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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Ijaz Butt has said the PCB had wanted to host the second Test of the Sri Lanka series in Karachi instead of Lahore https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/96400/96480.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/440698.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/440698.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440698 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gilani indicated that he had met Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse during a recent visit to Libya, and it was Rajapakse who linked elements in Sri Lanka to the terror act https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99700/99795.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/423821.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/423821.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-423821 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's cricketers and officials, who were attacked by terrorists in Lahore, are undergoing post traumatic counselling in Colombo https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/394829.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/394829.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394829 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Trevor Bayliss has come out in defence of Chris Broad, against whom the Pakistan board has complained to the ICC https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/394552.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/394552.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394552 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan has appealed to cricket's administrators to save the game in Pakistan, or risk pushing future generations into the clutches of terrorists https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393451.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393451.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393451 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Muttiah Muralitharan has questioned whether the terrorists who perpetrated Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankans had received inside information as to the team's movements https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393431.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393431.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393431 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chris Broad landed back in Manchester and launched a stinging attack on the security in Lahore at the time of yesterday's attack which left eight people dead, while expressing his concern that the incident sounds a 'death knell' for cricket in Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393411.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393411.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393411 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, Has admitted that it will be very difficult to convince any team to tour Pakistan in the immediate future following the terror-strikes which nearly claimed the lives of the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393406.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393406.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393406 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia has offered to host matches of the 2011 World Cup if the subcontinent loses its hosting rights over security issues, James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, has said https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/393389.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/393389.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393389 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan have begun hunting the terrorists who attacked the bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricketers to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Tuesday. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393374.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393374.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393374 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has attributed his players' immediate reaction in taking cover when terrorists attacked their team bus in Lahore to the situation in his own country https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393351.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393351.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393351 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ahsan Raza, the fourth umpire for the second Test in Lahore, is in a critical condition after reportedly being shot in the back during the armed raid on the Sri Lankan team on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393317.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393317.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393317 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has said his team were fortunate to escape the terrorist strike on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ICC president David Morgan has played down suggestions that the 2011 World Cup will be moved away from Pakistan where some of the matches are scheduled to be staged https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393309 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, who was in the team bus when the attack took place, spoke to Cricinfo while waiting to be airlifted out of Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393290.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393290.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393290 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Daniel Vettori express concern at the terror attacks in Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393278.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393278.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393278 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The bus driver who drove the Sri Lankans to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Mehar Mohammad Khalil, has recounted the chilling moments of the shootout which nearly claimed himself and the lives of the players https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393260.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393260.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393260 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia officials will meet in Dubai on Thursday with counterparts from Pakistan to discuss moving the scheduled 2010 Test series to England. The discussions will take place a day after New Zealand Cricket announced it would not travel to Pakist https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393259.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393259.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393259 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A shoot out occurred in Lahore close to the Gaddafi Stadium which left five Sri Lankan players injured and another eight people dead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393212.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393212.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393212 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilan Samaraweera attributes the dramatic upswing in fortunes to a few technical adjustments he has made https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Umar Gul produced a sparkling spell of reverse swing and Pakistan's aggressive openers gave a flying start but the pressure was still on the home side after Sri Lanka reached 606 in their first innings at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393039.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393039.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393039 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After Thilan Samaraweera made an assured hundred in Lahore to follow up his double-century in the first Test, his team-mate Kumar Sangakkara hailed him as the player "batting best" in the Sri Lankan side https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392954.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392954.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392954 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A serene 204-run partnership between Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera allowed Sri Lanka to soak up the pressure of three early wickets and reach a comfortable position by the end of the opening day at Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392872.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392872.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392872 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Lahore Test will be the last of Mahela Jayawardene's tenure as Sri Lankan captain but he is confident that he will not be distracted by emotion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392780.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392780.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392780 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has no expectations of a series win from his young side when it meets Sri Lanka for the second Test in Lahore on Sunday and will focus on having his players work together https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392770.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392770.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392770 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The two-Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been reduced to a one-Test play-off after the draw in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392764 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam is pleased with the pitch for the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka starting Sunday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. "The wicket is a firm one and looks good to me," he said https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392602.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392602.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392602 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan has jumped up six places to the No. 1 spot in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen following his 313 against Sri Lanka in the first Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392474.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392474.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392474 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With a draw always on the cards on a flat deck, Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, said he was pleased with the way his team performed at the National Stadium https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392276.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392276.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392276 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan's attacking tactics did not pay off too well on the first day of the Test, but Pakistan's new leader wants his side to adopt a aggressive approach https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392269.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392269.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392269 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, has said he was perplexed by the docile pitch prepared at the National Stadium for the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392265.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392265.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392265 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's selectors have retained the 15-man squad from the first Test against Sri Lanka for the second match in Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392250.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392250.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392250 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the end the pitch won. Pakistan created late excitement by knocking out five top-order wickets but they didn't have enough time to pull off the minor miracle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392143.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392143.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392143 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Going to stumps at 306 not out, the obvious question to Younis Khan was whether he would aim to break Brian Lara's record for the highest Test score https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392088.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392088.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392088 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan took full advantage of a dead pitch at the National Stadium, scoring his maiden triple-century - the third by a Pakistan batsman - to push his side to safety https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392021.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/392021.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392021 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lankan coach Trevor Bayliss is confident of Sri Lanka pulling off a victory against Pakistan in the first Test. Despite Younis Khan's fine century on the third day, the visitors look to be in command - still ahead by 348 runs with Pakistan having lost https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391940.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391940.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391940 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The pitch at the National Stadium in Karachi has come under fire with Pakistan's coach and captain criticising the lifeless track prepare by the home side, and saying they made contests less interesting https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391938.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391938.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391938 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's new captain Younis Khan hit a fine century and combined well with his predecessor Shoaib Malik to thwart a stiff challenge from the Sri Lankan spinners and charge Pakistan to 296 for 3 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391884.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391884.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391884 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilan Samaraweera, the Sri Lanka batsman, said he was delighted with his maiden double-century in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391831 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam was frank that the track, on which Sri Lanka amassed 644 for 7 declared, was not what the home team had expected https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391825.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391825.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391825 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Farveez Maharoof, the Sri Lanka bowling allrounder, has been ruled out of the two-Test series in Pakistan with a groin injury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391811.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391811.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391811 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene struck his first double-century outside Sri Lanka - his fifth overall - while Thilan Samaraweera went past 200 for the first time in his Test career to put the visitors in a rock solid position on the second day in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391777.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391777.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391777 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene went past 8000 Test runs during the course of his 25th century - his first against Pakistan - on the opening day of the Karachi Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391716.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391716.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391716 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On a warm day in Karachi, when Test cricket returned to Pakistan after 14 months, the Sri Lankan top order indulged themselves to reach a strong position by the end of the opening day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391652.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391652.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391652 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan, Pakistan's captain, does not feel that the absence of experienced players will be a deterrent to his side's first Test series in over a year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391557.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391557.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391557 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the first Test between Pakistan and England at the National Stadium Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391547.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391547.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391547 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has said the decision to hold the team's preparation camp ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka in isolation was justified https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391455.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391455.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391455 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sri Lankans fell 112 runs short of their target in the warm-up match against Patron's XI despite Kumar Sangakkara's century https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391337.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391337.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391337 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's selectors have recalled middle-order batsman Asim Kamal for the first Test against Sri Lanka beginning on February 21 in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391306.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391306.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391306 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centuries by openers Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad put the Patron's XI in a dominant position against the Sri Lankans on day one of their tour game in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391198.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391198.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391198 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas is keen to get back into the one-day fold and hopes the 2011 World Cup would provide the stage for his final bow https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391193.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/391193.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391193 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ahead of a two-day match before the Test series begins, Thilan Samaraweera reckons Sri Lanka have had no problems adjusting to conditions in Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390996.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390996.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390996 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As one leader leaves, another captain arrives. That will be the current that runs right through Sri Lanka's two-Test series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390890.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390890.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390890 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Trevor Bayliss has responded to chief selector Asantha de Mel's criticisms on the team's poor fielding https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390784.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390784.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390784 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, is looking forward to a winning farewell as leader of the team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390781.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390781.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390781 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene has announced that he will resign as Sri Lanka captain after the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/390368.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/390368.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390368 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan have left out Rao Iftikhar Anjum from the 22 probables for the first Test against Sri Lanka, which starts on February 21 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390262.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/390262.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390262 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ongoing matter of Javed Miandad's resignation as director general of the PCB took an ugly turn at a senate hearing as the board chairman and Miandad traded allegations over the fiasco https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/389947.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/389947.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389947 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two weeks after Shoaib Malik was removed as Pakistan captain, his coach and manager have termed Malik "a loner and aloof" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/389918.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/389918.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389918 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tharanga Paranavitana and Suranga Lakmal force their way into the side, with Michael Vandort and Dammika Prasad being cut from the squad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/388996.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/388996.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-388996 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A knee injury has forced Shoaib Akhtar out of Pakistan's upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/388405.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/388405.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-388405 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan, in his first interaction with the media after being named Pakistan captain, rallied behind his predecessor Shoaib Malik and backed him to retain his place in the team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/388165.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/388165.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-388165 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was all over before the packed Gaddafi Stadium crowd could blink. Sri Lanka inflicted one of the biggest annihilations in ODIs as they trampled over a hapless Pakistan to dismiss them for 75 in response to 309 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387638.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387638.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387638 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT History is on Pakistan's side, the momentum with Sri Lanka and the recent form of both uncertain. You could not ask for more going into the deciding match of the ODI series, to be played on Saturday in Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387607.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387607.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387607 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two days after seemingly calling time on Shoaib Akhtar's international future, Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has backtracked on his views that Pakistan needs to "move on" beyond the fast bowler, who lacked commitment during Pakistan's 129-run defeat to Sr https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/387582.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/387582.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387582 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka to be played in Lahore https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387534.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387534.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387534 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Waqar Younis has advised Shoaib Akhtar to give up Test cricket in a bid to prolong his international career by concentrating more on ODIs and Twenty20 cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387516.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387516.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387516 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shoaib Malik has effectively put a question mark over the international future of Shoaib Akhtar, openly doubting his fitness and commitment in the field https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387334.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387334.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387334 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka levelled the series 1-1 with a crushing win, thanks to a convincing all-round performance in Karachi. Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sparkling half-century to take Sri Lanka to a strong total before Nuwan Kulasekara and Muttiah Muralitharan shot out https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387221.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387221.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387221 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Whatever Pakistan had planned for Ajantha Mendis, it worked in the first ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387185.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387185.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387185 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A country starved of international cricket for over six months celebrated with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the series, thanks to the efforts of Salman Butt and Khurram Manzoor, who made light work of a target https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387072.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/387072.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387072 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A fine series is set up. Pakistan will battle, if only because they have hardly played. Sri Lanka will be formidable hurdles to overcome https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386978.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386978.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386978 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The hastily arranged series against Sri Lanka is just what Pakistan cricket needs. Their batsmen will have to figure out Ajantha Mendis, but Pakistan will take heart from the fact that Sri Lanka's batting hasn't been in the best of touch either https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386896.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386896.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386896 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's batsmen have been practising on shorter pitches to try and counter the threat of Ajantha Mendis in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386810.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386810.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386810 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It isn't quite protocol, but nobody could blame Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, for being at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport to greet the arrival of Sri Lanka on Sunday morning https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386805.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386805.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386805 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sohail Tanvir, the left-arm fast bowler, hopes his short stint with South Australia will help him during Pakistan's tour of Australia later this year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386793.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386793.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386793 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ninety percent of the questions Pakistan's coach Intikhab Alam was asked were on Mendis, as a short preparation camp got underway at Karachi's National Stadium a day before Sri Lanka's arrival for a three-match ODI series. The other pretty handy spinner t https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386724.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386724.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386724 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's itinerary for a three-match trip to Pakistan has been revised once again, at the request of the Sri Lankan cricket board https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386389.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/386389.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386389 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB is planning to invite top officials of the ICC to witness the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka to get a first-hand view of the security arrangements https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386289.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386289.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386289 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nineteen-year-old batsman Umar Amin has been rewarded for his impact on the domestic season with a call-up to Pakistan's 15-man squad https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tillakaratne Dilshan's Player-of-the-Series performance in the Tests against Bangladesh earned him a recall to the one-day squad for the three-match series against Pakistan later this month https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/385919.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/385919.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385919 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka will split their tour to Pakistan over two legs in January and February, playing in total, three ODIs and two Tests. A gap in between of over two weeks thus paves the way for Sri Lanka for a potential tussle against India https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/385746.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/385746.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385746 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A final decision on the details of the itinerary of Sri Lanka's trip to Pakistan is expected early next week. Sri Lankan officials have confirmed again to Pakistan, however, that their team will be the first country to tour for a Test series since October https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/385038.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/385038.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385038 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's already troubled quest to organise some international cricket has run into further obstacles after it emerged that Sri Lanka's players would like to push back the tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/384774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/384774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384774 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse has given the green light for the national team to tour Pakistan next month, AFP reported https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/384307.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/384307.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384307 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The tour, which materialized after India pulled out, had been confirmed between the two boards, but the sacking of Arjuna Ranatunga as chairman of the interim board of Sri Lanka cricket (SLC) has cast some doubt over it https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/384158.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/384158.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384158 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC has sought to clarify remarks made by Haroon Lorgat, its chief executive, which have been construed as casting doubts on the viability of Pakistan as an international venue https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/383935.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/383935.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383935 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC has cast doubt on the viability of Pakistan as a venue for international cricket by announcing it will conduct an independent security assessment of the country before appointing officials for Sri Lanka's tour next month https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/383825.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/383825.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383825 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Abdul Qadir, the Pakistan chief selector and former legspinner, has said the national team will turn in a strong performance in the Sri Lanka series despite not playing any Tests in the last year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/383522.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/383522.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383522 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have confirmed they will tour Pakistan next month in place of India, who called off their scheduled tour to the country on Thursday, said Saleem Altaf, the PCB's chief operating officer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/383401.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/383401.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383401 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT