The Pakistan captain said he is happy that all his players had put the Oval fiasco behind them.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq believes Australia will be a much weaker team when Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath retire next year.
The all-rounder is expected to lead Pakistan in the fourth ODI against the West Indies in the absence of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.
Inzamam has been advised to rest for three days after he required three stitches to a finger injured while fielding in the third one-day international on Sunday while Yousuf's wife is ill.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf said Inzamam-ul Haq's tenure as captain will come up for review after the home series against the West Indies.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Karun Nair created records albeit of different kinds.
Shoaib Akhtar will play in the second ODI against India after being rested for the first under the rotation policy
Inzamam-ul Haq slammed the Indian team for appealing against him for obstructing the field in the first ODI
The state run Pakistan Television reported that Musharraf spoke to Inzamamam, coach Bob Woolmer and the team manager Salim Altaf and congratulated the team.
He, however, did not agree that such a dead wicket was prepared mainly because the home team was under pressure.\n\n
The team's training camp will be organised from January 7 for the upcoming home series against India.
The ICC will review the experimental supersub rule in February in 2006
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq fears the format of the 2006 Champions Trophy will widen the gap between the cellar teams and the rest.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers of the Pakistan team from cricket World Cups.
Nepal became the latest nation to join the One-day International (ODI) club, securing their 50-overs status for the first time at the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.
Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul Haq said the defeat in Rawalpindi had not dampened the spirit of his team.
Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday accused Shahid Afridi of treating him unfairly all through his career and blamed him for a rather short limited overs career. Kaneria, only the second Hindu to play for Pakistan after his maternal uncle Anil Dalpat, took 261 wickets in 61 Tests at an average of 34.79. However, he only played 18 ODIs between 2000 and 2010.
The team management felt he should be fresh before the long series against England begins.
ICC Match Referee Chris Broad said the Pakistan captain's position of responsibility in the team was a major factor in deciding his punishment.
The Pakistan cricket team management gave umpires Rudi Koertzen and Darrell Hair negative ratings.
Pakistan beat England by seven wickets in the second ODI.
Michael Vaughan and the England team need to reproduce the form displayed during the Ashes to beat Pakistan in the final Test.
Some Pakistan players have reportedly asked the PCB to omit fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from the squad for the India tour.
The Pakistan vice-captain will miss the opening ODI against India in Kochi on April 2, due to fever.
The visitors were 165 for 5 at close on day 1 of the three-day match against the BCCI President's XI.
The Pakistan captain says that new coach Bob Woolmer has the credentials to mould his talented but erratic side into a consistent winning outfit.
Mani said the selectors and management had solid reasons for resting six regular players against Australia.
Skipper Inzamam-ul Haq said Shahid Afridi and Yasir Hameed would contest for a spot in the top order.
The start of play was delayed by roughly an hour due to bad light.
'One of the boys who was caught in match-fixing comes from a village near Rawalpindi, where he lived in very basic conditions. Suddenly this boy becomes rich, he has two houses in Lahore, he is a glamour boy, he comes on television and the gap between rags to riches has been achieved. So he is a product of this environment; the environment of corruption!...I made sure Danish Kaneria stayed a Hindu. There was pressure from Inzamam; there is no doubt about it, but we are very proud of a Hindu playing for Pakistan!' Shaharyar Khan, former chairman of Pakistan's cricket board, in an exclusive and frank interview with Rediff.com's Manu Shankar.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan assured the Pakistan captain that he will captain the team on the upcoming tour.
Inzamam-ul Haq, Yousuf Youhana and Shoaib Akhtar were upset by claims that the fourth ODI against India was fixed.
"I stand by what I told the media earlier today. Mickey Arthur used first poor language and then abused me. Inzamam bhai (ul-Haq) and Mushtaq bhai (Ahmed) are both witness to this incident at the NCA," Umar told PTI on Wednesday.
Former leg-spin great, Abdul Qadir has advised flamboyant Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi to say goodbye to cricket and slammed Umar Akmal, saying he lost his place in the national team because of his own mistakes. Qadir, known for his candid comments, said at a function in Lahore that Afridi had aged and was no longer fit for top level cricket. "I don't think cricket is any longer the forte of Afridi and he should say goodbye," Qadir said. He also didn't mince any words on the exclusion of batsmen Ahmed Shehzad and his son-in-law Umar Akmal from the list of probables for the tour to England. "To me Shehzad is simply more of an actor than a cricketer while Umar Akmal has lost his place in the team because of his own mistakes," he added. Umar, who is married to Qadir's daughter, has in recent months been at the centre of controversies raising questions over his commitment to the game.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances