Younis Khan's 79 guided Pakistan to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over South Africa on a difficult pitch in Trinidad. The match was stopped during South Africa's innings when the batsmen complained about the surface, but Pakistan did not have any

Shoaib Akhtar is "going through hell" after failing to make it to the World Cup in the Caribbean. He was withdrawn from Pakistan's squad on fitness grounds a week ago, after failing to recover from knee and hamstring injuries. "I can't describe it in

Pakistan and South African players have been evacuated from their hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad, following what is believed to be a gas leak. Mohammad Sami, the Pakistan fast bowler, told how he ran down a corridor to escape from the building after

Powered by centuries from Khurram Manzoor and Hasan Raza Karachi Zebras crushed Lahore Eagles by 152 runs . Put into bat, the Zebras rode on the back of the unbroken 200-run partnership between Manzoor and Raza to reach a huge 307 in their allotted

A fine all-round display from Mohammad Hafeez ensured Pakistan avoided any slip-ups as they eased to a 77-run warm-up win over Canada in Trinidad. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Hafeez posted smooth half-centuries to push Pakistan to 273 for 8 before Hafeez and Rao

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) finally made a formal request to the ICC to allow for the inclusion of Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat for the World Cup as replacements for Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif. In another significant move, the PCB also received

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, believes his team can shrug off their controversial World Cup build-up and clinch a second title to add to the trophy they won in 1992. Pakistan go into the 2007 tournament without injured strike bowlers Shoaib

Multan returned to the Gold League of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in style with a thumping 269-run victory against Islamabad in the final of the Silver League at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. At the start of the fourth day, Multan needed just