Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib, who has played only a handful of ODIs and a solitary day of Test cricket in the last year, missed Pakistan's brief World Cup campaign and will not be travelling for the forthcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi

The coaching clearout that has followed the World Cup

Comment on Shoaib Malik as Pakistan's 25th captain

Shoaib Malik is almost certain to be named Pakistan's new captain

Mohammad Yousuf has thrown his hat into the ring as a willing contender for Pakistan's cricket captaincy a day after Younis Khan turned down the offer

The Pakistan board is veering round to the fact that it may need to include foreigners on the shortlist for the next coach to increase their options

Cricket's spiritual base in the subcontinent has shifted from its long-time home in India and Pakistan southwards to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

What lies ahead for Pakistan cricket as they search for a new captain, coach and selection committee

The Bob Woolmer murder investigation in Jamaica may get assistance from Pakistan, with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz clearing a three-member team to leave for the Caribbean.

Like Bob Woolmer, this is not the way Inzamam-ul-Haq should have bid adieu to cricket, or at least ODI cricket, stumbling out of the World Cup disastrously

In time, it will become clear that he had done enough with Pakistan, with South Africa, with Warwickshire, with the ICC and with the game

Pakistan cricket can't die, it will exist in a limbo of near-death, showing signs of life around World Cup time

The PCB has called Malcolm Speed's remarks on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif as "unwarranted" and "irresponsible"

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been ruled out of the World Cup due to their injuries. They will be replaced by Yasir Arafat and Mohammad Sami

Pakistan will fly out to the West Indies for the World Cup on Thursday without Shoaib Akhtar or Mohammad Asif, the two fast bowlers currently under a cloud of fitness and doping-related issues

In a worst-case scenario, life bans could be applied if Shoaib and Asif test positive during an ICC tournament, irrespective of the players having been let off on a technicality the first time round

Pakistan received some long overdue good news in the form of fast bowler Umar Gul's encouraging progress towards full fitness in time for the World Cup

No player in the Pakistan squad will go to the World Cup without having undergone a dope test, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reaffirmed today.

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has angrily denied reports that he racially insulted Shoaib Akhtar during the infamous heated altercation that took place between the two

Shaun Pollock sashayed a path through Pakistan's top order with a fifth five-wicket haul, as the tourists limped to a painfully inadequate 153 all out in the final ODI at the Wanderers