Discarded wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal could be a surprise inclusion in Pakistan's final World Cup squad.
Umar Gul sliced through the Sri Lanka top order on Thursday to set up an untroubled six wickets win for Pakistan in a rain-shortened first one-day international at the Pallakele Stadium.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
Pakistan defeated England by eight runs in the first of three T20 Internationals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Chasing a modest target of 145, the visitors managed only 136 for six. Umar Gul was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with figures of three for 18.
The hits and misses of the week.
Quite a few celebs were spotted at the launch of Mumbai's second Hard Rock Cafe.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to appoint Muhammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq as interim head coach and assistant coach respectively for the home T20 series against New Zealand later this month.
The World Cup semi-final will see arch-rivals India and Pakistan in action on Wednesday and Pakistan will expect Umar Gul to deliver with the ball yet again.
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The Bollywood actress and marathoner talks about her running mantra, the gear she uses and the importance of having 'proper' running shoes.
Bollywood's gorgeous ladies don't save up all their glamour for their weekend parties.
Darren Ganga steered the West Indies to 191 for 6 at close on day 2 of the third Test after Pakistan were out for 304 in the first innings.
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The actress found herself accidentally locked in the toilet of a train on her way to Chandigarh.
A senior Afghan interim government official on Monday confirmed that strikes in the Afghanistan provinces of Paktika and Khost along the Pakistan border have taken place.
Celebs put their stylish foot forward.
Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has been ruled out for at least the next six months following the diagnosis of three stress fractures in his back, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Thursday.
Pakistan may want to undertake a 'false flag' operation in J&K to divert attention from the situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but infiltrating one SSG battalion into J&K and having two SSG battalions waiting to follow suit means war, which Pakistan cannot afford in its current economic crisis, notes Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
Strengthening their pace attack, the Pakistani selectors on Tuesday included controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and his fellow paceman Umar Gul in the final 15-man squad for next month's Champions Trophy.
"They will not be considered for the one-dayers against Zimbabwe because they have to prove their match fitness," chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed told Reuters on Sunday.
Pakistan won by 21 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series after compiling 257 for eight and bowling out Sri Lanka for 236 in 48.5 overs.
Anita Dongre's show had celebrities like Gul Panag, Juhi Chawla, Urmila and Sangeeta Bijlani in attendance.
Pakistan speedster Umar Gul is set to kick up a storm as he has claimed that he saw English pacer James Anderson tamper with the ball last year during a Test match.
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Check out the stars who attended Day Three of Lakme Fashion Week!
Aam Aadmi Party leader Gul Panag has denied reports of an attack on her in Varanasi on Friday.
The New Year has begun, but the stars are in no mood to return home.
Former Inter-Services-Inetlligence chief Hamid Gul on Sunday dismissed as "nonsense" reports that Pakistan has agreed to arrest and hand him over to India in connection with the probe into the Mumbai terror attacks.
Just why is Pakistan's former spy chief among the most dangerous men in the world?
Forty four years after Mohammed Rafi's untimely demise on July 31, 1980, at the young age of 55, the singer's work continues to enjoy a musical afterlife on radio, television and modern streaming channels.
Jamat-ul-Mujahideen militant Shahid Latif was involved in the Hazratbal incident.
Pakistan won the third ODI to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead against Bangladesh.
Give us your take on the fashionable (and not-so-fashionable) choices of these famous faces who appeared at the recently-concluded Lakme Fashion Week.
Former captain Younis Khan and fast bowler Umar Gul have returned to the Pakistan cricket squad for the two-match Test series against the West Indies, starting next week.
The Mumbai Mantra: Cinerise Screenwriting Programme started on August 9.
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