Pakistan News

Harbhajan Singh celebrates the dismissal of Lankan Prasanna Jayawardene as teammates join him during the forth day of the second test in Kanpur.

Umar Akmal announced his arrival in the Test arena with an impressive century on debut as he and his brother Kamran hauled Pakistan out of the mire on day three of the first Test against New Zealand.

Ross Taylor scored 94 and Martin Guptill 60 as New Zealand overcame the loss of a wicket first ball to reach 276 for six by stumps on the opening day of the first cricket test against Pakistan on Tuesday.

Mike Hussey has followed Matthew Hayden's post-Ashes lead to nail down his Test position for the rest of the West Indies series at the Gabba.

Students in Bhopal take part in a candle light march to mark the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 : The chief security officer of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Laurence Fernando, met Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner B.K Sharma here on Tuesday and demanded a commando cover for his players when they arrive to play the third ODI against hosts India on December 21 in Cuttack.

South East Asia News.Net Wednesday 25th November, 2009 Lahore, Nov.25 : The Pakistan Cricket Board's expectations of making huge money from the New Zealand Test series has been shattered, as it has failed to find a title sponsor for the three match series.

KANPUR: Former India captain Rahul Dravid hit a classy 144 in the second Test against Sri Lanka here Wednesday and became the fourth highest scorer in Tests.

DUNEDIN: New Zealand and Pakistan start round two of their disrupted cricket series here Tuesday searching for respectability amid a background of upheaval.

Islamabad, Nov.24 : Pakistan National Assembly's Standing Committee on Sports has directed the Pakistan Cricket Board to file a case against those security officials who didn't responded to the call of duty during the terror attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March this year.

The International Cricket Council's first use of the a new umpiring decision review system worked in New Zealand's favour today as Brendon McCullum had his dismissal reversed two balls before stumps here at University Oval.

Lahore, Nov 25 : Frustrated at the ICL authorities for not clearing his dues, discarded Pakistani pacer Muhammad Sami has claimed that the rebel league has been making excuses for not being able to pay the money it owes to him.

James Anderson is preparing to return to the scene of one of his most memorable performances for England.

Pakistan's cricket authorities have sought the government's permission for players' participation in the next edition of the Indian Premier League.

Lahore, Nov.24 : Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam is not bothered about former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq's presence in the Kiwi camp.

Karachi News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 A parliamentary committee on sports Monday asked Pakistan Cricket Board to file a case against security officials who showed negligence while protecting the Sri Lankan cricket team during a tour in March this year.

An incident that resulted in umpire Steve Bucknor being dumped from a tense Australia-India Test series would have been avoided under a new decision review system officially introduced to international cricket this week.

Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif celebrated his international cricket recall with three vital wickets to have New Zealand at 276-6 at stumps on the first day of the first Test.

Pakistan have struck off the very first ball, to have the Black Caps reeling after being sent into bat in the first cricket test in Dunedin.

A spate of attacks in Pakistana s Punjab as Islamic militants work more closely with the Taliban has raised business concern in the province that generates more than half of the countrya s economic growth.