The Pakistani offspinner, Saeed Ajmal, has joined Worcestershire for the second half of the 2011 season, pending the granting of a No Objection Certificate from the Pakistan Board and work permit approval. "We're absolutely delighted to welcome Saeed to the club," said

Pakistan have retained the ODI squad picked for the tour of New Zealand for the World Cup next month, with the exception of fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed. However, they haven't yet named a captain or a vice-captain for the tournament. Mohammad Yousuf, who represented

Dave Richardson, the ICC's general manager for cricket, has firmly ruled out the possibility of international cricket returning to Pakistan in the near future. Pakistan has not hosted an international series since the Lahore attacks

The Basin Reserve Test sparked into life on a fourth day filled with twists, turns and momentum shifts, as one side inadvertently pushed the other to swap game-plans several

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has promised that all the details of the Pakistan spot-fixing investigation will be revealed once the verdict is announced on February 5. The six-day tribunal in Doha

Three Pakistani players will have to wait until February 5 to discover the eventual outcome of the spot-fixing charges laid on them by the ICC. A six-day hearing in Doha, Qatar failed to come up with a verdict on the various corruption charges that Salman Butt, Mohammad

Pakistan's four-wicket win at The Oval against England last summer has been part of the ICC's investigation into spot-fixing allegations against three Pakistan players, it emerged on Tuesday after the Doha hearing. The

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has termed the ICC tribunal's decision to defer the spot-fixing verdict to February 5 as "absurd", while another former captain, Asif Iqbal, found it "strange" that the world body could not reach a decision after their investigations into the