Pakistan have left out experienced allrounder and former captain Shoaib Malik from the list of 30 probables for the 2011 World Cup. Malik had been under the scanner of the PCB's integrity committee and ultimately appears to have failed to gain clearance for selection. Wicket-keeper

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has told the ICC Code of Conduct Commission that Mohammad Amir's infamous no-ball during the Lord's Test had surprised him "greatly" because it was very different from his normal delivery stride. He said he'd taken up

Before this series, New Zealand were in total disarray, having endured 14 successive defeats at the international level, and seemingly without a plan. Two Twenty20 matches were all it took to change the vibe in their side. It was made possible by

Waqar Younis, Pakistan's coach, has said he's not worried by his side's miserable performance in their tour opener against Auckland, folding for 91 in a Twenty20 match which they lost by five wickets. Pakistan's brittle batting failed to last 20 overs at Colin Maiden Park in what

In what will serve as a boost for women's cricket in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to offer central contracts to the members of its women's squad who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's cricket tournament at the Asian Games in Guangzhou in

Salman Butt's request for a postponement in the ICC tribunal's hearing into the spot-fixing case has been rejected. Michael Beloff QC, the ICC's code of conduct commissioner and a member of the three-man tribunal to hear the charges against Butt, Mohammad Asif and

Pakistan's tour of New Zealand got off to a poor start after they lost their twelve-a-side Twenty20 match to Auckland at Colin Maiden Park. The hosts won with 40 balls to spare, easily chasing down the target of 92 after

The death of 38-year-old first-class cricketer Aamer Bashir, after a long-running battle against cancer, has led to a call from former Pakistan players Ramiz Raja, Rashid Latif and Abdul Qadir for the establishment of a