Osman Samiuddin

Whatever has happened to this pitch, nothing can detract from the fact that it has provided the keenest tussle between bat and ball we have yet seen and that surely is all anyone should ask for

Mohammad Yousuf has one innings left to over take Viv Richards's record of runs for a calendar year but does not believe he should be compared to the West Indian

It is the continued presence of three all-rounders, none of whom are fully this or that, in the team that hurts Pakistan

According to Brian Lara, next year's World Cup will provide a fresh boost to West Indian cricket on and off the field

At the risk of making Karachi seem like a tourist hotspot, the city is bathing in sunlight, temperatures are in the mid-20s and a cool sea breeze blows across the National Stadium where conditions are ideal for cricket

Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq spoke to the media on the eve of the third Test

Brian Lara has given Ramnaresh Sarwan a vote of confidence ahead of the final Test in Karachi from November 27, but stopped short of saying whether he would be recalled into the playing XI

Inzamam-ul-Haq lauded the efforts of Mohammad Yousuf in drawing the second Test in Multan and said the confidence drawn from saving the match will help as they prepare for the final Test

'This match could be used as a template for us because we played 15 hard sessions of cricket. And that is needed for any team to draw or win a match', said Lara

It is difficult, if not entirely, impossible to locate precisely the moment when a baton, or torch is passed on, when the charge changes

Danish Kaneria and Daren Ganga spoke to reporters at the end of the day's play

It is a question that comes to haunt Pakistan every now and again. Is Abdul Razzaq really worth a place in the Test side as an all-rounder?

The bad news for Pakistan, at the end of a day where the West Indies took matters of the second Test very much into their own hands, was that Brian Lara was still batting, four short of a ninth double hundred

The few spectators who came down today didn't know it, but they actually had a choice of two games to watch at the Multan Cricket Stadium

Bob Woolmer and Jerome Taylor spoke to reporters at the end of the day's game

Being good to watch and being good are two different things of course, as West Indian fans - and even Pakistani ones - know only too well

Any day Pakistan's openers - any combination - put on an 83-run stand, you have to mark it down as a red-letter occasion

Brian Lara speaks to the media after a satisfying day in the field for the bowlers

In the absence of West Indian journalists, it was left to the local breed to express surprise at the dropping of Ramnaresh Sarwan. No injuries, it was pointedly announced, so it must have been form

Attendees were to formulate a strategy to enable Pakistan to win the World Cup