Pakistan Cricket News

Imran Farhat hit a half century Sunday and led Pakistan to an easy seven-wicket victory over a reckless West Indies side in the third one-day international. Farhat hit two sixes and five fours in his knock of 58 off 72 balls as Pakistan made 192 for three wickets in 33.4 overs. Pakistan's target was recalculated to 191 off 35 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis formula after an hour's play was lost due to malfunctioning floodlights at Gaddafi Stadium, ...

Rookie left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman grabbed two wickets for 22 runs Thursday as Pakistan bowled out the West Indies for 151 in the second limited-overs international. Runako Morton top scored with a battling 43 off 66 balls, but the rest of the West Indies' top order failed to raise a strong total in the first-ever day-night game at the Iqbal Stadium. Morton hit four boundaries and featured in the best ...

The World Anti-Doping Agency chief criticized the lifting of doping bans on two Pakistani cricketers as ``aberrational'' and said individual federations had to play by international rules. ``It is certainly aberrational to have a national federation telling the international federation what rules it is going to apply in something like doping,'' Montreal-based WADA chairman Dick Pound said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. ``This is typical of the ...

The International Cricket Council pointed to inconsistencies in Pakistan cricket's anti-doping process Wednesday, a day after an appeals panel overturned doping bans on fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif. ``This judgment emphasizes that much more work needs to be done to educate players and to synchronize our members' efforts to attain a totally drug-free sport,'' ICC president Percy Sonn said in a statement. A Pakistan Cricket Board tribunal on ...

Mohammad Hafeez hit a patient unbeaten half-century Wednesday as Pakistan moved toward setting up a challenging target for the West Indies in their third and final cricket Test. Opening batsman Hafeez dug in for nearly four hours on a slow, low and bouncy wicket to remain unbeaten on 57 off 135 balls with Pakistan progressing to 130-2 in its second innings for an overall lead of 174 at stumps on ...

Opening batsman Daren Ganga made an unbeaten half-century Tuesday after Pakistan paceman Umar Gul rattled the West Indies with three top-order wickets in 10 balls on the second day of the third and final cricket Test. Ganga's resolute 77 over five hours with nine fours took the West Indies to 191-6 at stumps on a slow and low bouncy National Stadium wicket in reply to Pakistan's first innings score of ...

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf hit a record eighth Test century in a calendar year before the West Indies fought back hard Monday on the first day of the third and final Test. Yousuf smashed 15 elegant fours in his four-hour innings of 102 runs, but the West Indies claimed four wickets in the last session to restrict Pakistan to 257-7 at stumps on a low bouncy National Stadium wicket. Kamran ...

West Indies captain Brian Lara has two tough jobs on his aging shoulders at a venue where Pakistan has lost just one Test match in 38 games. Lara not only has to stop prolific Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf from having a shot at his countryman Sir Vivian Richards' 30-year-old world record of most Test runs in a calendar year, but he has to win the Test to level the three-match series. ``Mohammad Yousuf is of course challenging ...

West Indies cricket coach Bennett King says his team has to raise its fielding standards in the final Test in a bid to level the series against Pakistan. Brian Lara's men came close to squaring the series in the second Test at Multan on Thursday, before prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf made a splendid 191 to draw the match and helped Pakistan keep its 1-0 lead intact in the rubber. Pakistan won the first Test by nine wickets ...

Prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf smashed a record-equalling century Thursday as Pakistan forced a draw in the second cricket Test against a resurgent West Indies. Yousuf (191) missed the opportunity to score a double century on the final day when the match was called off with Pakistan progressing in its second innings at 461-7 for an overall lead of 227 runs. Brian Lara smashed a double century Wednesday to lead the ...

Imran Farhat smashed an unbeaten half-century Wednesday to lead a confident Pakistan recovery after Brian Lara posted his ninth double-century to give the West Indies an imposing lead on the fourth day of the second cricket Test. Imran Farhat (70 not out), Mohammad Yousuf (56 not out) and Younis Khan (56) led the rally fightback with fluent innings as Pakistan finished the day on a healthy 213-2 in its second ...

Star batsman Brian Lara entered the record book Tuesday, smashing a century before lunch as the West Indies built a strong lead against Pakistan in the second cricket Test. Lara's unbeaten 196 off 230 balls led West Indies to a commanding 509-5 at stumps on the third day and overshadowed teammate Dwayne Bravo's brilliant 89. The West Indies led by 152 runs after fast bowler Jerome Taylor's five-wicket haul had ...

Pakistan whipped the West Indies by nine wickets Tuesday despite Brian Lara smashing his 33rd century in Test cricket on the fourth day of the first Test. Lara made a fluent 122 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul braved dehydration to score a fighting 81 before the West Indies crumbled to 291 for an overall lead of just 12 runs. Pakistan _ which scored 485 in reply to the West Indies first-innings score ...

Mohammad Yousuf just missed a double century Monday to spur Pakistan into a commanding lead against the West Indies on Day 3 of the first cricket Test. Yousuf's 192 off 330 balls lifted Pakistan to 485 in its first innings, giving the hosts a 279-run lead, after the West Indies scored just 206. The West Indies was reeling at 74-3 when bad light _ for the third consecutive day _ ...

A former Pakistan cricket captain and a prominent lawyer have been named to a three-member tribunal to probe two Pakistani bowlers who failed a doping test during the Champions Trophy in India, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said Thursday. Fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif returned home Monday after they were pulled out of the ongoing tournament in India for testing positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone. Intikhab Alam, ...

Just two weeks ago Younis Khan did not want to be a ``dummy'' captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Even after trouble-ridden Pakistan's dramatic, against-the-odds win over Sri Lanka to open its Champions Trophy campaign, Khan says he still harbours no immediate ambition to replace Inzamam-ul-Haq. ``I have nothing about captaincy in my mind,'' Khan said after a stunning four-wicket win over the in-form Sri Lankans. Khan insists he is only filling in for Inzamam, who was ...

Abdul Razzaq's brilliant all-round performance powered Pakistan to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy Group B cricket match on Tuesday, a day after Pakistan lost key pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif amid a doping scandal. Razzaq took four wickets for 50 runs to bowl out Sri Lanka for 253 in 49.2 overs and then smashed unbeaten 38 off 24 balls as Pakistan replied strongly ...

Younis Khan was reappointed as Pakistan cricket captain Saturday, just hours before the squad's departure to India for the ICC Champions Trophy. The move came a day after the resignation of Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan. Khan was replaced as chairman by Nasim Ashraf, who met with the Pakistan team members in the eastern city of Lahore before naming Younis Khan as captain. ``I have appointed Younis Khan as captain, and Mohammed Yousuf will be the vice captain,'' ...

Mohammed Yousuf was named Pakistan captain on Thursday after Younis Khan refused to lead the team in the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan Cricket Board's decision came two days ahead of the squad's departure to India for the limited-overs tournament. ``I told PCB that I am refusing the captaincy because I do not want to be a dummy captain,'' Khan told a news conference at PCB headquarters in Lahore. ``I will ...

Younis Khan has refused to lead Pakistan in the Champions Trophy, two days ahead of the squad's departure to India for the limited-overs cricket tournament. ``I told PCB that I am refusing captaincy because I do not want to be a dummy captain,'' Khan told a news conference Thursday at the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters in the eastern city of Lahore. ``I will give reasons later,'' Khan said before exiting ...