The innocuous practice game had more reasons to be forgotten than to be remembered despite the centuries by Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq and Junaid Siddique's brave approach. Pakistan beat Bangladesh convincingly by 89

For regular visitors to the Mirpur venue, be it players, officials or journalists, it was like entering familiar terrain, but one that had a different feel to it. Bangladesh's premier cricket

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said the delay in naming the captain of the World Cup squad has led to the creation of factions within the national side. Currently Misbah-ul-Haq, who has seven half-centuries in

The ICC has written to the PCB asking for details into the appearance of Mohammad Amir in a friendly club match. Amir is currently provisionally suspended from all levels of cricket facing charges of spot-fixing placed by the governing body in the aftermath of the Lord's Test during

Pakistan allrounder Yasir Arafat has switched counties, moving from Sussex to sign up as Surrey's overseas player for the entirety of the 2011 domestic season. Arafat, a journeyman cricketer who has also enjoyed stints with Kent, Scotland and Otago - as well as with

Shahid Afridi's personal form has dipped recently, but it is his outspoken ways that has supposedly put his position as ODI captain in jeopardy. A sympathetic glance over Pakistan's World Cup squad would conclude that chief selector Mohsin Khan and his men have done well

Pakistan's selectors have displayed an unusual consistency in their ODI squad, retaining all players bar one involved in the New Zealand ODIs for their World Cup campaign. Fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed, who is part of

Pakistan weathered a hostile opening spell that reduced them to 42 for 3 in the first hour, worked their way to safety in the second session, and made a half-hearted attempt to