Osman Samiuddin

Ehsan Mani, former ICC president, believes Pakistan was manoeuvred out of its hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup by a split within the Asian bloc

Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan's recent lack of international cricket will not hamper their chances at the World Twenty20, due to begin in June, in England

He nearly went off to to the US to drive trucks before his career as a dancer, slapper and Aussie-basher took off

Why the PCB's move to press charges against the ICC for the loss of the World Cup is misguided

Why the PCB's move to press charges against the ICC for the loss of the World Cup is misguided

In the first official response to the ICC's decision to exclude Pakistan from hosting the 2011 World Cup, the Pakistan board has issued a legal notice to cricket's governing body, calling the decision to do so discriminatory and "legally flawed"

Discussions between the PCB, ECB and Cricket Australia (CA) are at an advanced stage as the three parties try and find a way of rescheduling Pakistan's 'home' series against Australia in England next summer

Abdul Razzaq has said he is ready to sign a letter pledging his future to Pakistan and not the ICL, as the ramifications of the PCB's policy on players with the private Indian league takes root

Mohammad Yousuf has claimed that he has "resigned" from the ICL after he decided last month that his priority was to play for Pakistan

Crap fielding, tardiness, the ability to get up Aussie noses double quick... It's got to be Geoff Boycott's favourite Kolkatan

Though the BCCI has put in place a 'cooling off' period of a year - whereby an ex-ICL player will only be eligible to represent India after a year away from the ICL - the PCB has left the door open for players to return sooner

Pakistan ponder two options to play their home games, including a designated neutral venue and a 'surrogate' hosting

It really didn't matter that Pakistan chased down their target tonight with all the assurance of a one-legged man roller-skating in quicksand with his hands tied behind his back. It only mattered that they chased them down at all

This series provides Pakistan with a sliver of an opportunity to reassert itself as a proper cricket team and not a wandering freak show

When Pakistan take on Australia at the Dubai Sports City Stadium on Wednesday in the first of five ODIs they may well be playing at their new home away from home

Just days after another sad chapter pushed them further onto the margins of the cricket world, Pakistan glimpse a rare opportunity to make a significant on-field statement

He's big, he's dreadlocked, he's got a bagful of attitude problems

The ICC's decision to remove Pakistan from the list of World Cup hosts was inevitable; now Pakistan must focus on finding an alternate base for their future home contests

Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has said he would have retired from international cricket immediately had he been caught in the kind of terror attacks carried out on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore last month by militants

Pakistan's selectors have recalled middle-order batsman Asim Kamal for the first Test against Sri Lanka beginning on February 21 in Karachi