2 http://www.espncricinfo.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 http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ They have long been among cricket's most compelling teams, and though the current turmoil in the country bodes ill for the game, there is hope yet http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/447662.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/447662.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:16:20 GMT Shahid Afridi was banned for two Twenty20s after being caught on camera biting the ball during the final ODI in Perth. Disbelief and jokes followed http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446642.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446642.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:53:11 GMT Cricket Australia ought to consider banning alcohol at matches. It has gone well beyond a joke http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446570.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446570.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17:43 GMT A 5-0 loss in Australia and no invites to the IPL has given Afridi and Co much food for thought http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446480.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446480.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:31:37 GMT A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446326.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446326.html Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:41:04 GMT There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444876.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444876.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:06:09 GMT The ICC needs to take full responsibility for the running of the review system, and Pakistan need to own up to their poor out cricket and questionable tactics http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:02:56 GMT Salman Butt has intrinsically the mind to play a Test innings, but most always finds himself needing to secure his spot http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444411.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444411.html Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:12:51 GMT Over the last couple of years, Pakistan have had several batting debacles which have cost them Tests. A look at the chief culprits, and a comparison with other teams http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444160.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444160.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:41:02 GMT On a day when Pakistan offered him a second chance, Ricky Ponting turned to his trusted ally - the pull shot - to take him to safety http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444054.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444054.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:29:39 GMT For all the pulsating, crowd-pleasing action they generate, fluctations in Test matches are beyond one-innings matches that remain limited in more than just the number of overs available http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/443272.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/443272.html Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:34:39 GMT How did it all go wrong for the visitors in Sydney this week? http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442977.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442977.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:04:09 GMT He has done enough to contend for the Player of the Decade title, but Ricky Ponting's stats have fallen significantly over the last three years http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442971.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442971.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:53:59 GMT There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442861.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442861.html Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:08:37 GMT Never at any point did Pakistan believe they could win this Test and for that alone they deserved the sorry fate that befell them at the SCG http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442736.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442736.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:41:44 GMT Pakistan are close, very close, to something very big. But in Australia you are never over the line until you are over the line http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442522.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442522.html Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:28:37 GMT So close, so commanding, so gripping http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442496.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442496.html Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:56:38 GMT The Australian bowlers had watched the success of the Pakistanis but did not bother to copy their method http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442316.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442316.html Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:12:58 GMT In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442211.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442211.html Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:13:24 GMT The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442139.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442139.html Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:53:34 GMT