Cricket in Model Town, and hospitality in the North West Frontier Province

India are 2-1 down, and under pressure, heading into the fourth one-day international at Lahore, where they have never won

Sourav Ganguly steered clear of the Shoaib Akhtar controversy, but still gave the press something to chew on on the eve of the fourth one-day international in Lahore

Anand Vasu goes sightseeing in Peshawar, and finds some strange things for sale

Anand Vasu goes sightseeing in Peshawar, and finds some strange things for sale

The Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar will decide which team takes the lead in this five-match series that is deadlocked at 1-1 after two close, high-scoring matches

Yousuf Youhana faces the press corps

What better way for the Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf, to pass the day, than to invite the Indian team over for tea?

Post-match quotes from the second one-day international between Pakistan and India at Rawalpindi

With elections around the corner, the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] and the Congress wasted no chances to gather brownie points

Shoaib Akhtar kept quiet ahead of the second one-dayer at Rawalpindi, where Pakistan are likely to be bolstered by the return of the fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed

Ashish Nehra has been ruled out of the second one-day international against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi

Pakistan's coach Javed Miandad fielded journalists' questions ahead of the second one-dayer at Rawalpindi

Jagmohan Dalmiya called it the most orderly crowd he has ever seen

Sourav Ganguly might have landed himself in trouble after terming as 'ridiculous' a decision taken by the ICC not to dock overs from the side bowling first and failing to complete its quota of overs in the stipulated time

Sourav Ganguly's press conference after India's win at Karachi was a strange one

Ehsan Mani, the ICC president, has said that the ECB has been given time until its board meeting in April to announce its decision about touring Zimbabwe, but warned that failure to do so would invite a whopping fine, and possibly suspension

This series has been preceded by so much talk about security, inter-country politics, goodwill et al that it's a massive relief that the games are finally about to begin

For Lahoris, there can be no greater occasion than a clash against India

Taufeeq Umar clatterred an 89-ball 104 as Pakistan A handed the Indians a pasting in their only warm-up game before the first one-dayer on March 13