Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik believes stopping South Africa's Jacques Kallis will be the key to winning the second Test and levelling the two-match series.
South Africa score big win over Pakistan Pacer Dale Steyn took five wickets to lead South Africa to a thumping 160-run victory just before tea on the final day of the first Test.
Pakistan were struggling to avoid the follow-on after being reduced to 127 for five by South Africa, who made 450 runs.
Shoaib Malik will lead Pakistan for the first time in a Test match on Monday with a spin friendly pitch expected at the National Stadium for the start of a two-Test series against South Africa.
Yusuf Pathan, a hard-hitting batsman, useful off-spinner and brilliant fielder, made it to the Indian Twenty20 team more on the strength of his aggressive approach to the game.
Irfan and Yusuf Pathan will receive Rs 5 lakh each.
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami replaced an indisposed Hardik Pandya in the ICC World XI squad for the T20 International against the West Indies at Lord's in London, on May 31.
Pakistan have lost batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Shoaib Malik for the first Test against South Africa.
Sania is returning to the circuit after a two-year break but injured her leg in practice.
The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) appeals committee decided on Monday to suspend the fine and penalty imposed on fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar last week.
Malik fell in love with Ayesha Siddiqui, from Hyderabad in south India, five years ago.
Making a comeback after a two-year hiatus, she enters women's doubles quarter-finals of Hobart International.
Pakistan's captain says past record will have no bearing on the series. 'Whoever plays well consistently will win.'
The 18-man provisional squad includes uncapped Riffatullah Mohmand who scored 444 runs with three hundreds in Pakistan's premier domestic cricket tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 2005.
The former Pakistan captain slammed cricket's ruling body for questioning the actions of his compatriots Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik.
Pakistan were set 159 runs to win from 32 overs according to the Duckworth-Lewis calculation.
Pakistan's Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik were pulled up for suspect bowling actions after the first Test against England.
Former England captain Mike Gatting says they deserve to be ranked number two in the world.
Australian media reported that the Indian off-spinner features in the list of seven bowlers with highly suspect action drawn by ICC.
Victorious skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said 300 was not enough to defend on the National Stadium's benign track and he was not much surprised as his side knocked down the target set by Pakistan with 7.5 overs to spare. Pakistan rode on captain Shoaib Malik's 125 to set India 300 but Dhoni's team made the chase look like a stroll in the park and cruised to 301 four 4 in 42.1 overs. Dhoni said Pakistan probably fell 40-50 runs short.
Opener Shoaib Malik scored an undefeated 148, his maiden Test century, as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw.
Mohammad Hafeez missed out on his maiden hundred by eight runs and Kamran Akmal scored a blistering 56 to guide Pakistan to a seven-wicket win over West Indies.
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq says it is a shame that leading finger spinners were banned from bowling the 'doosra'.
Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day international to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik's bowling action was examined at the Sports Institute in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Inzamam-ul-Haq has denied that the fast bowler was kept out of the West Indies bound squad because of injury
Mohammad Yousuf scored his 20th Test hundred as Pakistan ended Day 2 in the first Test against the West Indies in a strong position.
Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Sami were dropped for the team for the first three one-day internationals against India.
India's captain confessed that Pakistan came "too close for comfort" in their run chase in the first One-Day International.
Professor Bruce Elliot, the biomechanic specialist at the University of Western Australia, concluded that his off break and "doosra" deliveries are illegal.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Thursday confirmed that she will be back to competitive tennis at Hobart International in January 2020 after a two-year break.
Pakistan won the unofficial four-day Test by seven wickets.
Sources close to the team said the off spinner was reported by umpires Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar after Pakistan lost the triangular tournament final to Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan hopes to end his 15-year Test career on a high in the second Test against Pakistan, beginning Monday.
India are eyeing a place in the final after three wins in as many matches, while Pakistan will look to step up their game in the Super Four match, after a scare against Afghanistan.
Chasing a competitive 258 for victory, Pakistan overhauled the target with just three balls to spare with former captain Shoaib Malik (51 off 43 balls) getting the winning runs.
Outside Bollywood films, Sania Mirza might be the only Indian success welcomed as warmly in neighbouring Pakistan and the 28-year-old expects her doubles feats to inspire girls on both sides of the border to pick up a tennis racquet.
