Pakistan's tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir were dropped from the Twenty20 and ODI series against England following their alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scandal.
Michael Hussey's innings is the highest by a number seven batsman in ICCWT20. Interestingly, Hussey himself held the previous record with an unbeaten 47 against Bangladesh at Bridgetown on 05-05-2010.
Pakistan's tainted trio of Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir will be quizzed by Scotland Yard for the second time on Wednesday but they are not in danger of being arrested, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said.
In a dramatic new twist to the 'spot-fixing' scandal that has rocked world cricket, Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and two other tainted players, Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif, were on Tuesday stopped from practicing at Taunton.
The bookie arrested by Scotland Yard for alleged 'pot-fixing' in the ongoing England-Pakistan Lord's Test claims to have links with bookmakers in India as well.
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Six passengers of the 3049 Howrah-Amritsar Express were injured as armed robbers assaulted them and looted cash and valuables worth about Rs 1.5 lakh near Simultala railway station in Bihar's Jamui district on Sunday night, official sources said.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has stopped pacer Mohammad Asif from signing up for a short stint with English county Nottinghamshire, telling him to focus on national assignments instead. PCB sources said Asif had approached chairman Ejaz Butt for permission to sign the contract but was told to focus on his career with Pakistan.
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Defending champions Pakistan suffered a double blow when pacer Umar Gul and all-rounder Yasir Arafat were ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies after failing to recover from injuries sustained during the ongoing preparatory camp in Lahore.
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The type of cricket balls used in England will give the Pakistan bowlers a huge advantage over the home side in the four-Test series starting this week, former Pakistan players said on Monday.
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One India is doing great against the coronavirus, lauding the gains of the lockdown and thanking the government, and the other lacks commitment, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation on Wednesday recalled senior players Sohail Abbas, Rehan Butt and Zeeshan Ashraf, who had announced their retirement after the team finished bottom of the heap in the World Cup in India. The PHF also recalled Waseem Ahmed and Salman Akbar for a national camp, from June 20, in Karachi, to prepare for a tour of Europe ahead of the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
Abdul Qadir, who played 67 Test and 104 ODIs for Pakistan, suffered a cardiac arrest.
Nearly 14 months after firing Australian coach Geoff Lawson, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is again looking for a foreign coach. PCB chairman Ejaz Butt on Monday confirmed on a television show that he is in talks with some foreign coaches.
An annoyed Younis Khan on Tuesday quit captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team after being grilled by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports, which wanted him to explain the team's performance in the recent Champions Trophy.
England Players' Union chief Angus Porter has revealed that captain Andrew Strauss, Twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood and the rest of the squad were desperate to see that the three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Muhammad Amir did not to play for their side for the rest of the tour following the leveling of spot-fixing charges against them.
The PCB has initiated a preliminary inquiry into the statements given by Akmal brothers - Kamran and Umar - to the Australian media, allegedly showing the Pakistani team and the PCB in poor light.
The Pakistan cricket team, that won the third Test against England at the Oval on Saturday, has donated win bonuses worth 4,625,000 rupees ($54,400) to the floods relief effort in the country.
Australia extended their lead over Pakistan to 277 runs at the end of day three of the third Test in Hobart, with Simon Katich reviving hopes of a series clean sweep by triggering a batting collapse.
Pakistan have dedicated a proportion of their match fees to victims of the floods which have devastated their country following an upset win over England in the third Test at the Oval on Saturday.
Beleaguered pacer Shoaib Akhtar and some non-performing senior players of the national side are expected to get the axe when the Pakistan Cricket Board announces its new central contract later this week.
The touring Pakistan squad may undergo some big changes during the remaining part of their tour as pressure grows on PCB, national selectors and the team management for the string of defeats in England.
England suffered a first innings batting collapse but still edged nearer to another crushing win over Pakistan, who trailed by 160 runs at close of play on day two of the second Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, the twice world snooker champion who died Saturday aged 61, dragged a staid and stuffy sport into the modern era with his outrageous talent and scandalous behaviour.
General Bajwa and the outgoing DG, ISI Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar, had a long meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt says he is disappointed with senior batsman Younis Khan's refusal to make himself available for the tour of Australia, starting later this month.
Pakistan face a 13th consecutive defeat against Australia in the first Test at Lord's after they were set a world record 440 to win on the third day on Thursday.
Australia set Pakistan a world record 440 to win the first Test at Lord's after they were dismissed for 334 in their second innings on the third day on Thursday.
Pakistan remains in isolation as an international cricket venue with the ICC deciding not to allot any event to the trouble-torn country until 2015.
In a good news for those who find it hard to kick the butt, a new vaccine which would help them quit smoking would soon be available in the market.
Olympic champions Germany clinched the Hero Champions Trophy title with a convincing 2-0 win over Pakistan in the summit clash, snapping their five-year old jinx in the elite eight-nation event at the packed Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially named former fast bowler Waqar Younis as the chief coach of the national squad and under 19-coach Ijaz Ahmed as his deputy.
Images from the fourth match of the Asia Cup between India and Pakistan in Dambulla, on Saturday.
Board of Control for Cricket in India vice-president Rajiv Shukla said there is no possibility of resuming cricketing ties with Pakistan for the next six-eight months.
Pakistan won 24 of its 53 Test matches under Misbah and, for the first time, occupied the top Test rankings last year before a dip in form set in.
