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Is workload taking a toll on Ajmal?

Saeed Ajmal made a relatively late entry into international cricket but didn't play his first Test till he was almost 32. He is 36 now and is doing his best to make up for lost time having been a key player for Pakistan for many years

10-Jan-2014•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Sri Lanka still rough around the edges

Sri Lanka have the ingredients of a fine Test team but a little all-round dynamism might make the end product more appetising

10-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Dubai

Lack of discipline hurting Pakistan bowlers

Pakistan's seamers failed to create opportunities as a unit. Their bowling coach Mohammad Akram reiterated that the bowlers let Sri Lanka off the hook by not maintaining any pressure

09-Jan-2014•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Jayawardene reasserts his thrill for the fight

Hamstrung by a hand injury, Mahela Jayawardene was forced to guts it out to make his 32nd Test century

09-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Dubai

Manzoor makes use of lifeline

Question marks will continue to hang over Khurram Manzoor's technique, but the opener fought it out to score 73 on a day when few of his team-mates could put bat on ball

08-Jan-2014•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Pakistan take top-order pluses from draw

In the second innings in Abu Dhabi, albeit on a tame pitch, Mohammad Hafeez brought his ODI form into Tests and Ahmed Shehzad scored a half-century on debut - signs that have pleased Pakistan and Misbah-ul-Haq

04-Jan-2014•Umar Farooq in Abu Dhabi

Resilient Sri Lanka overcome Test layoff

Sri Lanka will be pleased at having yielded no ground to Pakistan, after having been dormant in this format for so long. The pitch may have had the final say, but Sri Lanka were the more satisfied side in the end

04-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Abu Dhabi

Sri Lanka fans have reasons to smile

If Sri Lanka's young cricketers can build on Friday's gains, perhaps in years to come fans will look upon this match not simply as Angelo Mathews' coming of age, but as the turn of an era

03-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Abu Dhabi

Mathews' high, and Ajmal's low

Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in Abu Dhabi, when Sri Lanka staged a magnificent fightback

03-Jan-2014•S Rajesh

Pakistan struggle with No. 3 conundrum

Azhar Ali suffered a dip in form in 2013 but replacing him with Mohammad Hafeez may not be a solution for Pakistan's long-term plans

02-Jan-2014•Umar Farooq in Abu Dhabi

SL need more Tests to nurture pace-bowling talents

Although Sri Lanka ended up conceding a big lead to Pakistan on the second day, there were a few signs of a potentially good attack. For their young bowlers to develop, however, Sri Lanka must play more Tests

01-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Abu Dhabi

Mathews working hard to justify captaincy

Without a mandate to rule, Angelo Mathews is having to work extremely hard to prove his worth as captain. He played an important innings to save his side from disaster on day one in Abu Dhabi

31-Dec-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Abu Dhabi

Pakistan's revolving door to Test cricket

Pakistan have failed to find a settled XI in Test cricket. ESPNcricinfo profiles those players handed a debut in 2013

31-Dec-2013•Umar Farooq

Misbah's 15 fifties without a ton

Stats highlights from the ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the UAE

28-Dec-2013•Shiva Jayaraman

Misbah gives up the reverse-sweep

Plays of the day from the fifth ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi

27-Dec-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Gul's set-up, and Priyanjan's start

Plays of the day from the fourth ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi

25-Dec-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Majid's floppy crown

A lovely little anecdote involving an all-time great bowler, a Pakistani charmer, and good old spirit of cricket

23-Dec-2013•Haider Riaz

Malinga's throw, and Afridi's blinder

Plays of the day from the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sharjah

22-Dec-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Shehzad's sold a dummy

Plays of the day from the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka

20-Dec-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Adamant Afridi and a fiery debutant

Plays of the Day from the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sharjah

18-Dec-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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