Karachi Urban tamed the Rawalpindi attack and scored 284 for 2 on the opening day of their fifth-round Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the National Stadium on Thursday. By stumps, Saeed Bin Nasir was unbeaten on 100 after

Umar Gul, the Pakistan fast bowler, is hopeful of returning to bowling in a week's time after making sufficient recovery from an ankle injury which ruled him out of the tour of South Africa. Gul and Shoaib Akhtar were sent home from the tour to appear

Shoaib Akhtar has explained the altercation that led to his fine of US$2500 in a disciplinary hearing last week, by saying that his coach, Bob Woolmer, had accused him of feigning the injury that led to his withdrawal from Pakistan's

Kamran Akmal, Pakistan's struggling wicketkeeper, might be best served by taking a much-needed rest from the ODI series against South Africa, according to Wasim Bari, the head of Pakistan's selection committee. Akmal had a poor

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, acknowledged that the 2-1 series loss to South Africa was one of the more disappointing of his career and that his side's top-order batting simply hadn't been good enough.

Mansoor Amjad, the 19-year-old Pakistani legspinner, has re-signed for Leicestershire as one of their two overseas players for the 2007 season. Amjad had a brief spell at Grace Road as a replacement for Dinesh Mongia but didn't set the world alight

Mohammad Yousuf has described Ricky Ponting as the world's best player. Yousuf said Ponting was every bit as good as modern batting legends like Viv Richards and Brian Lara and named him as the man most likely to break his

The packed international calendar has again been blamed for a team's Test series loss with Bob Woolmer criticising a "ridiculous" schedule. Injuries finally caught up with Pakistan as they lost the series-deciding third Test against South Africa.