Osman Samiuddin

Seventeen years after he made his debut, Inzamam-ul-Haq is back at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore for his swansong

South Africa are in a position to win a Test series against a major subcontinent side while Pakistan have just one game to square the series and save face

After Pakistan lost to South Africa, Geoff Lawson, their new coach, had to face the music in a tense, fractious press conference

Inzamam acknowledged he could have played on physically, but mentally might have not fit into a young dressing room with a new captain

Following Jacques Kallis's hundred, Younis Khan's madcap counter in the last session showed that Pakistan are also in the game, though only just

When did spin, not pace, become Pakistan's calling card?

Shoaib Malik and Paul Harris were the stars of the day

Speculation over the future of Inzamam-ul-Haq is mounting with some reports claiming he is set to retire from Test cricket after playing in the second Test in Lahore against South Africa

Two left-arm spinners took six wickets between them today in the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa. Is the art of left-arm becoming fashionable again?

Though he took three catches on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Karachi, it was the one that got away from Kamran Akmal yesterday which could yet cost Pakistan

Win the toss, bat first, top order fires, score big; as first-day plans go, it is hardly out of the box, but when it comes off, down to the last letter as it did today for South Africa, tried, trusted and tested will do

Unmistakably, change is in the air. Pakistan and South Africa meet at the National Stadium in Karachi tomorrow for the first Test, one eye on the now, one on the future

With a jaunty Assalam walaikum, Graeme Smith announced the arrival of South Africa in Pakistan for a short, sharp tour which takes in four cities, two Tests, two warm-up games and five one-day internationals in just over a month

A semi-final appearance in a major tournament after the year Pakistan have had, including only a seventh win from 35 matches in any type of game against Australia since 1999, is reason enough to overplay the significance of this tournament

If bygone generations of Indian fans were openlyenthralled by - and secretly coveted - an unendingline of Pakistani pacemen, so too will this generationof Pakistani fans come to appreciate and marvel at thecurrent generation of Indian batsmen

Shoaib Akhtar is to be sent home following an incident in which he is said to have struck fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif on the thigh with a bat

Pakistan's three fast bowlers give them an attack of potentially unparalleled class. By Osman Samiuddin

The PCB is looking at ways to bring Mohammad Yousuf back into the fold from the ICL but faces several obstacles in its efforts

Pakistan's preparations for the Twenty20 World Championship have been unusually well-planned but the newly-appointed coach, Geoff Lawson, still wants to see the team in competitive action

The only active internationals to sign for the ICL are from Pakistan - an indictment of the players, the PCB, and the relationship between the two