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Hotels are full, tickets are being sold for ten times their original price, and the Prime Minister will be there. Such is the build-up for India v Pakistan

Ireland will play Pakistan in a two-match ODI series in May this year

With their century stand in Pakistan's win over West Indies in the World Cup quarter-final, Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal could well be Pakistan's solution to their long-standing opening woes

Zimbabwe Cricket have confirmed that Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand will be touring the country in the course of a busy schedule in 2011

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, said the fact people were calling his side favourites put them under pressure, but he was pleased that they put in a commanding performance

"Our senior players have not performed and I am not especially happy with them," Ottis Gibson said

Pakistan are two games away from repeating the heroics of Imran Khan's 1992 team after a crushing 10-wicket victory against West Indies in the first quarter-final in Dhaka

ESPNcricinfo previews the first quarter-final between Pakistan and West Indies in Mirpur

Pakistan's resolve to not change a winning XI will undergo a stiff test ahead of the quarter-final against West Indies in Dhaka

Chris Gayle, Kemar Roach and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are all set to return for the West Indies quarter-final clash against Pakistan in Dhaka

Should batsmen walk when they know they're out? This World Cup has thrown up several incidents that have reignited the debate around walking

Pakistan were the last team to overcome Australia at a World Cup and brought Ricky Ponting's 34-match unbeaten run with a four-wicket victory in Colombo to secure top spot in Group A

Sind's batsmen came through in the end, but it was a much harder fought victory than it seemed it would be after the first innings

ESPNcricinfo previews the World Cup, Group A match between Australia and Pakistan in Colombo

Ricky Ponting has congratulated Shoaib Akhtar on what he called "an outstanding career" and said Akhtar was unquestionably the fastest bowler he had faced while playing for Australia

The answer most people want is whether or not Shoaib Akhtar will get a chance to play another game in this tournament, and whether he will play against Australia

Baluchistan put up a much stronger batting show in their second innings compared to the first, but given the huge lead Sind had secured, they found themselves only 87 ahead with five wickets standing and two days to go

The three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot-fixing in a Test match against England will stand trial from May 20, a British judge has ordered

Shoaib Akhtar will retire from the international game at the end of Pakistan's World Cup, bringing to an end one of cricket's most compelling and mercurial careers

Sind piled up a 182-run lead against Baluchistan on the back of a fluent 144 from Khurram Manzoor and a 79-ball 85 by Fawad Alam