Shoaib Akhtar may have been cleared to play in the Indian Premier League but former players say the maverick pacer will find it tough to make an impact in the twenty20 league as months of absence from the cricket field has robbed him of match fitness.
Controversial Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has created a flutter by openly admitting that he, alongwith all his comtemporaries in the team, have regularly indulged in ball-tampering.
Sania posted pictures from her birthday celebrations on social media and thanked fans for their wishes.
Pakistan's cricketers sent in their prayers and good wishes for Rishabh Pant, who suffered multiple injuries in a major crash on Friday.
The fast bowler was taken to hospital in Bangalore during the second session of Day 1 in the third Test after complaining of back pain and doctors said he would need at least two days' rest to recover.
Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar heaved a sigh of relief when he was named in the team of his long-time rival Sachin Tendulkar for an inaugural three-match series in the US and said he's done bowling against the Indian batting legend whom he considers a 'brutal force' and the 'greatest player history has ever seen'.
Zimbabwe carried the form they showed in Group A to get the better of a fighting Oman, with Williams continuing his stellar run.
Estranged Pakistan team trainer-cum-doctor says that had Shoaib Akhtar got a normal elbow he would have bowled up to 176 kmph, and that he would still work with one of the world's fastest bowlers after the India series to enhance his speed.
With a knee injury keeping her off court, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was spotted in Karachi on a holiday with her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik, who will also be competing in Pakistan's National Twenty20 Championships.
Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, once a nemesis of many a top Indian batsman, is now ready to offer advice to his arch-rivals saying that Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron will be key to India's 2015 World Cup defence.
From Eden Gardens to Centurion, Shoaib Akhtar has had many memorable on-field battles with India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and he feels that Mohammed Aamir and Virat Kohli's face-offs will also go down the cricket history as one of the epic duels.
While 14 bodies have been recovered, five were still missing, they said.
This was the fourth change to Pakistan's original squad, coming a day after they drafted in former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, Haider Ali and Fakhar Zaman.
Akhtar, who is considered the world's fastest bowler of all time and nicknamed 'Rawalpindi Express', retired from all forms of cricket in 2011. He now analyses various cricketing events on his YouTube channel.
The proposed bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan due to be held in the UAE later this year should be postponed until long-standing border unrest between the two countries ends, said former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
A dominant Sri Lanka thrashed Oman by 10 wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifier to climb to the top of Group B at the Queens Sports Club, in Bulawayo on Friday.
Lakshmipathy Balaji turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes during the Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan in 2004.
The Lahore High Court has given a clean chit to Pakistan's maverick former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
Akram played under Malik's captaincy from 1992 to 1995. There were reports back then that the two players were not on good terms.
The 11 people were discharged on February 4 by the trial court, which said they were made 'scapegoats' by police and that dissent has to be encouraged, not stifled.
Becomes fourth-highest run-scorer in T20 cricket.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman.
Despite the length of his service in the international game, having made his debut in 1999, Shoaib remains one of the fittest members of his squad. It's clear that sheer vanity plays a part in him having maintained such high physical standards.
Vettori said the BCCI should quickly step in and manage Malik's workload to safeguard his unique talent.
The newly-appointed Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum has instructed Pakistani authorities not to release his images or video footage to the media, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Shaw continued from his unbeaten 240 from overnight and brought up his triple ton.
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australians Shaun Tait and Brett Lee are the only bowlers to have surpassed the 100 miles per hour (160.9 kph) mark.
Hafeez slams selectors for leaving Malik out of Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad
West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will enter the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifier high on confidence
It was a busy Monday for television actress Helly Shah, as she unveiled the poster of her debut film, Kaya Palat, at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the summer, we tend to eat less and drink more. Avoid large portions of food, as they will be difficult to digest and may cause you to feel tired and lazy. Instead, have frequent and small portions of meals, which will keep them fresh and light, suggests Dr Shoaib Sangatti, emergency physician, Ruby Hall clinic, Wanowire.
Sania Mirza ended her career with first round defeat at WTA Dubai event.
India's greatest women's tennis player won six Grand Slam doubles titles and will compete in her final major this month at the Australian Open, where she bagged the women's doubles crown in 2016.
She's at the fest for the poster launch of her film, Kaya Palat.
The military establishment is in no mood to forgive or forget Imran's anti-military utterances, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
Who can forget the 1996 World Cup quarter-final in Bengaluru? Or Sachin Tendulkar's magical knock at Centurion in the 2003 World Cup? Or Kapil Dev-inspired India bowling out Pakistan 87 at Sharjah?
Game 15 of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup will see Afghanistan take on Namibia at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi beginning 1530 IST.
Malik was named 'Player of the Match' for his smashing half-ton.
Pakistan come into the main draw of the T20 World Cup with 10 wins in a row in the UAE and the 27-year-old said the mood in the camp is very positive.
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