England's James Anderson is the first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine got complete backing of his Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir who termed him as an asset and said there can be no back-up for the mystery bowler.
Consistent death bowling from a Bumrah and spinners picking up wickets in the middle overs is why the average run-rate in the last few years hasn't exploded the way one would have expected, says Dhruv Munjal.
Waqar Younis, one of the greatest practitioners of reverse swing, hailed former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who passed away today, as the "best batsman" when it came to tackling the difficult art.
police suspect the blast was the result of a squabble between sweepers at the Ambassador's residence.
Harbhajan Singh's county stint for Surrey was off to a bad start when he was out for a duck on Thursday.
Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev finished second in the Legends Cup Golf tournament at the Classic Golf Resort.
With current players from three full member nations seeking no objection certificates to participate in the upcoming Masters Champions League (MCL), the ICC warned the boards against entertaining such demands and called it 'unacceptable'.
Top Pakistani diplomats have supported trade with India through rail and road networks besides backing the petroleum and gas pipeline links and said the country could achieve most of its economic objectives through it.
The ace batsman edged out former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram and Indian tennis ace star Leander Paes for the award.
With the gradual decline in Pakistan's performance, the Karachi-born Mohammad Bashir has shifted allegiance to the 'formidable' Indian team ahead of the marquee ICC Champions Trophy clash later this week.
Jasprit Bumrah's amazing skill-set gives India a realistic chance of winning the World Cup but a 'freak' called David Warner might just retain it for Australia, believes 2015 World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke.
With Javed Miandad at the helm, Pakistan can look forward to regaining lost glory," said the new captain.
Sunil Gavaskar urged Imran Khan to take the necessary 'first step' towards improving ties with India.
Munir Akram, Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, had allegedly assaulted his companion in December last year.
The judge of the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was changed for the seventh time on Wednesday, with the current incumbent transferred to another court.
Readers present their views on a joint India-Pakistan team to take on the mighty Aussies, and list their eleven.
The 36-year-old Pakistani left-arm fast bowler, currently playing for English county Hampshire, is the only cricketer in history to take 500 one-day international wickets.
Shoaib Akhtar has requested Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to hold the All-Stars Cricket event in Pakistan as well.
Mahinder Pal Singh has become the first Sikh cricketer to be selected in Pakistan's National Cricket Academy after he was picked for a fast bowlers' camp, being organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 21-year old Mahinder was selected at an emerging player camp, organised by PCB in Multan in November. "It was a proud moment for me to be selected for the camp," Pal, who hails from the tribal region of Pakistan but lives in Nankana Sahib outside Lahore, told PTI. The eldest among five siblings, Pal is the first member of his community to be recognised at this level.
The Pakistan captain said it would not be easy to fill in the void created by the absence of a number of senior cricketers in the team.
Former skipper Akram Khan, openers Javed Omar and Mehrab Hossain have all been recalled for the triseries involving India and South Africa.\n
Leading past and present cricketers from India and Pakistan are expected to play in the May 6 day-night match.
A peeved special Pakistani tribunal on Thursday asked government to give a written explanation as to why it allowed former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to go abroad.
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