Five brothers playing first class cricket, including four appearing in Test matches as well, reads like a fairy tale. But it is true. Indeed, cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, eldest Wazir Mohammad and younger ones Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad represented Pakistan in the top division of cricket.
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif won't be able to participate in the Twenty20 series against England in Dubai, as the UAE has refused to revoke a travel ban on him.
Yunus, 84, was administered the oath of office by President Mohammed Shahabuddin at a ceremony at the presidential palace 'Bangabhaban'.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif celebrated his return to international cricket with three vital wickets as New Zealand battled to 276 for 6 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test in Dunedin on Tuesday.
Following the footsteps of his fellow banned teammates, disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif also admitted to spot fixing during a meeting with Subhan Ahmad, the Chief Operating Officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board in Lahore.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has pressed the Pakistan cricket Board to outline its position on the Mohammad Asif drugs case.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 141 runs to win the second Test on Day 4 at the Basin Reserve on Sunday and level the three-match series 1-1.
Dope tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif on Sunday said he will ask the Indian Premier League's drug inquiry tribunal to hold its next hearing at a neutral venue. The IPL tribunal was due to hold a hearing on November 29 in Mumbai on the doping charges on the pacer, who played for Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural season of the Twenty20 tournament, but the proceedings was called off due to the terror attacks.
Dope-tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has vowed to lay bare his "drug dramas" after he tested positive for a banned steroid during the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.
Pakistan's provisional squad for the World Cup in the West Indies also included Shabbir Ahmed who last month completed a 12-month ban for having an illegal bowling action.
Pakistan's interim selection committee on Wednesday snubbed controversial speedster Shoaib Akhtar and recalled disgraced pacer Mohammad Asif to the preliminary 30-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, in South Africa later this year.
Embattled Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif was on Wednesday handed a one-year ban by the Indian Premier League Drugs Tribunal for failing a dope test during the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament last year.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar feels that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammed Aamir were given harsh punishments in the spot-fixing scandal.
Pakistan have dropped out-of-sorts pace bowler Mohammad Amir from their 17-man squad for next month's two-Test series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates, with left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz earning a recall.
The players face a ban of one to two years under WADA regulations.
Pakistan's unpredictability will once again be their big strength at the T20 World Cup.
The courts in Pakistan have been flooded with petitions as candidates, mostly backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), challenged the results of Thursday's general elections, alleging rigging.
The two Pakistan players, who tested positive for performance-enhancing steroids, gave up their right to call for testing of 'B' samples while appearing before a drugs inquiry tribunal.
Uncomfortable with the attention they are receiving from fellow inmates, Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif want to be transferred to a jail in their own country to serve their sentences for being involved in the spot-fixing scam.
Controversial Pakistani pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif will be under the spotlight in the Asia Cup starting Tuesday in Sri Lanka after the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has decided to conduct random dope tests during the four-nation tournament.
This was the first general election in the valley after the abrogation of Article 370 and the enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the EC said in a statement.
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.
The court had earlier remanded the accused into the NIA custody until July 12, special public prosecutor TP Sharma said.
The PCB said that the change had to be made as Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture
Most candidates hailing from political families emerged victorious in the Delhi civic polls, while the richest contender faced a drubbing.
The assailants claimed they hacked Lal to death to avenge an alleged insult to Islam.
With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to 12, an official said.
With the semi-final spot assured, Pakistan might look to rest a few players and give others opportunities in the inconsequential match.
The court said the legal proceedings against the 11 accused were initiated in a 'perfunctory and cavalier fashion' and 'allowing them to undergo the rigmarole of a long-drawn trial does not augur well for the criminal justice system of the country'.
Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim also returned to the World Cup squad after recovering fully from a side strain he suffered during the Asia Cup.
Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis have stepped down from their respective roles, the country's cricket board (PCB) said on Monday.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his counterparts from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are also attending the meeting to be chaired by Rajnath Singh.
After a delay due to COVID and a postponement for another year, the Asia Cup 2022, hosted by Sri Lanka but played in the UAE due to the political and social turmoil in the island, finally kicked off on August 27.
Pakistan will aim to maintain their remarkable consistency against a spirited Namibia and seal a semi-final spot in the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Reducing Rajasthan Royals to 28/5 in the Powerplay sealed the fate of the hosts as Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled RR out for 59 in Jaipur.
"Due to personal reasons, the undersigned hereby recuses from hearing the matter. Accordingly, let the present matter be put up before the principal district and sessions judge, southeast district, Saket court, for February 13 at 12 pm with a request to transfer the matter," the judge said in an order passed on Friday.
The clothes of one of the four accused were also torn, and the agitated lawyers raised slogans against Pakistan and demanded the capital punishment for them.
Mohammad Rizwan scored a fluent 88 and Haris Rauf and Mohammed Nawaz took three wickets each as Pakistan edged England by three runs in a rollercoaster finish to the fourth Twenty20 in Karachi.
Rajneesh Gupta lists interesting records from the first week of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup in the UAE.
The spokesperson said Farhad Mohammad Sheikh, alias Babla, was arrested on Saturday evening.
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