The ICC was meant to be a regulatory body, the game's supremo

A cricket expert, by definition, knows more about the game than a follower of it

The cancellation of Australia's tour of Pakistan could have been foretold, much before the terrorists struck in Murree and Taxila

As I write this, India is on the verge of losing the first Test at Lord's and losing it comprehensively unless some miracle happens or rain washes out play on the last day

The news that the Sri Lanka 'A' cricket team will tour Pakistan next month, on its own, is not significant

Wasim Akram, superbly supported by Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi, had handed the second match of the Super Challenge, to Pakistan on a silver platter

So far, no Ali Bacher (and Majid Khan) have come forward to accuse France of 'throwing' the match against Senegal nor have other professional 'accusers' come out of their hibernation and claim with authoritative , inside-dope that the bookies had

Pakistan will play three one-day matches in Australia starting middle of June, two at an indoor stadium in Melbourne and one under open skies in Brisbane

So long as player power was confined to money matters, someone like me, a spectator who saw more of the game, supported it

It may be semantic nit-picking but the New Zealand tour was not called off

Inzamam-Ul-Haq is a genial, young man who is, if anything, shy and who shuns the limelight

A whitewash is a whitewash even if it is against a team depleted of its best player and further debilitated by a misadventure to a Japanese restaurant in their local hotel in Karachi that laid low several New Zealand players with food poisoning

I have yet to meet an Indian who can give me a rational explanation why his country is steadfastly refusing to play cricket against Pakistan

Australia has called off its tour of Zimbabwe because of "security concerns" for its players

A cricket reporter or columnist is able to mix business with pleasure and on the face of it, appears to be a good life

What a hiding Pakistan took and but for the weather, the match might have ended inside four days

This column is due to appear on the morning of the start of the Asian Test Championship final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and any observations I might have had, runs the risk of becoming null and void

The Australians put on an awesome display

The Pakistan team has been out of the country for a long time and has returned home triumphant

As expected, Pakistan made a clean sweep in Bangladesh though it is not a matter for congratulations