team....

Taufeeq Umar scored his maiden century against Sri Lanka in Test cricket by making an unbeaten 109 off 296 balls with eight fours in...

Pakistani opener Taufeeq Umar on Wednesday notched up a brilliant hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka, further cementing his place after being...

Taufeeq Umar hit his sixth Test century and fellow opener Mohammad Hafeez scored 75 as Pakistan took a firm grip on the first Test...

President Asif Ali Zardari personally monitored progress of relief and rehabilitation measures in Umar Kot, Thatta and Tando Allahyar districts of Sindh through video...

Mohammad Hafeez became the 47th Pakistani and 462nd batsman overall to score 1000 or more runs in Test cricket. The right-hand opening batsman...

Umar Patek, the alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia on Thursday, after his arrest in the town...

The Pakistan Cricket Board issued show-cause notices to Test cricketers Umer Akmal and Muhammad Hafeez for talking to the media. The cricketers are accused...

Umar Akmal’s is regarded as a limited-overs specialist, but it’s on the Test stage that the right-hander wants to shine. Akmal has had mixed success...

PALLEKELE - Pakistan manager Intikhab Alam denied Saturday that Umar Akmal had faked a finger injury in a bid to save his blundering brother Kamran's place in the team.
Umar, who has been tipped to take the gloves from his brother against Zimbabwe, hurt his index finger on his right hand in practice. But some sections of the media have accused him of feigning injury to save Kamran.
The management had accused Umar of feigning injury after the infamous Sydney Test against

KANDY - Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has suffered an injury to his right index finger in a training session and was rested on Friday for team practice ahead of their match with Zimbabwe on Monday. "There is no swelling at all. He is perfectly all right," team manager Intikhab Alam said. "We just want to make sure that everything is okay, that's why I sent him to get an X-ray and scan also. It's cleared and he is okay. "We are resting him for precautionary measures. He got injured on

PALLEKELE - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi admitted on Wednesday that calamity-hit wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal could be replaced behind the stumps by younger brother Umar at the World Cup. Kamran has come under fire from fans, media and a host of former players for his sloppy glovework which allowed Ross Taylor to escape on nought and eight to smash a breath-taking 131 in New Zealand's 110-run win on Tuesday. "Keeping with Umar is very much an option and we might try it in the next

PESHAWAR
Pakistan Cricket Team fast bowler Umar Gul married a doctor from Dubai last night in which a large number of his friends zealously participated.
The marriage was celebrated in his village Nawa Killey which was also the ancestral village of former squash legends Jhan Shier Khan, Hasham Khan, Qamar Zaman and Mohibullah.
Umar Gul told Pakistan Today that he was overjoyed about this new venture in his life and that both he and his family were delighted about the