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 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113700/113713.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/447662.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/447662.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-447662 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113600/113601.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446642.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446642.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446642 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia ought to consider banning alcohol at matches. It has gone well beyond a joke https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113600/113600.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446570.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446570.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446570 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A 5-0 loss in Australia and no invites to the IPL has given Afridi and Co much food for thought https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113500/113594.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446480.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446480.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446480 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113500/113520.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446326.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/446326.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446326 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan had a chance but blew it, and overall Australia completely dominated in all aspects in the three-Test series which ended in another whitewash for the visitors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/445075.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/445075.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445075 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112394.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444876.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444876.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444876 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112800/112895.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444415.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444415 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Salman Butt has intrinsically the mind to play a Test innings, but most always finds himself needing to secure his spot https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113000/113040.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444411.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444411.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444411 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112327.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444160.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/444160.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444160 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112800/112874.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444054.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444054.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444054 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the Hobart Test, where Australia have never lost in eight Tests and Pakistan have lost two in two https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/443534.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/443534.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443534 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112459.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/443272.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/443272.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443272 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT How did it all go wrong for the visitors in Sydney this week? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112394.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442977.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442977.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442977 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112264.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442971.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/442971.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442971 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112342.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442861.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442861.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442861 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112342.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442736.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442736.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442736 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's thrilling 36-run victory over Pakistan was only the sixth instance in Test history of a team winning after trailing by 200-plus in the first innings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442690.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442690.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442690 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112266.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442522.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442522.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442522 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So close, so commanding, so gripping https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112258.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442496.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442496.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442496 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Australian bowlers had watched the success of the Pakistanis but did not bother to copy their method https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112210.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442316.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442316.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442316 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112185.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442211.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442211.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442211 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112134.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442139.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442139.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442139 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a good hour on a gloomy, memorable day, Mohammad Sami suddenly was again what he promised long, long ago: Pakistan fast bowling's next big thing https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112130.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442138.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/442138.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442138 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441961.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441961.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441961 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The side is not inexperienced, just the development of many has been stunted from a lack of Tests https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112031.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441751.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441751.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441751 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Watson has fought many struggles and his maiden century at the MCG will bring him enormous relief https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112029.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441610.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441610.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441610 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan must have many more moments with Umar Akmal and Mohammad Aamer at the centre if they are to stand a chance in the series. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111971.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441521.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441521.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441521 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mitchell Johnson and Doug Bollinger are starting to form a particularly useful bowling combination https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111500/111590.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441513.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441513.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441513 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Aussies go back to celebrating Christmas the manly way https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111979.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/441491.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/441491.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441491 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan must overcome the fear of playing in Australia by displaying more aggression if they wish to meet with any success in the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111933.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441347.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441347.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441347 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the first Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441005.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441005.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441005 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT