The committee formed to handle the appeals of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the two Pakistan bowlers who were banned this month after testing positive for steroids, will reveal their findings next week. Both players denied knowingly taking any drugs

The Pakistan Cricket Board has changed its selection policy, giving more powers to the selectors in picking the team for each match and effectively clipping the wings of coach and captain. Under the new system, which began with the current Test against

Brian Lara's masterful 196 not out, which comprised a 77-ball century in the opening session, stunned Pakistan at Multan, providing West Indies with a great chance to level the three-match series. Lara's 34th Test hundred, during the course of which

An outstanding spell of new-ball bowling and a resolute opening partnership changed the complexion of the Multan Test, putting West Indies in a comfortable position at the end of the second day. Jerome Taylor's fiery five-for - his second in Tests

The good news is that it isn't as dusty as it often is in Multan. The bad news is that it is considerably colder, the clouds looked threatening in the morning

Pakistan's Mohammed Yousuf has climbed to second place in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his memorable innings of 192 against the

Pakistan will be looking to consolidate its hold on third place in the LG ICC Test Championship table when its three-match series against

Inzamam-ul-Haq has renewed calls for Test matches in Pakistan to be extended to six days to reduce the impact of bad light and poor weather. The suggestion was first made last season when play in Tests against England was severely limited by poor light