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Mohammad Aamer breathed life into the Boxing Day Test with a spell of aggressive and precise pace bowling, but another half-century from the dependable Shane Watson restored Australia's position of dominance

Skilful, rousing bowling from Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif almost accounted for the 97-run first-innings deficit

After a riveting conclusion to the ODI series, where New Zealand scraped to a 2-1 win, the focus now turns to the Twenty20 leg of the tour which Pakistan will be better-placed to trump

The chase was floundering when Mohammad Aamer scripted a phenomenal comeback with Saeed Ajmal. It was New Zealand, however, who held their nerve to win the decider in the desert

Pakistan tripped and stumbled and chased with the assurance of sleepwalkers, but ultimately a superior fast-bowling attack and depth in batting sealed them a low-scoring showdown

Mudassar Nazar, the former Pakistan batsman, has revealed that three stress fractures to the back nearly derailed Mohammad Aamer's career even before it started

A hostile Mohammad Aamer and an inconsistent-but-smart Naved-ul-Hasan meant Sri Lanka just about avoided their worst-ever defeat in a home ODI

The 33-year-old former fast bowler is also worried whether Aamer's lean body can take the pressure of bowling fast "day in, day out"

The former Pakistan captain said the warning bells had been sounded with Shoaib's omission from Pakistan's list of probables for this upcoming Champions Trophy, to be held in South Africa

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the second day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo

Fawad Alam, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal fashioned an extraordinary turnaround on the second day at the P Sara Oval, as Pakistan dominated as completely as they had been dominated on the opening day

Who would have thought of Younis Khan, two wickets in Tests before this match, to be the game-breaker with the ball on four occasions in one Test?

Aaamer and Younis kept the target down to 168, and Pakistan had brought it inside 100 with eight wickets in hand

Good bowling by Pakistan debutants and sloppy fielding made sure no team held advantage at the end of the first day

The 17-year-old fast bowler dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan for a duck in the first over World Twenty20 final

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the ICC World Twenty20 final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Lord's

Andrew Miller selects the plays of the day from England's clash against Pakistan

Cricinfo previews Pakistan's chances at the World Twenty20 in testing times for the nation

Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamer, Pakistan's newest pace sensation, can be expected to give a few nervous moments to oppostion batsmen

Pakistan have included two uncapped players, Mohammad Aamer and Shahzaib Hasan, in the 15-member squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in England in June