2 https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb Tony Howard, the West Indies team manager, felt that despite a few physical injuries, the team had adapted well to the trying conditions in Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/273436.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/273436.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-273436 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT We started well in Malaysia, then went on to India and finished here in Pakistan. It's been a long, hard fight on the road, three and a half months, but unfortunately the tour ended on a disappointing note https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/273208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/273208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-273208 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bennett King spoke to the media at the end of the series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/272981.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/272981.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272981 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan rode on a fluent 92 by Mohammad Hafeez and his breezy 87-run opening stand with Kamran Akmal allowed Pakistan to cruise to an emphatic seven-wicket win at Karachi and seal the series 3-1 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272894.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272894.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272894 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When Pakistan and the West Indies meet next, after the final ODI at Karachi tomorrow, it will be for the opening game of the 2007 World Cup in Jamaica in just under three months time https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272804.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272804.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272804 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan is unavailable for selection for the final one-day international against West Indies at Karachi on Saturday because of his brother's death last week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/272693.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/272693.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272693 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara has reiterated that he's unlikely to play any one-dayers after the World Cup and hoped he could make a sizeable contribution in the matches leading up to the event https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272493.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272493.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272493 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul put West Indies well on track to victory after Rana Naved-ul-Hasan had given Pakistan a glimmer of hope, picking up two early wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272352.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272352.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272352 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Injured Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is unlikely to play at his home ground in Multan in the fourth ODI against the West Indies on Wednesday. Apart from Inzamam, Pakistan will be without Mohammad Yousuf, who will stay in Lahore to be with his wife, and https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272183.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272183.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272183 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, refused to make any excuses for the poor show by his side in the third one-day against Pakistan at Lahore, blaming the bowlers for the reversal https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272135.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/272135.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272135 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan board will conduct a thorough inquiry over the sudden failure of one of the six transformers at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore during the third one-dayer between Pakistan and the West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/272130.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/272130.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-272130 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies showed their fighting spirit as they made an impressive attempt to defend 151 in the second one-day international against Pakistan and Brian Lara is confident they can level the series at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271983.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271983.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271983 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has said Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif are unlikely to make a rapid return to the team despite having their drug bans overturned this week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/271857.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/271857.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271857 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan's further participation in the ODI series against West Indies is uncertain after his elder brother, Farman Khan, passed away from a prolonged ailment in Germany on Thursday at the age of 40 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271767.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271767.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271767 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The first of five one-day internationals between Pakistan and West Indies has been abandoned due to heavy rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271251.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271251.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271251 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Inclement weather threatens to disrupt the first ODI between Pakistan and West Indies at Rawalpindi on December 5 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271180.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271180.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271180 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mohammad Yousuf's outstanding run in 2006 has pushed his rating points up to among the ten best of all time https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/271174.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/271174.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271174 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite the absence of Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo in the five-match ODI series against Pakistan, Bennett King, the coach of West Indies, was confident of his side coming good https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271110.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/271110.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271110 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bryce Cavanagh, an Australian hired in April 2005, has resigned as West Indies' strength and conditioning coach following the Test series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/271086.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/271086.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271086 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo has returned home to the Caribbean and will miss the entire five-match one-day series in Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270853.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270853.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270853 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Needing to take eight wickets in a day, Pakistan's bowlers put in a sustained bowling performance to finally end West Indies' resistance and seal the series 2-0 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270575.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270575.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270575 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Inzamam-ul-Haq and Brian Lara spoke to the media at the end of the three-Test series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270663.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270663.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270663 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Whatever talk there always is of the Karachi pitch, it manages to be overshadowed eventually by producing a winner https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/270660.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/270660.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270660 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies vice-captain, has been ruled out of the five-match ODI series against Pakistan due of a foot injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270644.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270644.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270644 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has been recalled for the one-day series against West Indies alongside Danish Kaneria, Yasir Hameed and Mohammad Sami https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270623.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270623.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270623 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mohammad Yousuf broke one of the longest-standing records in cricket, of most runs in a calendar year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270423.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270423.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270423 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Pakistan rode to 399 for 6 before declaring their innings and inviting West Indies to chase 444 to level the series, or survive one day and a bit to save the game. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270400.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270400.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270400 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Brian Lara is a sharper man than most and despite the celebratory feel of the day he was fully aware of the grave situation his side find themselves in now https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270516.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270516.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270516 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After two days in which the batsmen struggled to bat for long periods, Pakistan finally managed to get a substantial partnership going as they took charge of the third Test at Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270263.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270263.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270263 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Rain overnight and cloud cover for most of the afternoon meant play stopped 15 overs short, though to many that might have been a relief given that only 199 runs had been scored in the 75 available. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270328.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270328.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270328 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A battling unbeaten 77 by Daren Ganga kept West Indies in the game as they closed the second day on 191 for 6, still 113 behind Pakistan's first-innings total of 304. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270143.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270143.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270143 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Daren Ganga and Umar Gul spoke to the media after the second day's play https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270235.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270235.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270235 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Whatever has happened to this pitch, nothing can detract from the fact that it has provided the keenest tussle between bat and ball we have yet seen and that surely is all anyone should ask for https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270222.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270222.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270222 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A year that has already been a spectacular one for Mohammad Yousuf got even better as he stroked his way to yet another classy hundred https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270021.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270021.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270021 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Mohammad Yousuf has one innings left to over take Viv Richards's record of runs for a calendar year but does not believe he should be compared to the West Indian https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270107.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270107.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270107 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is the continued presence of three all-rounders, none of whom are fully this or that, in the team that hurts Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270090.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270090.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270090 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT According to Brian Lara, next year's World Cup will provide a fresh boost to West Indian cricket on and off the field https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270038.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/270038.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-270038 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the risk of making Karachi seem like a tourist hotspot, the city is bathing in sunlight, temperatures are in the mid-20s and a cool sea breeze blows across the National Stadium where conditions are ideal for cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq spoke to the media on the eve of the third Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269900.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269900.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269900 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bennett King, the West Indies coach, said his side had only themselves to blame for not forcing a result during the second Test at Multan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269783.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269783.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269783 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Carlton Baugh, the wicketkeeper-batsman, has been dropped from the West Indian one-day squad for five-match series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269688.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269688.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269688 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara has given Ramnaresh Sarwan a vote of confidence ahead of the final Test in Karachi from November 27, but stopped short of saying whether he would be recalled into the playing XI https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269606.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269606.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269606 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Reiterating his monstrous appetite for runs, Mohammad Yousuf steered Pakistan out of choppy waters, guiding them to safety on the final day of the second Test at Multan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269419 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Inzamam-ul-Haq lauded the efforts of Mohammad Yousuf in drawing the second Test in Multan and said the confidence drawn from saving the match will help as they prepare for the final Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269500.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269500.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269500 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 'This match could be used as a template for us because we played 15 hard sessions of cricket. And that is needed for any team to draw or win a match', said Lara https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269499.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269499.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269499 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is difficult, if not entirely, impossible to locate precisely the moment when a baton, or torch is passed on, when the charge changes https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269494.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269494.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269494 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Just when it appeared as if West Indies had assumed a vice-like grip on Multan Test, Pakistan hit back through an assertive batting performance, leaving a draw the most likely result https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269256.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269256.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269256 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Danish Kaneria and Daren Ganga spoke to reporters at the end of the day's play https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269322.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269322.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269322 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced its new selection policy, whereby selectors will have the final say on Pakistan's team selections before each match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/269272.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/269272.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269272 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "When a man sees his end he wants to know that there has been some purpose to his life." That line seems almost to define the Brian Lara we are seeing now in Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269262.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269262.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269262 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara's masterful 196 not out, which comprised a ballistic 77-ball century in a session, stunned Pakistan at Multan, providing West Indies with a great chance to level the three-match series. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269107.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269107.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269107 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT It is a question that comes to haunt Pakistan every now and again. Is Abdul Razzaq really worth a place in the Test side as an all-rounder? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269227.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269227.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269227 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The bad news for Pakistan, at the end of a day where the West Indies took matters of the second Test very much into their own hands, was that Brian Lara was still batting, four short of a ninth double hundred https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269195.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269195.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269195 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An outstanding spell of new-ball bowling and a resolute opening partnership changed the complexion of the Multan Test, putting West Indies in a comfortable position at the end of the second day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268999.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268999.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268999 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Bob Woolmer and Jerome Taylor spoke to reporters at the end of the day's game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269071.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/269071.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269071 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A combination of poor West Indian bowling and sensible Pakistani batting made for a one-sided opening after Inzamam-ul-Haq decided to bat first at Multan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268908.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268908.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268908 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Any day Pakistan's openers - any combination - put on an 83-run stand, you have to mark it down as a red-letter occasion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268970.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268970.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268970 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara speaks to the media after a satisfying day in the field for the bowlers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268958.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268958.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268958 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be the eighth West Indian to reach the 100-Test milestone when he takes the field for the second Test against Pakistan at Multan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268911.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268911.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268911 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If conditions remain similar overnight, a result might not be far away either as Pakistan and West Indies begin the second Test on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268848.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268848.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268848 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Inzamam-ul-Haq has renewed calls for Test matches in Pakistan to be extended to six days to reduce the impact of bad light and poor weather https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/268560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/268560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bob Woolmer lauded Pakistan's all-round performance in the nine-wicket win over West Indies in Lahore, but warned that the going might not be as smooth in the second Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268550.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/268550.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-268550 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fazeer Mohammed on West Indies' recent Test defeat against Pakistan at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267931.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267931.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267931 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara's brilliance shone brightly at the Gaddafi Stadium, but as has happened so often in his career, the final outcome was yet another Test defeat for West Indies, as Pakistan eased to a nine-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267809.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267809.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267809 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Osman Samiuddin pays tribute to another fine century from Brian Lara that, once again, wasn't enough to save West Indies from a heavy defeat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267885.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267885.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267885 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mohammad Yousuf's monumental 192 put Pakistan in a position of immense strength at the end of the third day of the Lahore Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267631.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267631.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267631 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Test cricket has never been played at a quicker pace than in this modern age. Since over-rates are universally poor, it is the batsmen's scoring we refer to. Run rates and strike rates are rising and a score of 300 runs in a day is only just about par, wh https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267727.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267727.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267727 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's batsmen built on the good work done by the bowlers on the first day as they took charge of the first Test at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267525.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267525.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267525 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Despite another Test century, which has put Pakistan in a strong position against West Indies, Mohammad Yousuf has hit out at the flat pitches teams are facing around the world, saying it is not a fair contest between bat and ball https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267566.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267566.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267566 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leg-spin is a contrary kind of style but doing it left-handed makes it more so. When bowled well, as it was by Dave Mohammed over 12 overs, it makes for compulsive viewing https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267564.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267564.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267564 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara's decision to bat backfired quite badly as West Indies were bundled out for 206 on the opening day at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267453.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267453.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267453 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Something about the statistic that Brian Lara's 48th Test fifty was only his first in Pakistan doesn't sound right https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267516.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267516.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267516 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two contrasting questions thus remained of Pakistan's latest new-ball pair: what might be, with Umar Gul, and what might have been with Shahid Nazir https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267511.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267511.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267511 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies are back in Pakistan after nine years and Brian Lara to the ground of his debut for the first time - for a Test - 16 years after he made 44 against an attack comprising Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Abdul Qadir https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267415.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267415.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267415 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dwayne Bravo hit a hundred but other key batsmen, including captain Brian Lara, were left short on practice as West Indies drew their two-day tour match against the PCB Patron's XI in Lahore on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267331.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267331.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267331 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Salman Butt hit an attractive century and Yasir Hameed piled up 92 runs as the West Indies bowlers were made to toil hard in their two-day tour opener against the PCB Patron's XI at Bagh-e-Jinnah Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267215.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267215.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267215 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies are hoping that Chris Gayle, their opening batsman, recovers quickly from a stomach bug after he was forced to miss his side's tour game on the Pakistan tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267187.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267187.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267187 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Lara has said that the absence of the banned Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif will give West Indies the upperhand in their series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267127.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267127.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267127 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yasir Hameed, the opening batsman, has been recalled to Pakistan's squad for the first two Tests against West Indies while Samiullah Khan, the young left-arm paceman, has also been included https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267065.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/267065.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267065 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/content/story/267025.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/content/story/267025.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267025 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Even with the statutory stutter, West Indies' win over South Africa was as overwhelming as could be anticipated against one of the most formidable and consistent teams in world cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/content/story/266724.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/content/story/266724.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-266724 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Batsmen Yasir Hameed and Asim Kamal are in contention for Pakistan's Test squad for the West Indies series, following a litany of batting failures on tours to Sri Lanka, England and the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/266430.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/266430.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-266430 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mohammad Sami stands a chance of regaining his place in the Pakistan squad for the home series against the West Indies in November after Wasim Bari, the chief selector, had stated that Sami would be fielded in a proposed warm-up game in Lahore before the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/266236.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/266236.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-266236 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that Inzamam-ul-Haq will lead Pakistan in the home series against West Indies next month https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/262107.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/262107.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-262107 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lendl Simmons, the Trinidad opening batsman, is the only new face in West Indies's 15-member Test squad for the tour of Pakistan beginning next month https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/261119.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvwi/content/story/261119.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-261119 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan board plans to send Shabbir Ahmed to Australia to undergo lab tests on his bowling action before the ICC reviews his ban again https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/258340.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/258340.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258340 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The $5 million winner-takes-all Stanford 20/20 SuperStar game between West Indies and South Africa due to be played on November 10 has been cancelled https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/258275.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/258275.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258275 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies will play three Tests and five one-day internationals during their tour of Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced yesterday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/257837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/257837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-257837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT