Herschelle Gibbs's appeal against the ban imposed by Chris Broad following an incident during the first Test between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion has been rejected by Richie Benaud, the ICC's code of conduct commissioner. The original punishment

A thesis I have been reading recently reveals a statistic that says Pakistan had a 5% chance of winning a Test match in South Africa, while South Africa has a 56% chance of winning a Test in Pakistan. Statistics do tell a story though they sometimes

Injured fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul have been asked to appear before a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) medical commission soon after their arrival from South Africa later this week. A PCB official said that both Shoaib and Gul

Inzamam ranked his team's second test victory over South Africa on Monday as among the most important of his tenure. Inzamam had more than one reason to be delighted with the five-wicket victory just before tea on the fourth day to level the series at 1-1.

Bob Woolmer will not make any decision about future coaching opportunities until Pakistan's World Cup campaign is done and dusted. Woolmer was responding to speculation in the press suggesting that he is one of the contenders to replace

Shabbir Ahmed, the Pakistan fast bowler who served a 12-month ban for an illegal action, has been called up as a reinforcement for the side touring South Africa following injuries to Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul, both of whom are on their way home. Shabbir

Muhammad Akmal Siddique, the father of Pakistan's wicket-keeper-batsman Kamran Akmal was attacked and injured by assailants in Lahore over the weekend. They reportedly shot at and injured Siddique before fleeing the area.

The Test series between South Africa and Pakistan men may be neck-and-neck, but on the evidence of the first two matches of this one-day series, the women's teams are ill-matched. South Africa completed