Zulqarnain Haider has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England with a fractured finger. The blow was originally sustained in training before the second Test against Australia and was then aggravated when Stuart Broad hurled the ball at

It is a year to the week since Jonathan Trott made his Test debut in the Ashes decider at The Oval, and after a year of highs and lows that would have tested the mettle of any cricketer, he is back at the scene of his finest hour, and in arguably the most liberated

Azeem Ghumman, who will lead Pakistan A in Sri Lanka later this month, has said the tour is an excellent opportunity for him to make a mark and target selection into the national team. Ghumman, who has an

Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan limited-overs captain, has said Pakistan's poor performance in the ongoing Test series against England is partly a result of the lack of players with the "right temperament" for five-day cricket

Pakistan fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has said he is desperate to meet with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt so he can get his ban revoked, even going so far as to making several unsuccessful trips to the Gaddafi Stadium in the hope of arranging a meeting. "I am getting desperate

Abdul Razzaq, who is playing for Hampshire in the Friends Provident t20, has said he would have been a worthy addition to Pakistan's Test squad for the ongoing tour of England. Razzaq has featured intermittently in Pakistan's ODI and Twenty20 plans after reversing

The Pakistan team management in England has decided against calling up a replacement bowler for the injured Umar Gul, who suffered a hamstring injury during the second Test against the hosts at Edgbaston. "We have two back up pace bowlers, Tanvir Ahmed and Wahab

Iqbal Mohammad Ali, a leading Pakistan parliamentarian, has appealed to the country's president and patron PCB, Asif Ali Zardari, to remove chairman of the cricket board Ijaz Butt, who he felt was responsible for the continued deterioration of the national side."